- Company Name
- NCC Group
- Job Title
- Senior Enterprise Architect
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Senior Enterprise Architect
**Role Summary:**
Architect responsible for designing, maintaining, and governing the enterprise architecture within a global cyber‑security organization. The role aligns IT strategy with business objectives, drives large‑scale transformation, modernises legacy systems, and ensures architectural compliance and risk mitigation.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver strategic architectural vision that aligns with business goals.
- Guide transformation initiatives, including application rationalisation and cloud migration.
- Ensure architecture governance, compliance, and cost‑effective solutions across multiple regions.
- Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and solution architects to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate architectural risks and emerging technology opportunities.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Define and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, and documentation.
- Develop current‑state and future‑state architecture models and transition roadmaps.
- Establish architecture review boards and enforce compliance with standards.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand needs, provide guidance, and communicate architectural decisions.
- Oversee solution design alignment with enterprise architecture and provide input to architects and developers.
- Evaluate vendor solutions, contracts, and emerging technologies for scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Lead risk management activities and recommend mitigations for architectural risks.
- Promote reuse, standardisation, and simplification of IT assets across the organization.
**Required Skills:**
*Functional*
- Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman).
- Business capability and operating model design.
- Strategic planning and transformation leadership.
- Governance, compliance, and risk management.
- Vendor and contract evaluation.
*Technical*
- Architecture modelling tools (ArchiMate, Sparx EA, Bizzdesign).
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Integration technologies (APIs, microservices, ESBs).
- Data architecture, management, and analytics.
- Cybersecurity principles within architecture.
*Personal*
- Strategic thinker with business‑technical insight.
- Influential communicator across diverse audiences.
- Collaborative leader across cross‑functional teams.
- Analytical problem‑solver and critical thinker.
- Resilient, adaptable, and ethical decision‑maker.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).
- TOGAF® certification (Foundation or Certified) preferred.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) is a plus.
Manchester, United kingdom
Hybrid
Senior
30-10-2025