Enterprise Architect

Contract Enterprise Architect

Location:

South Yorkshire (Hybrid) Day Rate:
Competitive Duration: 6 Months Overview A leading UK-based Transport organisation is seeking a Contract Enterprise Architect to support a large-scale and evolving technology landscape. The business operates across multiple service lines and supports a broad customer base, with a significant operational footprint and an increasing reliance on digital platforms and data. As part of ongoing transformation initiatives, there is a need to strengthen architectural alignment across the organisation and ensure technology investments are delivering measurable business value.

The Opportunity This is a strategic, high-impact role with exposure to senior leadership. You will be responsible for shaping and governing enterprise architecture in an environment that combines operational systems, customer-facing platforms, and data-driven capabilities. The organisation is delivering a range of transformation programmes aimed at modernising legacy systems, improving efficiency, and enabling better decision making through technology. This role requires a pragmatic and commercially aware Enterprise Architect who can operate effectively across a complex landscape, providing direction, challenge, and clarity rather than purely documentation.

Key Responsibilities Define and evolve enterprise architecture strategy aligned to business priorities Provide governance and assurance across multiple transformation initiatives Develop target state architectures, roadmaps, and transition plans Partner with senior stakeholders to influence technology direction and investment decisions Ensure alignment across business, data, applications, and infrastructure Identify opportunities to simplify and optimise the existing technology estate Support programme delivery through architectural guidance and decision-making Embed proportionate and pragmatic architecture standards and practices Key Experience Required Proven experience operating as an Enterprise Architect within complex organisations Strong track record aligning technology strategy with business outcomes Experience working across multiple architecture domains Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, including C-suite Experience in large-scale transformation or modernisation programmes Familiarity with architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF), applied in a practical manner Strong commercial awareness and ability to link technology decisions to value

Desirable Experience in operationally complex or multi-service organisations Exposure to organisations with a mix of physical operations and digital platforms Experience supporting major change, integration, or optimisation initiatives Awareness of data-led and platform-driven transformation approaches