Enterprise Architect
Role Overview
Northern seeks an Enterprise Architect for a major transformation programme supporting its railway, people, and customers.
The architect will define target architecture and a transformation roadmap for a critical system.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Northern seeks an Enterprise Architect for a major transformation programme supporting its railway, people, and customers.
The architect will define target architecture and a transformation roadmap for a critical system.
Responsibilities
- Define target-state enterprise and solution architecture and map technology deliverables to business processes and outcomes.
- Develop current-to-future-state transformation roadmaps; design and govern end-to-end solutions.
- Deliver data, application, software, integration, and technology architectures.
- Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, scalability, and performance needs.
- Collaborate with business analysts, architects, project managers, IT operations, security, and suppliers.
- Produce ArchiMate models, roadmaps, decision logs, ADRs, solution proposals, and high-level designs; provide guidance and assurance.
Candidate requirements
- Significant architecture or design experience and deep IT experience in a complex organizational environment.
- TOGAF or equivalent certification; strong ArchiMate knowledge, with certification desirable.
- Experience designing Azure solutions and working with data integration and modern architecture patterns.
- Knowledge of SOA, microservices, event-driven architecture, and mobile solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills; balance strategic architecture with practical delivery.
Salary and contract
- The listed salary range is £75,000–£80,000; the description does not specify its pay cadence.
- This is a 15-month fixed-term contract.
Hours
- Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.
Location and workplace
- The role is listed as hybrid and based in York.
Benefits
- Benefits include free rail travel, pension, enhanced family benefits, cycle-to-work savings, discounts, employee assistance, training, career development, and recognition programmes.
- Successful offers are subject to a DBS check and medical assessment.
About Northern
Northern operates rail services and describes its mission as improving rail travel and customer experience while protecting the environment.
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