Architect (Enterprise Architecture)

Company Description

Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.
 
By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.
 
From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect to lead the design, alignment, and governance of complex IT systems across business domains. In this role, you’ll act as a strategic partner to stakeholders, ensuring that architecture decisions support both technical excellence and business outcomes.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring deep technical fluency, cross-functional awareness, and strong leadership across project, client, and organizational boundaries.

Strategic Architecture Leadership

• Design and own end-to-end enterprise solutions across multiple platforms, domains, and business areas.
• Translate business goals into scalable, secure, and maintainable IT architectures.
• Drive architecture decisions aligned to roadmap, business strategy, and regulatory needs.

Design & Documentation

• Lead architectural reviews, create system blueprints (C4, RAIDs, data flows), and guide solution realization.
• Translate logical designs into physical implementations considering performance, security, integration, and cost.
• Ensure alignment of frontend/backend systems, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and infrastructure (cloud/on-prem).

Governance & Best Practices

• Define and enforce architecture standards, security guidelines, and development methodologies.
• Drive compliance with internal and external audit, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Support architectural decision records (ADRs), build-vs-buy analysis, and service blueprinting.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a senior advisor to internal and client teams, balancing technical and business priorities.
• Influence decisions across delivery, infrastructure, security, and executive leadership.
• Facilitate workshops, build consensus, and advocate for architectural best practices.

Mentorship & Leadership

• Coach junior architects and engineering teams on architecture fundamentals.
• Promote a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT architecture roles, with 3+ years in enterprise or principal architect capacity.
• Strong experience across cloud (AWS, Azure), microservices, DevOps, API management, and enterprise integration (MQ, ESB, event streaming).
• Demonstrated knowledge in systems design, security architecture, data modeling, and application scalability.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or similar a plus.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in architectural tools and modeling standards (C4, UML, BPMN, etc.).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field/

Preferred:

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., banking, payments, insurance).
• Familiarity with Lean Value Trees, Agile roadmapping, or strategic portfolio planning.
• Strong negotiation and decision-making ability across technical and business domains.

Additional Information

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;   
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

At Endava, we’re committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.