Associate Enterprise Architect

Join Network Rail - Where People and Connections Matter

At Network Rail, we're dedicated to keeping passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently across the country. When you join us, you're not just part of a team - you're part of something that matters to millions. We believe that our people are at the heart of what we do, and every role plays a vital part in building a better, more connected railway.
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments. We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process. You can visit Even breaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support.
If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Some of our great benefits:

We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements considered

Generous annual leave up to 28 days plus statutory days (role dependant), with the option to buy/sell days

Discounts at selected stations with your Network Rail pass

Defined benefit pension scheme

75% off leisure train tickets for you and your dependents (subject to T&Cs)

Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets

Volunteer leave to make a positive impact

Duration:Permanent

Location:Milton Keynes

Band & Salary:Band 3C £55,596 - £67,813

What does the average day look like?

• Working with business, operational, delivery and technology stakeholders to understand their needs and provide clear, evidence-based advice on technology choices that align with strategic direction, architectural standards and desired business outcomes.
• Contributing to technology roadmaps, reference architectures and other architecture products that communicate current and future direction, support consistent decision-making and guide investment planning.
• Supporting design assurance and technology governance by reviewing proposed solutions, identifying architectural dependencies and risks, and working with specialists across DDaT to confirm alignment with business needs and Network Rail architecture standards.
• Supporting digital strategy development by documenting current-state architectures, identifying capability gaps and opportunities, and contributing to practical future-state architectures and transition options.
• Researching and evaluating current and emerging technologies, assessing their suitability, benefits, risks and strategic alignment, and making evidence-based recommendations.
• Maintaining architecture information and products in LeanIX to improve data quality, consistency and traceability, while providing practical guidance on LeanIX, technology governance and lifecycle management.

Key Accountabilities

1. Acts as a technology consultant advising on technology choice sand implementations in order to drive business outcomes and reduce risk.

2. Produce technology standards,architecturedeliverables,Reference Architectures and Roadmaps in order to deliverbusiness value andtechnicalconsistency across the investment portfolio.

3. Conduct "Proof Of Concept /Value"exercises to verify the feasibility/viability ofnewproducts/services in order to aid technology related decision making

4. Create solution designs establishing line ofsightbetween the business outcomes to delivermaximumvalue forthe business.

5. Identify and surface cross-portfolio and architecturaldependenciesto reduce the risk ofduplication, overruns ofcostand time

6. Analyse the business environment and recommend appropriate solutions to identify opportunities that…