We’re looking for an Enterprise Architect (Grade 13) to join the Technology function at Elexon on a permanent basis.
In this role, you’ll help shape and evolve Elexon’s enterprise-wide architecture strategy, ensuring business, application, data, technology, and security architectures align with organisational objectives and future market needs. Working closely with senior stakeholders, architects, engineering teams, and external delivery partners, you’ll lead the design and governance of modern, scalable, and secure technology solutions across the organisation.
This is a strategic and highly technical role, focused on driving enterprise transformation, architectural governance, and long-term technology direction within the GB electricity market.
What you’ll do:
Support the development and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Architecture function
Define and maintain enterprise architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks
Create and maintain current and future state architecture models across business, application, data, technology, and security domains
Translate business strategy and requirements into technical architecture solutions and implementation plans
Lead architectural reviews to ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements
Work with engineering and delivery teams to ensure conformance to architecture standards and designs
Analyse technology trends and emerging capabilities to assess their impact on enterprise architecture
Collaborate with project teams and governance boards to ensure alignment between projects and enterprise architecture
Define and support migration roadmaps from current to future-state architectures
Oversee Application Portfolio Management activities and support evaluation of new technologies and systems
Define metrics to measure and demonstrate the value of Enterprise Architecture
Work closely with Solution, Data, Infrastructure, and Security Architects to evolve architecture capabilities across the organisation
What you’ll bring:
Significant experience working in Enterprise Architecture or senior architecture roles
Experience across multiple architecture domains, including business, application, data, infrastructure, or security architecture
Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and modelling tools such as TOGAF, UML, or ArchiMate
Experience designing and governing cloud-based architectures, particularly within Microsoft Azure environments
Strong understanding of architecture governance, standards, and operating models
Experience working across the full project and product lifecycle
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments
Experience working with system integrators, suppliers, and multi-vendor delivery models
Experience within regulated environments or large-scale transformation programmes (desirable)
Knowledge of the GB electricity market or settlement systems (desirable)
What’s in it for you:
Competitive salary
Excellent benefits including bonus, private medical insurance and generous pension scheme
The opportunity to work within a thriving organisation which can support your growth and development
We operate a hybrid working approach with 2 days in our London office
Our culture
We believe a diverse and inclusive culture allows innovation and creativity to flourish. We are committed to continuously improving our culture for our colleagues and stakeholders. Through our hugely successful Diversity Forum, Mental Health First Aid network and regular programme of activities and events, we celebrate difference and recognise the value of employee wellbeing, which is a consistent outcome from annual employee surveys that we conduct. Likewise, as a community, we like to support each other, and all agree Elexon is a great place to work with a great workspace too!
At Elexon, we want to:
Provide true equality of opportunity
Attract and retain diverse talent
Listen to all voices
Be representative of the communities we work in
Be a role model for Diversity and Inclusion in the industry
Elexon together, embracing differences, listening to all voices
Ready to make an impact? Join us and help shape the future of energy services.
