Microsoft Enterprise Architect

We are seeking a Microsoft Enterprise Architect to design and oversee the implementation of complex technology solutions within large organisations, using Microsoft products and services.

The Microsoft Enterprise Architect will align business goals with technology strategy, ensuring that systems are scalable, secure, and integrated. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders, evaluating new technologies, and setting architectural standards to guide development teams.

Primary Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture and Solution Design

• Translate complex business requirements into technical blueprints, covering non-functional requirements like security, availability, and cost optimisation.
• Architect and manage enterprise IT systems across multiple functional areas, including server, platform, storage, and cloud domains.
• Translate functional and operational requirements into technical architectures, integration patterns, and implementation roadmaps.
• Define scalable, resilient target-state designs and transitional architectures for hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and technical decision artifacts to support execution and governance.

Technology Evaluation and Modernization

• Identify, assess, and recommend technologies that meet defined technical and business requirements.
• Lead and execute proofs of concept, pilots, and demos to validate feasibility, risk, and operational fit.
• Guide modernisation efforts across virtualisation, cloud integration, and enterprise infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Drive adoption of advanced technologies that improve efficiency, interoperability, and long-term maintainability.

Operations Leadership and Service Reliability

• Act as a trusted advisor and primary technical point of contact between clients, internal teams, and leadership.
• Provide technical leadership to multi-discipline teams in enterprise environments.
• Establish architecture requirements for monitoring, alerting, incident response, and operational visibility for production systems.
• Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement efforts tied to SLA and performance objectives.
• Ensure designs are supportable in 24x7x365 operations, including change/release coordination and lifecycle management.

Security, Compliance, and Integration Governance

• Provide technical leadership for system integration, scalability, and security architecture across multi-vendor platforms.
• Embed security controls and compliance requirements into infrastructure and platform designs.
• Ensure architectural approaches support FISMA-aligned controls, vulnerability remediation, and secure configuration baselines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align technical solutions with SEC policy, risk, and operational governance.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust (or higher if required).
• Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience and Certifications:
• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field and 10+ years of relevant experience in engineering and architecting enterprise IT systems.
• Proven experience managing endpoints with Microsoft Intune to include PCs and mobile devices.
• Demonstrated experience translating functional requirements into enterprise technical solutions and leading integration/scalability efforts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Must possess Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate certification or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting U.S. federal IT environments with FISMA/NIST/OMB compliance requirements.
• Experience architecting or supporting observability platforms and enterprise monitoring integrations in large environments.
• Hands-on experience with container platforms and automation frameworks (e.g., OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, GitOps toolchains).
• Experience leading architecture initiatives in 24x7x365 enterprise operations organisations.
• Prior support to SEC or similarly regulated financial-sector federal agencies.
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• TOGAF (or equivalent enterprise architecture certification)