Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect | 12 Months FTC | London Hybrid | £150- £160K Overview: A global Financial Services organisation is seeking an Enterprise Architect to define and lead its enterprise-wide technology, data, and architecture strategy. This is a high-impact leadership role shaping platforms, integrations, and data capabilities across a complex, fast-moving trading environment. Reporting directly to the CTO and sitting on the IT Senior Leadership Team, you will play a key role in driving CTRM transformation, modernisation of legacy systems, and enabling a scalable, secure, and data-driven enterprise architecture. Role & Responsibilities: Lead enterprise architecture strategy, principles, and target-state roadmap across applications, data, integrations, and infrastructure. Define and govern architecture standards, patterns, and design principles across the organisation. Lead CTRM architecture design, supporting build vs buy decisions, vendor evaluation, and long-term platform scalability. Drive application rationalisation and modernisation, reducing complexity and technical debt. Define enterprise data architecture, including domains, data ownership, lineage, contracts, and governance models. Chair Architecture Review Board (ARB), providing oversight and approval of key solution designs and integration approaches Partner closely with Trading, Risk, Finance, and Operations to translate business strategy into architecture outcomes. Enable engineering teams with modern practices including APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and domain-driven design. Ensure security, resilience, and operational robustness are embedded across all architecture decisions.Essential Skills & Experience: 10+ years in enterprise, solution, or platform architecture roles. Strong background in data-heavy, transaction-driven environments (commodities, trading, financial services) Deep experience with integration architectures (APIs, microservices, event streaming). Strong ability to simplify complex technology landscapes into clear, executable roadmaps. Experience with CTRM/ERP systems and cloud platforms. Excellent stakeholder management across technical and executive audiences. Proven experience building or leading architecture governance frameworks.Package: £150–160K base (depending on experience) Hybrid working (London-based) Permanent senior leadership role within a global organisationEnterprise Architect | 12 Months FTC | London Hybrid | £150- £160K