Senior Enterprise Architect – IT​/OT

Senior Enterprise Architect - IT/OT

6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - market rate

Glasgow or Aberdeen based - 1-2 days onsite

Electricity/Energy sector

• Provide senior Enterprise Architecture expertise across the Transmission portfolio.
• Work closely with the Architecture Lead to develop and maintain the architectural direction for the function.
• Contribute to the development of strategies, target architectures, roadmaps, capability models and other key architecture artefacts.

• Provide architectural assurance across major projects, programmes and BAU initiatives.
• Review and challenge Solution Architecture produced by project teams, delivery organisations and third-party suppliers.
• Ensure proposed solutions comply with agreed architectural principles, standards, patterns and guardrails.

• Work directly with project and programme teams to understand business requirements and architectural implications.
• Provide senior architectural guidance on complex or strategically important initiatives.

• Provide architectural input across both IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• Understand the particular architectural, operational and risk considerations associated with OT environments.
• Work across the IT/OT boundary to ensure appropriate integration and alignment.

• Work closely with Group Architecture to ensure Transmission architecture activity aligns with Group processes, standards and governance mechanisms.
• Support the consistent application of architecture processes and standards across projects and programmes.

While the primary focus of the role is Enterprise Architecture and assurance, the successful candidate will also:

• Apply substantial Solution Architecture experience when reviewing and shaping complex solutions.
• Provide hands‑on architectural input where required for complex BAU or operational requirements.
• Support the Architecture Lead and wider team on particularly complex or strategically significant solution decisions.
• Act as a senior technical and architectural sounding board for other architects.

• Extensive senior-level Enterprise Architecture experience.
• Significant previous experience in Solution Architecture.
• Experience with Operational Technology (OT) and IT/OT architecture.
• A strong technical breadth and understanding of modern technology landscapes.
• Experience providing architecture assurance and governance across large-scale programmes and projects.
• Experience working with senior business, technology and delivery stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of architectural principles, standards, patterns, roadmaps, capability models and governance.
• Experience working in complex, large-scale organisations.
• Experience working in an asset-intensive environment.
• Ability to operate independently and provide credible architectural challenge to senior stakeholders and suppliers.

• Experience with in the electricity industry, particularly transmission, distribution or generation.
• Wider energy or utilities sector experience.
• Experience working in other large-scale asset-based organisations.
• Experience working from an architecture function within major capital delivery programmes.
• Understanding of large infrastructure or asset investment environments.
• Experience working across domains such as capital projects, asset management, operations or customer.
• Experience with Bizzdesign or comparable Enterprise Architecture repositories.
• Experience working within a federated architecture model alongside a Group or enterprise architecture function.