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Lead Enterprise Architect

United Kingdom, Abingdon · Job Posted July 03, 2026
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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.

Job Responsibility

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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

What we offer

  • 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

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