Location
Birmingham or London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Birmingham - £54,878 to £64,562 per annum depending on skills and experience
London - £59,268 to £69,727 per annum depending on skills and experience
In addition, a flexible benefits fund of 20% is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, along with a range of competitive benefits.

About the Role
The Enterprise Architect is responsible for developing, designing, implementing, and governing HS2’s Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment of technology with business objectives. This role involves developing and implementing enterprise-wide architecture principles, policies, patterns, processes, and guardrails to embed strategic change across HS2. You will create and review enterprise capability strategies, support the maturity of agile Enterprise Architecture frameworks, and influence the development of strategic domain architectures including Data, Security, Network, and Integration.

You will capture and prioritise market and environmental trends alongside business strategies to ensure alignment with HS2’s technology strategy and roadmap. The role includes developing architectural artefacts in line with strategy, policy, and standards, translating business drivers into objectives, and upholding architecture guardrails across solution and system design.

Additional responsibilities include contributing to the technology innovation agenda, supporting Business Analysts in requirements capture, and providing direction and support to Delivery Managers for IT change delivery. You will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work and support organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

HS2 Ltd is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and achieve their full potential, offering flexible working and personal and professional development opportunities.

Experience
- Supporting the design and implementation of IT services and Architectural Building Blocks
- Designing complex solutions including risk assessment and remedies
- Managing high-level designs for major solutions with design control processes
- Applying Enterprise Architecture methods to complex scenarios
- Using Enterprise Architecture tooling, integration, or notation
- Working across full project lifecycles from initiation to decommissioning
- Building and maintaining effective relationships with Business and Technology partners
- Experience working in a multi-vendor environment

About you
- Strong enterprise and business architecture skills with the ability to translate business drivers into objectives
- Ability to work independently to define capabilities that meet business objectives
- Understanding of technical governance and participation in service assurance
- Awareness of strategic context and ability to support strategic planning
- Skilled in coaching and leading teams in Agile and Lean practices
- Excellent stakeholder communication and expectation management skills
- Commitment to promoting and embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work

Knowledge
- Agile methods and their implications for Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise architecture frameworks and best practices such as TOGAF or Zachman Framework
- Architecture principles, patterns, and their organisational application
- Emerging technologies and industry trends including cloud computing, AI, big data, and other disruptive technologies
- Different delivery models including Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies
- Industry knowledge including business models, processes, and functional areas

Qualifications
Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application. HS2 Ltd does not provide sponsorship. Offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.