Job Specifications
Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure, Applications & Cyber Security - ASAP Start
Purpose of the Role
The Enterprise Architect will play a pivotal role in shaping and governing the end-to-end technology landscape, ensuring it is secure, resilient, and aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives. This individual will provide architectural leadership across IT Infrastructure, Applications, and Cyber Security domains, with a strong emphasis on Secure by Design principles and NIST Risk Management Framework compliance. The role requires effective communication with senior client stakeholders and the ability to influence technical decisions through sound governance and evidence-based architectural rationale.
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Leadership
Leading a team of Architects across multiple disciplines (Infra, Apps, Cyber)
Define, maintain, and evolve enterprise-level conceptual architecture designs covering infrastructure, applications, and cyber security domains.
Translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective architectural solutions.
Provide strategic direction on on-premise infrastructure strategies.
Cyber Security & Secure by Design
Embed Secure by Design principles throughout the product lifecycle.
Ensure architecture and solution designs comply with NIST controls, regulatory requirements, and internal cyber security policies.
Collaborate with Information Architecture, Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to assess architectural risk and apply appropriate mitigation measures.
Governance & Assurance
Lead architectural governance forums, ensuring all solutions align with enterprise standards and security frameworks.
Establish and maintain an architecture governance model that promotes alignment, traceability, and transparency in decision-making.
Act as a design authority in major programmes, ensuring consistency and quality across project workstreams.
Stakeholder Engagement
Influence and advise senior client stakeholders (including CxOs) on architectural decisions, trade-offs, mitigations and implications.
Prepare and present complex technical arguments in a clear, compelling, and business-aligned manner.
Serve as a trusted advisor to both technical teams and business leaders.
Continuous Improvement
Monitor emerging technologies, security trends, and architectural best practices.
Drive innovation and continuous improvement in architecture methodologies, frameworks, and tooling.
Mentor solution architects, engineers, and junior team members to elevate architectural maturity within the organisation.
Essential Skills and Experience
Experience in enterprise architecture roles, ideally in complex, regulated environments.
Expertise in IT infrastructure architecture (eg networks, servers, storage, virtualisation), application architecture (eg integration, APIs, data), and cyber security architecture (eg identity & access management, threat modelling, security controls).
Strong working knowledge and application of NIST Risk Management Framework, Secure by Design, and architecture standards.
Proven experience leading architecture governance in large-scale transformation programmes.
Demonstrated ability to engage and influence C-level and senior stakeholders through clear communication and strategic thinking.
Desirable Skills and Qualifications
Background in risk management, security assurance, or information governance is advantageous.
Key Attributes
Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Gravitas and credibility when operating at senior stakeholder level.
Collaborative and influential leadership style.
Strong organisational awareness and commercial acumen.
Able to build strong and positive relationships with client and third party stakeholders.
About the Company
As a team of specialist ERP/IT recruiters, we are renowned within the ERP consulting space for our ability to source candidates across a variety of technologies In Particular SAP, Microsoft and Oracle.
Using both our wide network and in-depth knowledge of the ERP technology space, BOSS ERP Consulting are able to conduct conversations at a high technical level, allowing us to accurately match employers requirements with candidates who meet both the technical and personal profile the client requires.
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