We’re looking for a Principal Architect – Governance & Assurance to join our Engineering leadership team and play a critical role in shaping how architecture and engineering standards are applied across the organisation.
This is a high-impact leadership position responsible for driving architectural governance, engineering quality, and assurance practices across complex, high-availability systems. You’ll translate business strategy into practical guardrails, standards, and patterns that ensure our platforms remain scalable, secure, and resilient
You’ll also lead a small centre of excellence, working across multiple teams to elevate technical consistency and delivery qualit
y.What You’ll Be Doi
- ng:Lead and evolve the organisation’s architecture governance and assurance func
- tionDefine and enforce architecture standards, guardrails, and engineering best pract
- icesOwn the governance of architectural exceptions, ensuring risks are identified and managed effecti
- velyTranslate business strategy into actionable assurance frameworks aligned to engineering deli
- veryProduce clear, data-driven reporting for senior leadership on compliance, risk, and v
- alueAct as a trusted partner to Solution Architects and delivery teams—supporting, not poli
- cingRepresent the assurance function in cross-functional governance fo
- rumsDrive continuous improvement culture within the architecture and engineering commu
- nityMentor and coach engineers and architects to improve technical quality and consist
encyCore Exper
- ienceProven experience as a Principal, Lead, or Senior Architect in large-scale enviro
- nmentsStrong background in architecture governance, assurance, or engineering quality fram
- eworksExperience working across enterprise-scale, high-availability s
ystemsTechnical & Architectural Ex
- pertiseBroad architecture knowledge across one or more
- domains:Enterprise, Solution, Application, Infrastructure, or Data Arch
- itectureStrong understan
- ding of:Cloud platforms (AWS, Azu
- re, GCP)Modern engineering practices (CI/CD, DevSecOps, APIs, micros
- ervices)Security and resilience pr
- inciplesAbility to guide t
- eams on:Syste
- m designRefactoring ap
- proachesDeployment p
- ipelinesEngineering s
tandardsLeadership &
- InfluenceExperience leading architecture communities or centres of
- excellenceStrong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at sen
- ior levelsComfortable balancing commercial priorities, risk, and technical
- excellenceProven ability to align business and technology stakeholders around a sha
red vision…