Senior Enterprise Architect

Please apply before role closes 11:55pm 9/1/26

About HMRC

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.

HMRC is building a modern, digital tax administration, and currently runs the biggest digital operation in Government. With 50 million customers to serve, over 60 thousand colleagues to support, and £700 billion to collect to fund UK Plc, our IT operation is huge.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join HMRC's Enterprise Architecture – Standards, Tools and Artefacts team, a dynamic group working across one of the largest and most complex IT estates in Europe. Our mission is to deliver an architecture strategy that underpins modern, internal-facing services and drives transformation at scale.

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping HMRC's technology direction. You'll create and evolve strategic roadmaps, influence policy, and ensure architectural decisions align with organisational goals. Your work will directly impact HMRC's ability to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions for colleagues and customers.

The main responsibilities include developing and maintaining a comprehensive IT architecture strategy by setting standards, technical policy, and direction for HMRC's IT estate. This involves creating and managing reference architectures, defining metadata and taxonomies, and ensuring architectural decisions are aligned with strategic goals and best practices.

There is a strong focus on supporting solution design to maximise technology investments, driving innovation, and promoting the standardisation and adoption of enterprise architecture tools and practices. Balanced governance is essential, encouraging both compliance and flexibility, while processes are streamlined to achieve efficiency and scalability.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will optimise EA processes and tool usage for efficiency and scalability, design templates, enforce data standards, and manage artefact catalogues within EA tooling. They will model complex systems logically and communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences, develop and maintain architectural standards aligned with the enterprise IT strategy, and provide consultancy and guidance to build internal capability and foster a self-sustaining architecture community all while understanding commercial and sourcing strategies to support enterprise impact.

Essential Criteria – Key points of experience we need across three key areas

Architecture Tooling & Governance

• Strategic Tooling & Standards Management: Experience in strategic enterprise architecture tooling and governance, with proven ability to implement repository-backed modelling solutions and manage artefact catalogues. Skilled in advocating for tooling adoption and establishing robust governance frameworks to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Governance & Standardisation: Ability to structure and standardise deliverables for reuse, propose governance standards to maintain architectural integrity, and expertise in developing and maintaining architectural standards aligned with enterprise IT strategy and best practices.

Architecture Domains & Frameworks

• Framework & Notation Familiarity: Familiarity with established frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman and notations like ArchiMate. Supported by strong knowledge across all architectural domains (Business, Data, Application and Technology).

Communication & Strategy

• Stakeholder Management: Proven stakeholder management experience with ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all organisational levels, effectively translating complex architectural concepts into clear, meaningful insights tailored to diverse audiences and varying levels of technical understanding.

Transitional Sites Information

If your location preference is for one of the following sites, it's important to note that these are not long-term sites for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations (opens in a new window)

These sites are:

• Benton Park View, Newcastle - moving to Pilgrims Quarter, Newcastle
• Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Capability Allowance

The advertised role is part of the Government Digital and Data Profession and has access to a Capability-Based Allowance. Applicants who are successful at interview will be invited to complete a Capability and Skills Assessment post-interview. Any allowance awarded will be based on the assessment of your capability against the skills advertised for this role. Please see the attached candidate pack for more information.

The allowance values are set by HMRC, subject to remaining in a qualifying role, and are non-pensionable. This allowance is non-contractual, subject to an annual review and could be withdrawn at any time.

For both new entrants and existing civil servants, the total compensation offer is a combination of base salary and, if applicable, a capability-based allowance. New entrants to the Civil Service will start on the pay range minimum. For existing civil servants, our policies on level transfer and promotion will apply.

For more information please visit the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (opens in a new window)

How is my capability allowance determined?

The amount of any capability allowance awarded is dependent on the outcome of the self-assessment which once submitted will be considered by HMRC.

Total compensation offered includes the base salary plus any capability allowance awarded for your HMRC assessed proficiency level at the amounts shown in the table below (up to Government Digital & Data Pay Framework maximums).

HMRC Capability Allowance Grade 7

Capability Level

Accomplished Up £12,000

Proficient Up to £7,500

Developing Up to £3,500

Throughout the application process, you will be assessed using the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework against the technical skills listed below.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Architecting for the Whole Context
• Architecture Communication
• Making Architectural Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £58,541, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,959 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A CV including education, professional qualifications and full employment history, giving details of key achievements for each role/job.

• When giving details in your CV you should be explicit in highlighting your experience in line with the essential criteria and job description. You should therefore include details of the work and projects that you have been involved in, and the role you played.

• Please attach your anonymised CV as a separate additional document in either PDF or word format no bigger than 5MB.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.