Network and Security Enterprise Architect

Salary: £35,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience previously holding the position of Network and Security Enterprise Architect
• Ability to work closely with relevant teams to ensure successful delivery of solutions
• Proven experience establishing architectural standards and developing technology roadmaps
• Experience guiding major transformation initiatives across applications, data, infrastructure, cloud services, networks, and security
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent
• Strong background in Network and Security architecture
• Understanding of cybersecurity and Zero Trust architecture principles
• Experience with integration architecture, APIs, and enterprise service patterns
• Knowledge of data architecture and information management
• Experience across infrastructure, networking, and operational technology environments
• Experience in technology governance, architecture assurance, and design authority leadership
• Experience with large-scale digital transformation and legacy modernisation programmes

Responsibilities:

• Define and maintain the Network and Security enterprise technology architecture roadmap in line with business strategy and operational objectives
• Establish architecture standards, principles, and governance processes across infrastructure, applications, data, integration, and security domains
• Lead target-state architecture and transition plan development for major technology transformation programmes
• Assess current technology platforms and identify opportunities for standardisation, simplification, optimisation, and technical debt reduction
• Provide technical leadership and assurance for complex projects, ensuring architectural compliance and alignment with strategic direction
• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artefacts, including capability maps, application portfolios, technology reference architectures, and roadmaps
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation, resilience, efficiency, and service improvement
• Define integration strategies and architectural patterns that enable secure, scalable, and reusable digital services
• Lead Network and Security architecture reviews and design authority activities, providing governance and technical decision-making for significant investments
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for cybersecurity, operational resilience, performance, scalability, and regulatory compliance
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, delivery teams, suppliers, and technical specialists to translate business requirements into enterprise-wide technology strategies
• Drive cloud adoption and optimisation strategies, including effective use of Azure and modern platform services where appropriate
• Oversee enterprise data architecture principles, ensuring data quality, interoperability, accessibility, and governance requirements are met
• Define technology lifecycle management approaches, including platform rationalisation, obsolescence management, and technical risk mitigation
• Produce business cases and technology investment recommendations based on architecture assessments, risk analysis, and strategic value
• Act as the senior technical authority for enterprise-wide architectural decisions and technology direction

Technologies:

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Support
• Network
• Security
• TOGAF

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We are Telent, part of M Group, and we deliver essential infrastructure services for life in a safety-first, client- and customer-centric environment. We offer a friendly, fun, respectful, and inclusive workplace where people are encouraged to thrive. This is a hybrid Network and Security Enterprise Architect role with some travel to Farnborough and customer sites. We provide a strong benefits package including holiday entitlement with the option to buy or sell days, car allowance, employee healthcare, pension, family-friendly policies, occupational health support, wellbeing resources, and retail, cinema, and restaurant discounts. We value inclusion, responsibility, collaboration, and customer focus, and we are committed to helping deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

last updated 30 week of 2026