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Sword Group
Sword Group
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
CloudCybersecuritySaaS
Sword Group is a technology transformation company delivering IT solutions and digital services for organizations worldwide. Its work spans software development, cloud services, cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence, digital workplace solutions, managed services, and information management. The company helps customers improve operational efficiency, quality, security, and cost control, including through Microsoft 365 and Azure implementations that support collaboration and data-driven decision-making. Sword Group’s reported network includes more than 2,700 employees and over 1,000 customers across 50 countries.
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Senior Enterprise Architect – Glasgow Hybrid

Lead enterprise and solution architecture across Sword Group’s energy, public-sector and finance clients. Align programmes, designs and suppliers with strategic technology standards.

GBUnited KingdomHybridContractSeniorEnglish RequiredIT Support
Cloud

Description

  • Shape and mature enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps and capability models
  • Review architecture documentation and resolve significant gaps
  • Contribute to current-state and target-state architecture across business and technology domains
  • Turn strategic priorities into practical architecture guidance for programmes and projects
  • Keep architecture documentation accurate, consistent, accessible and useful
  • Serve as the senior architecture contact for assigned domains, programmes or investment areas
  • Work with project teams to understand business needs, delivery constraints and technology dependencies
  • Guide architectural decisions across projects and programmes
  • Ensure project decisions support enterprise strategy and target-state architecture
  • Review and assure architecture and solution designs from project teams, Solution Architects, vendors and delivery partners
  • Evaluate proposals against architecture principles, standards, guardrails and strategic roadmaps
  • Give constructive feedback and work with delivery teams to resolve architecture issues
  • Record material architecture decisions, exceptions, risks and recommendations
  • Apply Solution Architecture expertise to detailed proposals and designs
  • Contribute to requirements spanning multiple systems, domains or technology areas
  • Ensure designs address integration, data, security, infrastructure, operational support and maintainability
  • Develop relationships with senior stakeholders, programme teams, delivery managers, technical specialists and business representatives
  • Lead architecture discussions and clarify options and trade-offs
  • Explain complex technical information to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Work collaboratively with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects and technical specialists
  • Work with external suppliers and challenge proposals when needed
  • Advise the Architecture Function Lead and broader technology leadership

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in senior Enterprise Architecture roles
  • Previous experience in Solution Architecture positions
  • Experience spanning strategic architecture and project-level solution delivery
  • Experience creating architecture strategies, roadmaps, capability models and target-state architectures
  • Strong knowledge of architecture governance and solution assurance
  • Experience reviewing and assuring designs from internal teams, suppliers and consultancy partners
  • Broad technical knowledge across applications, integration, cloud, infrastructure, data, security and operational support
  • Experience working directly with complex projects and programmes
  • Ability to identify architecture risks, dependencies and strategic misalignment
  • Strong senior stakeholder management and influencing capability
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a complex, changing environment
  • Experience supporting transformation, digitalisation or technology-led change
  • Utilities industry experience is desirable
  • Experience supporting major capital investment or delivery programmes from an architecture perspective is desirable
  • Experience across IT and Operational Technology environments is desirable
  • Understanding of IT and OT system integration is desirable
  • Familiarity with architecture frameworks and methods such as TOGAF is desirable

Benefits

  • Individual career development planning aligned with personal goals and aspirations
  • Learning and professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Generous annual leave allowance
  • Enhanced family-friendly benefits
  • Pension scheme
  • Private health schemes
  • Well-being schemes
  • Insurance schemes
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Discounted cash plan
  • Equal opportunities and an inclusive workplace
  • Accessibility adjustment support throughout the hiring process

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