Grant Thornton - Enterprise Architect

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Role : Enterprise Architect _

UK remote _6 Months Contract

Rate : 400 GBP/day

No of positions -5

M&A, LeanIX and integration experience is compulsory. (Don't submit CVs without this experience)

Pl ease note 1 st Day onboarding will be in person if candidate is staying in another city than travelling arrangements will be managed by PSL.

Focus: Current state discovery, architecture assessment, and rapid mapping across applications, infrastructure, integrations, data, and business capabilities-primarily in an M&A or transformation context.

Summary

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead current state discovery and architecture assessment across technology and business domains.

This role focuses on rapidly building an accurate picture of the as is environment using EA tooling (e.g., LeanIX) and structured discovery techniques to support integration planning, sequencing, and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Conduct current state architecture discovery and assessments across acquired or complex environments.
• Perform rapid asset inventory and mapping , including applications, infrastructure, integrations, and data flows.
• Build and maintain application portfolio maps , integration diagrams, and infrastructure views.
• Map data flows , business processes , and business capabilities , aligning technology assets to business outcomes.
• Capture cost elements tied to applications and platforms to support rationalization and prioritization decisions.
• Assess CI/CD maturity and delivery pipelines where relevant.
• Define and document integration architecture patterns and constraints to inform future state planning.
• Use EA tools (e.g., LeanIX ) to model, analyze, and communicate findings clearly to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Partner with program, engineering, and business teams to translate discovery outputs into actionable inputs for integration roadmaps and execution plans.

Required Skills / Experience

• Strong enterprise architecture experience with hands on current state discovery and assessment.
• Proven proficiency with EA tools (LeanIX preferred or equivalent).
• Experience mapping:
  • Application portfolios
  • Infrastructure and hosting environments
  • System integrations and interfaces
  • Data flows and dependencies
  • Business processes and capabilities
• Ability to work quickly in ambiguous environments and produce clear, decision ready artifacts .
• Strong communication skills-able to explain complex architectures simply.

Nice to Have

• M&A or large scale integration experience.
• Experience supporting application rationalization or tenant consolidation efforts.
• Familiarity with DevOps / CI CD maturity assessments.