Enterprise Architect

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Job summary

The Enterprise Architect provides senior specialist leadership, enterprise design authority and architectural governance across digital, data and technology domains within the Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospitals Collaborative.

The postholder is responsible for developing, maintaining and assuring the Collaborative’s Enterprise Architecture framework, ensuring that digital and technology investments align with organisational strategy, ICS priorities and national NHS standards.

The role ensures that applications, data, integration, infrastructure, security and cloud architectures form a coherent, sustainable and standards-based enterprise landscape that supports safe and effective patient care, operational efficiency and productivity, regulatory compliance and cyber resilience, financial sustainability and progressive digital maturity.

The role exercises significant professional autonomy within agreed corporate and digital strategy frameworks and provides authoritative specialist advice to senior digital leaders, programme boards and executive committees.

The postholder does not hold executive or budgetary ownership of the overall digital portfolio but provides architectural assurance and specialist judgement to inform senior decision-making.

Main duties of the job

Develop and maintain the Enterprise Architecture strategy and associated architectural principles in alignment with corporate and digital strategies set by executive leadership.

Translate organisational objectives into architectural roadmaps across applications, data, integration, infrastructure, security and cloud domains.

Support cross-Trust architectural convergence and standardisation initiatives.

Act as senior design authority for enterprise-level architectural alignment.

Review and ensure high-value or high-risk solution designs comply with enterprise standards.

Chair or support Architecture Review Boards within agreed governance frameworks.

Provide architectural assurance and technical due diligence for multi-million-pound digital investment proposals.

Present complex architectural options, trade-offs and risk exposure to Executive Directors, Digital Governance Committees and Programme Boards.

Translate highly technical enterprise architecture concepts into accessible language for non-technical audiences.

Provide professional leadership to Solution Architects and Domain Architects.

Ensure enterprise architecture is embedded within programme lifecycle governance.

Provide architectural oversight during major programme milestones.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Master’s degree level (or equivalent depth of knowledge gained through substantial senior experience) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Digital Architecture, Engineering, Health Informatics or a related discipline, demonstrating highly specialised architectural expertise across multiple enterprise technology domains.
  • Formal Enterprise Architecture and/or Solution Architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, ArchiMate, BCS Enterprise & Solution Architecture, or equivalent recognised framework), with demonstrable application within large-scale, regulated environments.

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive senior-level experience in enterprise architecture, enterprise design authority or senior technical leadership roles within large, complex, multi-site organisations, ideally within the NHS or similarly regulated public sector environments.

Skills

Essential

  • Highly specialised and authoritative knowledge across application, integration, infrastructure, security and data architecture domains, with the ability to synthesise these into cohesive enterprise solutions
  • Deep understanding of NHS interoperability standards and frameworks, including practical application of FHIR, HL7, APIs and integration design patterns within clinical ecosystems

Attitude, aptitude

Essential

  • Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to NHS values, public accountability and the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate digital services that directly support patient care and clinical outcomes.
  • Acts as a visible role model for the Collaborative’s values: QEHKL – Living our values, NNUH – PRIDE, JPUH – CARER
  • Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 2 August 2026

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