Lead Enterprise Architect

Description

Job Title: Lead Enterprise Architect

Location: UK (Hybrid, once per week onsite - London)

Contract: Initial 6 Month Contract

Rate: Circa £700 Per Day (IR35 Status TBC)

I am working with one of our longstanding clients who have a fantastic reputation as a leading technology and services provider. Currently, they are looking for an experienced Lead Enterprise Architect to play a crucial role in the design and implementation of a business critical and high priority project that will transform and modernise their primary revenue source.

What you'll do

Full ownership of the enterprise architecture strategy for a large-scale transformation of customer, billing and revenue platforms

Lead the move away from legacy systems into a modern, cloud-first environment that improves performance, scalability, and customer experience

Define the target architecture and set a clear, deliverable roadmap from current state to future state across multiple platforms

Drive architecture across core domains including billing, revenue management, customer platforms, and data

Work closely with Engineering, Product, Data and Delivery to ensure technology decisions align with commercial and operational goals

Set the standards. Establish governance across cloud, data, identity and emerging AI capabilities

Own key technology decisions including vendor strategy and "build vs buy" across critical platforms

Design platforms that operate at scale: High volume, high availability, and no room for failure

Lead the shift towards platform-based architecture with clear ownership and long-term sustainability

Turn complex business problems into clear, structured architectural direction

Bring control without slowing things down. Balance governance, risk, and innovation across the estate

Use proof of concepts to test ideas, challenge assumptions and introduce new capability.

Skills & Experience required

Proven track record of operating at Enterprise Architect level or a Principal/Lead Solution Architect ready to step up, with ownership of architecture across complex environments

A strong track record designing end-to-end architecture for large, distributed systems.

Demonstrable experience of shaping and delivering technical strategy including defining target architecture and roadmaps

Strong exposure to billing, revenue, or large-scale customer platforms.

Cloud-first mindset with strong AWS experience. xjnqpsq

High level of experience in designing modern architectures using microservices, APIs, event-driven patterns, and serverless

High level of understanding of data architecture, including data modelling and working across high-volume data environments

Experience setting standards, governance and improving structure, consistency, and clear direction across multiple teams

A proven track record of working with senior stakeholders and translating complex requirements into clear architectural decisions

Commercial awareness and experience with vendor strategy and build vs buy decisions

A background in large, complex organisations.ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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