Enterprise & Security Architect - 24 month FTC
Summary
Lead the architecture workstream of a 24-month, large-scale cyber security transformation programme, based in Hamilton (1 day onsite per week, rest remote). You own design authority, governance, and target-state architecture across security, cloud, infrastructure, and identity as both an enterprise and security architect.
- 24-month fixed-term opportunity
- Lead the architecture stream of a major cyber security uplift
- Hamilton based | 1 day per week onsite, remainder remote
This is a highly visible role where you'll take ownership of architecture decisions across the programme, ensuring security, infrastructure, cloud, identity, and technology solutions align with both programme objectives and enterprise architecture standards.
Working closely with programme leadership, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders, you'll provide hands-on architecture leadership while driving governance, design authority, and strategic decision-making across a complex environment.
This opportunity will suit an architect who is equally comfortable operating at a strategic level and diving into detailed solution design when required.
Key Responsibilities
- Own programme-wide architecture and solution decisions
- Establish and lead the Design Authority Board
- Develop and maintain target-state architecture, standards, principles, and patterns
- Ensure alignment between programme architecture and enterprise architecture direction
- Provide architecture leadership across security, infrastructure, cloud, identity, and data domains
- Review, challenge, and approve vendor designs and technology proposals
- Support architecture governance, delivery gates, and implementation planning
- Partner with programme leaders, project teams, and technical specialists to drive outcomes
- Assess security risks and ensure appropriate controls are incorporated into solution designs
- Guide architecture decisions across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Proven experience as both an Enterprise Architect and Security Architect
- Experience leading architecture across large transformation or cyber security programmes
- Strong architecture governance and Design Authority experience
- Hands-on approach to architecture with the ability to work at both strategic and detailed design levels
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to make pragmatic architecture decisions that support delivery outcomes
- Experience working in complex enterprise environments with legacy platforms and multiple vendors
- Relevant architecture and security certifications highly regarded
- Enterprise Architecture
- Security Architecture
- Infrastructure Architecture
- Cloud Platforms
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- SSO, MFA and Privileged Access Management
- Zero Trust Architecture
- Network Security
- Security Operations
- Data Protection and Governance
- Asset Management Architecture
- Security Controls and Risk Management
For more information, apply directly or contact Holly Greenwood at holly@evolverecruitment.co.nz or 021 216 2940.