Enterprise Solutions Architect – Fixed-Term Contract

Role Overview

• Lead as the Enterprise Solutions Architect for at least 1 of the strategic business programmes focused on our tier 1 systems (Microsoft Dynamics F&O, Salesforce, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, SAP Success Factors)
• Champion enterprise architecture principles and governance whilst being hands-on in delivery where required
• Be a confident technical liaison for 3rd party partners and internal stakeholders
• Ensure solutions are embedded through the engineering functions into operational readiness
• Make key decisions on how systems integrate, where and how data is mastered and how data flows between the systems, ensuring both the velocity and stability required
• Assure configuration, workflows and automation aligns with technology best practice and architectural standards within Aurora
• Ensure effective governance and integrity of system boundaries; be aware of and mitigate the risk of boundary creep
• Contribute to policies and practices to ensure our enterprise systems remain scalable, secure, and robust and that third-party software across the business is appropriately managed
• Be a key resource for our Systems Managers (business partners with Aurora departments), providing architectural input to stakeholder requirements, guiding senior stakeholders as required, identifying and delivering scalable solutions

Requirements

• Proven experience operating as an Enterprise Architect across multiple domains and delivery streams, with demonstrable impact through roadmaps, standards and governance
• Deep experience working with and governing 3rd Party integration partners, holding them to account and ensuring delivery and architectural alignment
• Strong understanding of EA disciplines (business/data/application/technology) and ability to connect them to portfolio and operating-model decisions
• Track record defining and executing target-state architectures and transition roadmaps (incremental, time to value-led, dependency-aware)
• Hands-on experience implementing architecture governance: principles, standards, architecture reviews, exception management and decision records
• Microsoft ecosystem architecture depth relevant to the organisation’s stack, including:
• Dynamics 365 F&O integration approaches and guidance
• Salesforce integration approaches and guidance
• SAP SuccessFactors integration and guidance
• Power Platform/Dataverse governance and ALM best practice; environment strategy and DLP controls
• Data Foundation expertise leveraging Microsoft data technologies with particular focus on Microsoft Fabric (or equivalent modern Lakehouse patterns), including governance/lineage and enabling self-service analytics safely
• Enterprise SaaS integration across domains with Salesforce CRM, Dynamics 365 F&O & SAP Success Factors
• Strong integration design capability: Domain Driven Design, event-based integration, API design principles, resilience patterns, operational considerations (SLAs, observability, incident readiness)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication: can influence at exec level, simplify complex trade-offs, and align diverse teams behind common patterns and outcomes
• TOGAF certification or equivalent applied EA practice (Desirable)
• Experience establishing EA repositories/tooling, platform guardrails, and measurable architecture outcomes (reuse, risk reduction, simplification)

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Parental Support
• Salary-Exchange Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Local Oxford Discounts
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Flu Jabs