Enterprise Architect
6 Month FTC
Hybrid, Wimbledon
Are you ready to take ownership of the secure technology architectures that power Domestic & General’s global enterprise?
Domestic & General is scaling fast across 14 countries, protecting the appliances that keep households running and reducing waste by extending the life of everyday devices. With an inclusive, people‑first culture recognised by Great Place to Work and the Inclusive Employers Standard, we’re now looking for a standout Solution Architect to shape the future of our technology landscape.
Your Impact
You’ll define how Domestic & General adopts modern platforms, cloud services, data analytics, automation, and AI — all while safeguarding customer trust, sensitive data, and operational resilience across the UK, US, Europe, and Australia. You’ll influence investment decisions, guide solution design, and strike the right balance between security, cost, usability, and speed to market.
What You’ll Lead
This role spans several critical domains:
Security Architecture & Design
- Establish and evolve enterprise security principles, standards, and reference architectures.
- Provide architectural oversight and assurance for new platforms and major change initiatives.
- Embed security requirements early in solution design, vendor selection, and procurement.
Platform, Cloud & Data Security
- Deliver expert security guidance across applications, cloud platforms, SaaS, data environments, and integrations.
- Define approved patterns for IAM, encryption, key management, logging, monitoring, and resilience.
- Champion least privilege, zero trust, and secure‑by‑default design aligned to enterprise risk appetite.
Emerging Technology & AI
- Shape secure architectures for automation, advanced analytics, and AI‑enabled capabilities.
- Identify and manage risks around data usage, model lifecycle, access control, explainability, resilience, and misuse.
- Partner with Data, Technology, Legal, and Risk teams to ensure responsible, compliant adoption of AI and emerging tech.
Governance, Risk & Assurance
- Lead threat modelling and architectural risk assessments for complex, high‑risk solutions.
- Ensure alignment with internal policies and recognised security frameworks.
- Support audits, assurance activities, and regulatory obligations with clear, structured documentation.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a trusted advisor to Technology, Product, Data, and Delivery teams.
- Translate complex security concepts into clear, business‑focused guidance.
- Balance security, customer experience, delivery timelines, and commercial outcomes through pragmatic, risk‑based decisions.
What You Bring
You’ll bring deep expertise in security architecture and enterprise technology within financial services or insurance. You’ll have hands‑on mastery across cloud services, SaaS, data platforms, integrations, and emerging AI capabilities. Most importantly, you’ll thrive in ambiguous, evolving environments where trade‑offs are real, solutions aren’t prescriptive, and your judgement truly matters.
We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include:
- Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
- Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
- Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more. Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles
- Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000
- Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
- Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.
Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record, credit and reference checks.
At Domestic & General, we are proud of our 100-year legacy and excited about our future growth plans. We are expanding our horizons, entering new markets and territories internationally and we need your expertise to help us on the journey.
