Enterprise Architect
Salary: £90-95,000
Location: Ealing office base with flexible hybrid working
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week
About us
We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.
With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.
Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.
We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.
Role Overview
We are looking for an Enterprise Architect to join our fantastic IT department. The Enterprise Architect will be responsible for defining the architectural vision and strategy for the organisation, ensuring that all technology initiatives align with our business goals. The role will focus on creating a cohesive framework that integrates various systems and processes to improve operational efficiency and service delivery.
Key responsibilities:
The Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining the architectural vision and strategy for the organisation, ensuring that all technology initiatives align with our business goals. Their key responsibilities include:
- Architecture Strategy: Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework, including architecture principles, standards, and guidelines that support the organisation’s strategic objectives
- Roadmap Development: Create and maintain a technology roadmap that outlines the short- and long-term vision for IT investments and initiatives
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with senior management, department heads, and stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements
- Technology Evaluation: Assess and recommend new technologies, tools, and platforms that can enhance our services and operational capabilities
- System Integration: Design and oversee the integration of various IT systems and applications to ensure seamless data flow and interoperability
- Governance: Establish and enforce architecture governance processes to ensure compliance with best practices and regulatory requirements
- Performance Monitoring: Analyse and monitor the performance of existing systems and architectures, recommending improvements as needed
- Leadership: Lead and mentor IT staff in architectural practices and methodologies, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of architecture models, processes, and standards
- External environment: Establish and maintain relationships across the housing sector and broader technology industry to help benchmark, leverage best practice and horizon scan
More about you:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred
- Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect or in a similar role, preferably within the housing or public sector
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)
- Experience with cloud computing, data management, and integration solutions
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and make informed decisions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Knowledge of industry trends and best practices related to technology in housing associations.
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of benefits for colleagues. For this role, these include:
- 30 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- Up to 8% contributory pension
- Flexible working
- Healthcare
- Investment in your learning and development.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby colleagues have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.
If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request: resourcinga2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:
- actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
- provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
- offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
- make reasonable adjustments as required
At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.
Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at recruitment@a2dominion.co.uk.
A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.
