Principal Enterprise Architect

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will provide thought leadership while working closely with the Chief Technology Officer, business relationship managers, and senior business and technology stakeholders. You will be part of a growing Information Services architecture team committed to delivering value for the business through excellence and innovation.

Salary from £55,500 - £80,000 per annum

AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

• Market leading contributory pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement (270 hours a year including bank holidays, plus every other Friday off)
• Flexible working hours
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time
• Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply)

You will:

• Become an expert in the purpose and operations of the AWE business domains assigned to your role.
• Work with senior stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps and technology initiatives that solve complex business and technology problems.
• Develop business, application, data, integration, and security blueprints that deliver a strategy.
• Guide solution architects as they create technology architectures.
• Manage solution teams, including assigning day-to-day tasks, defining outputs, reviewing quality, resolving sub-standard work, and identifying and onboarding project staff.
• Lead solution selection and procurement activities, including developing their business cases and creating their cost estimates.
• Identify and promote ideas which continuously improve AWE''s business and technology capabilities.
• Develop productive relationships with AWE''s customer, partners, and suppliers.
• Participate in Information Services governance activities led by the Architecture Review Board.
• Maintain an awareness of emerging enterprise architecture and innovation trends before recommending their adoption where appropriate.
• Contribute to the success of the architecture team by coaching and mentoring more junior staff.