Enterprise Architect - Cloud at SEFE, London, £Contractor Rate

• Lead the evolution of SEFE’s cloud strategy, driving the adoption of cloud-native SaaS and PaaS solutions while ensuring effective integration with existing on-premises and hybrid environments.
• Define and govern enterprise architecture standards, policies, and frameworks, ensuring technology decisions align with business objectives, security requirements, and architectural principles.
• Partner with business leaders, IT teams, data owners, and key stakeholders to develop technology roadmaps, evaluate strategic initiatives, and ensure architecture supports current and future business needs.
• Establish and continuously improve enterprise architecture processes, governance practices, and tooling to provide visibility, consistency, and control across the technology landscape.
• Drive security, compliance, and resilience by incorporating information security requirements, regulatory obligations, disaster recovery capabilities, and business continuity considerations into architectural designs.
• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends, identifying opportunities to optimise costs, improve performance, enhance security, and deliver innovation across the organisation.

• Proven experience leading cloud transformation initiatives and enterprise architecture programmes across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, including SaaS, PaaS, systems integration, and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, governance models, technology strategy, and the alignment of IT capabilities with business objectives.
• Experience designing and governing security, compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity architectures, including RTO/RPO planning and cloud-based resilience solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technology challenges and develop practical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence decisions and build strong relationships across business and technology functions.

💡 You don’t need to meet every requirement. If the role excites you, we’d love to hear from you.