Associate Enterprise Architect

Join Network Rail - Where People and Connections Matter

At Network Rail, we're dedicated to keeping passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently across the country. When you join us, you're not just part of a team - you're part of something that matters to millions. We believe that our people are at the heart of what we do, and every role plays a vital part in building a better, more connected railway.
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments. We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process. You can visit Evenbreaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support.
If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Some of our great benefits:

We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements considered

Generous annual leave up to 28 days plus statutory days (role dependant), with the option to buy/sell days

Discounts at selected stations with your Network Rail pass

Defined benefit pension scheme

75% off leisure train tickets for you and your dependents (subject to T&Cs)

Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets

Volunteer leave to make a positive impact

Duration: Permanent

Location: Milton Keynes

Band & Salary: Band 3C £55,596 - £67,813

About the role

What does the average day look like?

• Working with business, operational, delivery and technology stakeholders to understand their needs and provide clear, evidence-based advice on technology choices that align with strategic direction, architectural standards and desired business outcomes.


• Contributing to technology roadmaps, reference architectures and other architecture products that communicate current and future direction, support consistent decision-making and guide investment planning.


• Supporting design assurance and technology governance by reviewing proposed solutions, identifying architectural dependencies and risks, and working with specialists across DDaT to confirm alignment with business needs and Network Rail architecture standards.


• Supporting digital strategy development by documenting current-state architectures, identifying capability gaps and opportunities, and contributing to practical future-state architectures and transition options.


• Researching and evaluating current and emerging technologies, assessing their suitability, benefits, risks and strategic alignment, and making evidence-based recommendations.


• Maintaining architecture information and products in LeanIX to improve data quality, consistency and traceability, while providing practical guidance on LeanIX, technology governance and lifecycle management.

Key Accountabilities

1. Acts as a technology consultant advising on technology choicesand implementations in order to drive business outcomesand reduce risk.

2. Produce technology standards,architecturedeliverables,Reference Architectures and Roadmaps in order to deliverbusiness value andtechnicalconsistency across the investmentportfolio.

3. Conduct "ProofOfConcept/Value"exercises to verify the feasibility/viability ofnewproducts/services in order to aid technologyrelated decisionmaking

4. Create solution designs establishing line ofsightbetween the business outcomes to delivermaximumvalue forthe business.

5. Identifyand surface cross-portfolio and architecturaldependenciesto reduce the risk ofduplication, overruns ofcostand time

6. Analyse the business environmentand recommend appropriate solutions to identify opportunities that reducemaintenance costs,complexity andimprove systemreliability

7. Supportthe deliveryofprojects through the Design Assurance process byengaging colleagues in otherareasof Digital Data & Technology,verifying that the proposed design fitsin with existing /proposed infrastructureand the business needs tomaximise the compliance withNetwork Rail Architecture Standards.

8. Understand and challengecommercial aspects ofa solution andmake recommendations tostrike the rightbalance betweencostand benefits

9. AnalysethedigitalandEAmarkettrendsandbeproficientwiththerelevantskillsthroughself-learning and/orformaltrainingwhereavailabletoenablethedeliveryof EAservices

Your experience and skills

Who are we looking for?

Meet the essential criteria/ Apply today to join our team!

• Extensive experience of working as a TechnicalorSolution Architect


• Experience developing architecture blueprints,strategies and roadmaps


• Exposure tomultiple,diversetechnologies,platforms and processing environments


• Certification in SolutionArchitecture fromAWS/MicrosoftAzureorotherleading cloud providers


• Good understanding ofproductmanagement,agileprinciples and developmentmethodologies and capabilityofsupporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance onall architecturalmatters


• Good understanding ofstrategicand new and emerging technology trends,and the practical application of these technologies


• Business and commercialacumen- understanding business models,financialdriversand competition


• Ability to rapidly learnandapplynew technologies,business concepts andmethodologies to solve business problems


• Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences


• Skilled at influencing,guiding and facilitating stakeholdersand peerswith decisionmaking.


• Experienced inmoderndevelopmentlifecycles/methodologies


• Document,Contentand/orDigitalAsset Managementconcepts and technologies


• Experience delivering presentations to senior-levelexecutives andnon-technical audiences

Additional Information...

Contact: RSResourcing @networkrail.co.uk If you have any questions or reasonable adjustments.

Key Information

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time

Location:

The Quadrant:MK, Milton Keynes

Geographical Area:

South East England (Not inside M25)

Closing Date:

23-OCT-2026

Job Category:

Digital Data and Technology

Function:

Route Services

Asset:

Organisation:

IS Business and Enterprise Architects ) G1

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