Lead IT Architect (Enterprise & Solution)

We're Hiring: Lead IT Architect (Enterprise & Solution)

We're looking for a strategic and technically accomplished Lead IT Architect (Enterprise & Solution) to shape AAT's technology landscape and drive architectural excellence across our organisation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced architect who enjoys combining big-picture enterprise architecture with hands-on solution design. You'll play a critical role in ensuring our technology and data solutions are secure, scalable, aligned to business strategy, and deliver excellent user experiences.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, and technology specialists, you'll help guide AAT's digital transformation whilst reducing complexity, managing risk, and enabling innovation.

What will you be doing?

As a Lead IT Architect (Enterprise & Solution), you'll combine enterprise architecture leadership with hands-on solution architecture, working closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams, infrastructure specialists, platform owners, security professionals, and data colleagues.

You'll provide architectural oversight across programmes and projects, ensuring technology and data solutions align with AAT's strategic objectives, operational requirements, and customer experience standards.

Major objectives

• Define and evolve AAT's enterprise architecture principles, standards, and technology roadmap
• Lead solution architecture for complex business and technology transformation initiatives
• Design end-to-end solutions spanning applications, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure
• Ensure technology and data solutions align to a coherent, scalable, and sustainable target architecture
• Provide architectural assurance, governance, and design approval across projects and programmes
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to assess options, risks, and strategic trade-offs
• Identify opportunities to modernise, simplify, and optimise AAT's technology estate
• Mentor technical teams and champion architectural best practice across the organisation

What are we looking for?

• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture roles
• Strong expertise in cloud-based architectures, modern platforms, and integration technologies
• Proven ability to design end-to-end solutions across applications, data, security, and infrastructure
• Experience delivering architecture within large-scale digital transformation or platform modernisation programmes
• Strong understanding of architecture governance, standards, and design assurance practices
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with practical delivery requirements
• Professional architecture expertise, ideally supported by certifications such as TOGAF, Azure, AWS, Security, or Integration certifications

We offer

📍 Hybrid Working: 1-2 days per week in our Canary Wharf office

💷 Salary: £85,000 - £90,000 per annum, based on experience.

📅 Closing Date: 12 August 2026. We may close applications earlier if sufficient applications are received

🎤 Interviews: Interviews are expected to commence from 24 August 2026.

Why join AAT?

This is a unique opportunity to influence the future direction of technology at AAT. You'll shape enterprise-wide architectural decisions, support major transformation programmes, and help create a modern, secure, and scalable technology landscape that delivers real value for our colleagues, members, and customers.

If you're excited by the opportunity to drive technology strategy, influence architectural standards, and lead the design of innovative solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave with the opportunity to buy and sell, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days, plus bank holidays and discretionary days over Christmas
• Group personal pension scheme whereby AAT will contribute up to 10.15%
• Life assurance and critical illness cover
• Health cash plan
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to six months' full pay depending on length of service
• Regular wellbeing initiatives
• Cycle2Work scheme and much more.

👉 Apply now