Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect - London£800 - £900 p/d (outside IR35)3 month initial term, likely to extendWell-established, highly profitable and rapidly expanding engineering business is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join them on a contract basis. Following a number of recent acquisitions, the organisation has an ambitious growth strategy with plans to acquire 8-10 businesses per year, creating significant demand for a scalable, secure and standardised enterprise technology landscape.This is a key strategic role within an organisation undergoing major digital transformation, where enterprise architecture will play a critical role in enabling growth, technology standardisation and successful MandA integration.Reporting to the Group IT Director, you will define and govern the organisation''s enterprise architecture, ensuring technology investments align with business strategy, operational requirements and long-term objectives. You''ll provide architectural leadership across major initiatives including digital transformation, cloud modernisation, AI adoption, application rationalisation and MandA integration.Responsibilities: Define and maintain the Enterprise Architecture strategy, target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmap Establish architecture principles, standards, governance and Technical Design Authority (TDA) processes Lead architecture workstreams across digital transformation and business change programmes Drive application modernisation, ..... full job details .....