Join Lloyds Banking Group as an Enterprise Architect.

LOCATIONS: Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds or Halifax

HOURS: Full time, 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for multiple Enterprise Architects to shape the strategic direction of our technology landscape, ensuring solutions are aligned with our architectural vision and business strategy.

You'll play a key role in major transformation programmes, supporting the creation of roadmaps, guardrails, and patterns that underpin our technology strategy.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Contribute to architectural decisions and support the Architecture Lead in defining and delivering technology strategy.

Help create and maintain architecture roadmaps, guardrails, and patterns, collaborating with colleagues across the business.

Prepare architectural artefacts and documentation to support governance and compliance.

Build strong relationships with business, engineering, and CTO stakeholders.

Maintain up-to-date technical skills and stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Conduct external research to inform business design and enable corporate strategy.

Collaborate with a team of architects to ensure alignment with group and technology strategy.

Work in an agile way, participating in agile ceremonies and supporting iterative delivery.

WHAT WE'LL NEED

Strong Enterprise Architecture experience with good working knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) and exposure to a range of modern technologies including:

• Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and hybrid hosting architectures
• APIs, microservices, and modular applications
• Data strategies (data lifecycle, ETL, data modelling, governance)
• Cybersecurity
• Technology sustainability
• Payments, digital transformation, retail banking

Strong communication and storytelling skills

Ability to build trusted relationships across engineering, product, and business teams

Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with tech trends

Willingness to drive process improvements and adopt best practices

Passion for exploring emerging technologies and assessing their potential impact on the business.

Ability to conduct external research and horizon scanning to identify new tools, platforms, and trends.

Experience evaluating and experimenting with innovative solutions to inform architectural decisions and strategic direction.

ABOUT WORKING FOR US

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects modern society. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and offer reasonable adjustments for candidates who need them. Our benefits include:

• Up to 15% pension contribution
• Annual bonus award (subject to Group performance)
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle
• Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave