Enterprise Architect

SC clearance minimum, DV preferred – required for consideration

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a core delivery team working on a major Defence digital programme focused on modernising and cohering targeting capabilities through a user-centric, standards-led approach. You will help bridge complex operational targeting needs with Defence strategic priorities, ensuring technology and data are harnessed to deliver measurable value and innovation.

This role involves close collaboration with stakeholders across Defence, including multiple Commands and international partners, to shape architecture, standards, governance and integration approaches underpinning the delivery of the programme.

Key Responsibilities

You will contribute to a broad set of architecture and design authority activities, including:

• Aligning data standards across Defence relating to targeting
• Defining integration standards for targeting platforms and applications
• Supporting / owning a Targeting Design Authority function
• Cohering in-flight and existing capability programmes across multiple Services to align to the overall vision
• Identifying accelerators and opportunities to increase delivery pace and impact
• Reviewing and shaping relevant policies and standards across Defence
• Defining and maintaining a reference architecture and associated architectural artefacts
• Aligning exercises, test, and experimentation activity to support delivery and adoption
• Supporting the establishment of a test and reference centre capability
• Participating in relevant international working groups (e.g., NATO / Five Eyes) as required

Required Experience / Skills

• Strong enterprise architecture background (business, application, data, integration) in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Experience defining and implementing standards, governance, and design authority processes
• Ability to translate strategic intent into roadmaps, capability plans and actionable delivery outcomes
• Confident stakeholder engagement across senior technical and operational communities
• Understanding of user-centric design and iterative development approaches (use case identification, prototyping, etc.)

SFIA Alignment (Level 5)

• Develops models and plans to drive execution of business strategy and improve performance
• Contributes to systems capability strategy aligned to strategic requirements
• Creates and maintains roadmaps guiding delivery and capability improvement
• Determines requirements and specifies effective business processes via improvements in technology, data, organisation, roles, procedures and equipment

Additional Information

• Candidates must hold active SC clearance (DV preferred).