We are seeking an experienced and visionary Enterprise Architect to design and deliver digital solutions and capabilities for Gigaclear, a provider of fibre broadband services connecting rural Britain. With a strong customer focus, you will design a target state and architecture roadmap, lead a team of solution architects, and identify new and emerging technologies to transform and optimize the business.
Key Accountability & Responsibilities
- Define and lead the enterprise architecture vision, aligning it with business strategy and programme objectives
- Act as the technical authority for our technology stack, providing architectural direction and technology roadmap evolution
- Lead a team of solution architects to provide architecture solutions to drive key business outcomes
- Deliver technical thought leadership, driving innovation, standardisation, and adoption of best practices across BSS/OSS layers
- Establish and enforce technical governance frameworks and architecture principles across the technology teams
- Ensure architecture artefacts, decision logs, and design documentation meet compliance, quality, and audit requirements
- Facilitate architecture reviews, design assurance, and risk management activities with internal and external stakeholders
- Lead the design of scalable, modular, and resilient BSS/OSS solutions, integrating with legacy systems and modern platforms
- Oversee solution architecture workstreams across multiple delivery teams and ensure consistency with target state architecture
- Translate business and operational requirements into technology designs that are deliverable within resource constraints
- Document and communicate the technology designs to the delivery teams and provide support in the execution of the delivery of the programme
- Engage and influence client stakeholders, third-party vendors, and system integrators to drive architectural consensus
- Present complex technical solutions in clear, compelling ways to both technical and non-technical audiences
Knowledge & Skills
- Experience in enterprise architecture roles, with recent experience in telecoms sector
- Proven success in leading architecture for large scale BSS/OSS initiatives
- Strong understanding of telecom standards, protocols and technologies (including Salesforce Commscloud and integrated tools and systems)
- Strong capability in architecture governance, enterprise frameworks (eg. TOGAF), and agile or hybrid programme delivery
- Experience in driving end-to-end integration and managing cross-functional architecture inputs
- Exceptional communication, negotiation and leadership skills
- Strong knowledge of both on-premise and cloud infrastructure, DevOps and security
- Deep experience in data architecture and technology implementation
We foster a collaborative, engaging culture that empowers staff to grow and maximise their skills. We want to challenge our people in a fair environment where hard work is rewarded and a path for progression is open to all.
- Generous employer pension; up to 8% matched contribution
- Income protection & life assurance
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), holiday purchase scheme and Yay Days!
- Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access and Employee Assistance Programme including counselling & legal advice
- Unlimited access to online training and development content via our Learning Management System
- Long service benefits and monthly employee recognition
- Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions
- Flexible working environment
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives and company funded social events
Our approach is to work guided by our mission, vision and values.
Our Mission - Empowering communities with brilliant broadband
Our Vision - Connected Communities
Our Values - Own it, Find the Right Way, Work Together, Win Together
