Role Purpose
- We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect (Contract) to lead an architecture engagement focused on defining and delivering a clear, actionable enterprise architecture blueprint. The primary objective of this role is to guide the organisation’s transition from its current-state architecture to a future-state architecture that is driven by modern digital and software capabilities.
- This role is outcome-oriented and hands-on, bridging business strategy, digital ambition, and technical implementation. The Enterprise Architect will work closely with business leaders, technology teams, and delivery partners/vendors to ensure the future-state architecture is practical, implementable, and aligned to organisational priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Blueprint Development
- Assess and document, in detail, the current-state architecture across business, application, data, integration, and technology domains
- Define, in detail, a future-state enterprise architecture that leverages digital platforms, software services, cloud, data, and automation capabilities
- Develop a target architecture blueprint, including:
- Architecture principles and guardrails
- Logical and high-level physical architecture views (L1, L2 and L3 details)
- Key platforms, capabilities, and integration patterns
- Architecture principles and guardrails
- Logical and high-level physical architecture views (L1, L2 and L3 details)
- Key platforms, capabilities, and integration patterns
- Transition & Roadmap Definition
- Produce a clear transition roadmap from current to future state, including:
- Phased migration approach
- Dependencies, risks, and constraints
- Quick wins vs. strategic initiatives
- Identify architectural building blocks required to enable digital transformation
- Phased migration approach
- Dependencies, risks, and constraints
- Quick wins vs. strategic initiatives
- Business–Technology Alignment
- Translate business strategy and digital objectives into actionable architectural designs
- Engage senior business and IT stakeholders to validate assumptions and priorities
- Ensure architectural recommendations balance value, risk, cost, and delivery feasibility
- Governance & Decision Support
- Provide architectural guidance to ongoing initiatives to ensure alignment with the target state
- Support investment and solution decisions with clear architectural rationale
- Define architecture standards, patterns, and reference models where needed
- Stakeholder Engagement & Alignment
- Communicate complex architectural concepts in clear, executive-friendly language; facilitate architecture workshops and working sessions where appropriate
- Produce high-quality architecture artefacts suitable for executive, business, and delivery audiences
- Get alignment with Business stakeholders and Tech stakeholders (e.g. Senior Software Lead) on the architecture, blueprint and plan
Required Experience
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or large-scale solution architecture
- Proven track record delivering enterprise architecture blueprints in transformation programs
- Experience working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Strong background in digital, software-driven, and platform-based architectures
- Digital and software architectures including:
- Cloud and hybrid platforms
- API and integration architectures
- Data and analytics platforms
- Modern application architectures (microservices, domain driven, event based etc)
- Cloud and hybrid platforms
- API and integration architectures
- Data and analytics platforms
- Modern application architectures (microservices, domain driven, event based etc)
Success Measures
- An executable architecture blueprint (current, transition and future)
- Effectively communicate and getting buy-in from the relevant stakeholders
About Encora
- Encora is a global company that offers Software and Digital Engineering solutions. Our practices include Cloud Services, Product Engineering & Application Modernization, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience & Design Services, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Quality Engineering, AI & LLM Engineering, among others.
- At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality
