Enterprise Architect

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a small but highly skilled architecture team within a large government department. The team is responsible for modelling the enterprise architecture of the organisation and enabling a more effective digital transformation journey.

You will play a key role in shaping and documenting the organisation’s technology landscape, processes, and dependencies, helping to create a digital model that supports strategic decision-making and delivery of core objectives.

Location: London - Hybrid

Contract Length: 6 Months

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Pay Rate: Up to £800 per day (via Umbrella)

Security Clearance: Active SC required

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist architectural expertise and direction to build and enhance the organisation’s enterprise architecture model.
• Document technology, people, processes, and other organisational elements to deliver a comprehensive digital representation of the enterprise.
• Analyse and understand complex systems, identifying dependencies and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with architects across multiple disciplines in a complex, highly devolved environment.
• Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making.
• Identify, document, and communicate architectural risks, including security, data, and business risks.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and guide architectural decisions across the organisation.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience across multiple architectural disciplines, with deep expertise in at least one (IT systems/technical architecture, business architecture, solution architecture, data architecture, etc.).
• Demonstrable experience documenting enterprise architecture in complex organisations.
• Strong analytical skills to understand and model interdependencies between systems and components.
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage senior stakeholders effectively.
• Collaborative approach to working with other architects and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to influence and guide strategic architectural decisions.

Desirable

• Experience using Ardoq or similar enterprise architecture modelling tools.