About this role
Salary: £32,000 - 72,000 per year
Requirements: Deep technical expertise across Microsoft technologies, including cloud platforms, Microsoft Azure, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, End-User Computing, and Windows ServerEnterprise architecture experience, designing and governing complex, scalable technology solutionsBroad awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and evolving regulatory requirementsExperience applying architecture frameworks, governance standards, and structured design methodologiesProven ability to produce high-quality high-level designs, guide low-level design development, and manage architecture governanceStakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and guide deliberation at all levelsRational mindset with the ability to assess complex systems and long-term architectural impactsDesirable: experience working in a manufacturing or FMCG IT/OT environmentDesirable: exposure to modern identity and security frameworks, including Zero Trust principlesDesirable: knowledge of automation, containerisation, and modern application hosting patternsDesirable: enterprise architecture certification such as TOGAF, Azure certifications, or equivalentDesirable: vendor and commercial evaluation experienceDesirable: familiarity with data architecture concepts to support future cross-domain integration Responsibilities: Define and own the architecture strategy across Microsoft technologies, cloud, End-User Computing, identity and access management, and Windows Server, ensuring alignment to business prioritiesAct as design authority, governing and approving solutions through the Technical Design Authority to ensure consistency with enterprise standardsProduce high-level designs and assure the quality and approval of low-level designs, ensuring all outputs meet standards and are fully documentedProvide design assurance throughout delivery, ensuring solutions remain aligned to architecture and transition smoothly into aid with full operational readinessDefine and embed non-functional requirements, including performance, security, scalability, resilience, and operability, ensuring they are measurable and consistently appliedIdentify technical debt, capability gaps, and risks, shaping a strategic roadmap that drives resilience, modernisation, security, and cost efficiencyMonitor platform health and prioritise improvement initiatives that strengthen performance and long-term sustainabilityPartner with senior stakeholders to align architecture with business strategy, growth plans, and transformation prioritiesProvide oversight during delivery, ensuring adherence to architecture, early risk identification, and effective governance of any deviationsManage supplier and vendor engagement, assisting selection, evaluation, and performance, ensuring solutions align to architectural standardsStay current with emerging technologies, trends, and regulatory requirements, keeping the architecture modern and adaptableShape a scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology landscape, enabling cloud adoption, modern workplace capabilities, and future growthSupport strategic deliberation through clear technical insight, risk assessment, and cost-benefit evaluationDrive architecture maturity, enabling a more integrated, data-led, and cloud-enabled environment that improves teamwork, mobility, and productivity Technologies: Active DirectoryAzureCloudSupportMicrosoft 365SecurityTOGAFWindowsOffice 365ArchitectREST More:
We are Weetabix and we believe diverse teams drive better ideas, stronger decisions, and a more inclusive workplace for everyone. We are committed to building an organisation where people from all walks of life feel they belong, and where different voices, experiences, and backgrounds are valued and respected. This is a newly created role within our exciting growth journey, reflecting our investment in people, capabilities, and innovation as we continue to build for the future. The role is based at our site in Burton Latimer, with three days a week in the office to support collaboration and strong team connections. Our interview process is TEAMS followed by a face-to-face meeting at our site. We offer a competitive salary, annual bonus, double-matched pension scheme up to 12%, 25 days annual leave increasing with service, annual salary review, healthcare plan, discounted Weetabix products, continued investment in personal development, the option to purchase up to 5 additional days of annual leave, access to 24/7 counselling via Grocery Aid, flexible work opportunities, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave, additional time off for fertility treatment and neonatal care, a working parents support group, and fully stocked kitchens filled with our products. We benchmark roles based on skills and experience, so we do not advertise fixed salary ranges. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.
last updated 30 week of 2026