Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities

• Support the development and evolution of architecture within the Payments domain, ensuring alignment to Group strategy
• Work closely with Lead Architects to create and maintain architecture roadmaps, patterns and guardrails
• Act as a trusted partner to technology and business teams, providing architectural guidance and insight
• Contribute to architecture governance, ensuring solutions meet standards, risk requirements and strategic objectives
• Develop and maintain architecture artefacts, including designs, roadmaps and feasibility assessments
• Apply knowledge of cloud, APIs, traditional hosting and event-driven architectures to support solution design
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment to deliver end-to-end outcomes

• Experience working in an Architecture role, contributing to strategy, solution design and delivery
• Knowledge of architecture practices including governance, road mapping and solution development
• Technical understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, traditional hosting and event-driven architectures
• Ability to support business and technology stakeholders, translating requirements into architectural solutions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with an agile and delivery-focused mindset
• An understanding of Payments within Financial Services
• Awareness of emerging technologies such as blockchain and digital assets and their potential application