A major public cultural institution is formalising its IT and information architecture to make the digital estate more governable and legible. The short-term engagement supports a broader enterprise architecture programme, mapping applications and data flows, and delivering pragmatic recommendations using ArchiMate and TOGAF principles to align business capabilities, processes and information models.
The mission
The organisation is in a structuring phase, consolidating an ecosystem of multiple applications, partners and data sources. The technical landscape includes legacy and cloud-hosted applications, fragmented data ownership and ongoing digital projects that need clearer information architecture and service boundaries. This work matters because it creates a single, maintainable view of the information system that supports governance and project delivery across the public cultural sector.
You will work alongside the enterprise architect and cross-functional teams to produce application and data cartography (AS-IS and TO-BE), clarify data ownership and sources of truth, and propose a pragmatic enterprise architecture. The role includes stakeholder workshops, iterative delivery of maps and principles, and handover materials so internal teams can continue governance after the mission. The assignment is initially short-term and may be extended as the governance programme scales.
Your responsibilities
- Produce consolidated application and interface maps using ArchiMate and UML to make system dependencies and service boundaries visible.
- Map data flows between applications and identify authoritative data sources to reduce duplication and improve data transfer reliability.
- Define and document pragmatic data and services architecture principles that align business capability mapping with technical solutions.
- Advise project teams and governance bodies on architectural decisions to secure technical and functional coherence across concurrent digital projects.
- Deliver clear visual artefacts and workshop materials for non-technical stakeholders to support adoption and ongoing governance.
- Recommend short and medium-term evolution paths for the information system, prioritised by impact on business capabilities and project timelines.
Your profile
Essential skills
- Proven capability in ArchiMate to produce enterprise architecture diagrams and cartographic designs.
- Practical experience with TOGAF and enterprise-level information architecture frameworks.
- Strong skills in business capability mapping and business modelling to connect strategy to IT.
- Expertise in data architecture, data transfer patterns and defining sources of truth.
- Proficiency with UML for application/interface analysis and documenting dependencies.
- Comfortable facilitating cross-team workshops and translating technical models for business stakeholders.