Senior Systems Architect

Location: Ipswich / Hybrid Working
Salary: £95,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Type: Permanent

About the Role

Our client is embarking on a significant technology transformation programme and is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Architect to help shape the future of their Operational Technology (OT) landscape.

This is a strategic architecture role focused on the design, integration, and evolution of complex operational systems that support critical infrastructure. Working across business and technology teams, you will define future-state architectures, establish technical standards, and lead the design of innovative solutions that improve operational performance, resilience, and customer outcomes.

The successful candidate will play a key role in driving modernisation initiatives, including cloud integration, advanced analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and enterprise-wide systems transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain current and target-state architecture for critical operational systems.
• Develop technology roadmaps that support long-term business and operational objectives.
• Lead architectural design activities across large-scale transformation programmes.
• Provide technical leadership and governance throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and business requirements.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, suppliers, and project delivery teams.
• Drive standardisation, reusability, and best practice across the technology estate.
• Review and assure solution designs before implementation.
• Produce architecture artefacts, technical documentation, standards, and design patterns.
• Support integration strategies spanning on-premise, cloud, data, and third-party platforms.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on technology strategy and investment decisions.

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Systems Architect, Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, or similar senior architecture role.
• Experience designing and integrating complex enterprise systems in large-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of systems integration, middleware, APIs, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Experience delivering architecture across transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and hybrid environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience developing architecture roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Understanding of cyber security, identity management, and system resilience principles.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• Exposure to utilities, energy, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, transport, or industrial sectors.
• Knowledge of Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS).
• Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or ArchiMate.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Understanding of AI, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation technologies.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Able to balance long-term architecture vision with practical delivery requirements.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Collaborative and relationship-focused approach.
• Comfortable working across multiple business and technology disciplines

Immediate interviews & start available, get in touch for more info.