Job Specifications
Role: Senior Enterprise Architect - 12 month FTC
Location: Manchester, Cheltenham, London – Hybrid
Thanks for checking out our job opening; we are excited that YOU are interested in learning more about NCC Group.
We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.
We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are brilliantly creative, we embrace difference and we want you to join in our mission, to make the world safer and more secure.
Take a look at our website here to learn more about why we’re one of the leading global Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation business… https://www.nccgroup.com/uk/
The Opportunity:
The purpose of the Enterprise Architect role is to support the design and evolution of the organisation’s enterprise architecture and architectural governance to ensure alignment between business strategy, processes, information, technology, and infrastructure. This role acts as a strategic advisor, bridging business objectives with IT capabilities, and guiding large-scale transformation and modernisation initiatives, specifically the rationalisation of business applications
Responsibilities:
Strategic Architecture Planning:
Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, and standards.
Align architecture strategy with business goals and objectives.
Ensure vendor solutions align with enterprise architecture standards
Architecture Governance:
Establish architecture review boards and enforce compliance with architectural standards.
Maintain architecture documentation and ensure proper version control.
Technology and Capability Roadmaps:
Develop current-state and future-state architecture views.
Define and manage architecture roadmaps and transition states.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and solution architects to understand needs and provide architectural guidance.
Communicate architectural decisions and their business impact.
Solution Design Oversight:
Ensure that projects and solutions are aligned with the enterprise architecture.
Provide input to solution and domain architects as required.
Risk and Cost Management:
Evaluate emerging technologies and propose cost-effective, scalable solutions.
Identify architectural risks and mitigate them through design and governance.
Key Priorities:
Align enterprise architecture with strategic business transformation goals.
Modernise legacy systems and infrastructure in line with future-state vision.
Improve integration and interoperability across platforms and business units.
Enable digital transformation, cloud adoption, and data-driven decision-making.
Promote reuse, standardisation, and simplification of IT assets.
Qualifications and Skills:
Functional Skills:
Enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)
Business capability and operating model design
Strategic planning and transformation leadership
Governance and compliance management
Vendor and contract evaluation
Technical Skills:
Architecture modelling tools (e.g., ArchiMate, Sparx EA, Bizzdesign)
Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
Integration technologies (e.g., APIs, microservices, ESBs)
Data architecture and management
Cybersecurity principles and architectural implications
Personal Attributes:
Strategic Thinker: Able to connect technical decisions with business value.
Influential Communicator: Clear, compelling communicator across business and technical audiences.
Collaborative Leader: Works effectively across cross-functional teams and levels.
Analytical: Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Resilient and Adaptable: Comfortable with ambiguity and change.
Integrity: Committed to ethical principles and long-term organisational success.
Behaviours:
Focusing on Clients and Customers
Working as One NCC
Being Inclusive and Respectful
Always Learning
Delivers Brilliantly
What we offer in return:
Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave.
Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme
Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension, Life Assurance, and Share Save Scheme.
Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.
Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme.
Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme.
Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life, like getting married/entering into a civil partnership, becoming a grandparent, and welcoming home a new pet.
Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave, as well as time off and su
About the Company
We assess, develop and manage cyber threats across our increasingly connected society. We advise global technology, manufacturers, financial institutions, critical national infrastructure providers, retailers and governments on the best way to keep businesses, software and personal data safe.
With our knowledge, experience and global footprint, we are best placed to help businesses identify, assess, mitigate & respond to the risks they face.
We are passionate about making the Internet safer and revolutionising the way in...
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