Senior Enterprise Architect

The Opportunity

As a Senior Enterprise Architect within Parliament, you will hold a pivotal and strategic position in collaborating with senior parliamentary business, strategy, and technical leads. Your primary objective will be to showcase the strategic importance of Enterprise Architecture in shaping effective decision making, driving business change, and fostering technology innovation within the parliamentary context. You will bring your knowledge and experience to collaborate on the development and refinement of business capability models, reference architectures and technology roadmaps, facilitating productive discussions and supporting informed decision-making across Parliament.

• taking a strategic approach to aligning initiatives with overarching digital and parliamentary objectives, analysing the organisation's technology needs, and contributing to the development of standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps to achieve transformative outcomes in collaboration with Lead Enterprise Architects and subject-matter experts.
• providing guidance on optimal architectural design, guiding teams to adhere to correct technical governance processes while ensuring the appropriate application of organisational standards and methodologies.
• identifying and mitigating architecture challenges or risks ensuring successful outcomes that align with parliamentary priorities and meet the highest parliamentary standards.
• defining and managing technical procurement requirements that align with strategic goals and meet the high standards set within Parliament.
• mediating between technical and non-technical stakeholders, helping to solve problems using clear, accessible communication.

  What You Need

  • experience as a Technical, Solution, Business, or Enterprise Architect (or equivalent) in a Public Sector context, demonstrating a working-level capability across a range of architectures, technologies, and programming languages. Should be TOGAF 9 certified or working towards certification (Desirable).
  • experience of contributing to the development of reference architectures, technology policies and/ or technical standards, including experience of following clear technical governance processes.
  • experience of building good relationships with stakeholders at various levels with an ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, whilst upholding the values of equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • experience of translating of business problems into practical solutions, following organisational patterns and standards while demonstrating knowledge of when to diverge to meet unique organisational requirements.
  • strong decision-making abilities, considering risk and complexity, and an aptitude for influencing positive outcomes while adapting solutions to meet parliamentary standards and compliance requirements.
  • the ability to pass security clearance, backed by the right to work in the UK

    About The Team

    The Enterprise Architecture team is part of the Office of the CTO. We are responsible for developing Parliament's technology strategy ensuring that Parliament has the technology it needs to do its work. We do this through mapping Parliament's digital landscape, working closely with teams across Parliament to understand how demand for digital will change over time, working with teams in the Digital Service to develop roadmaps and developing Parliament's reference architecture, standards and design patterns

    About Us

    UK Parliament is steeped in history and tradition. It is an important part of UK life and we need to ensure as many people as possible can engage with its work. This is why we are at the start of a huge transformation programme powered by technology. The Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) works with the House of Commons and the House of Lords with all their IT and digital needs. We are here to realise the digital ambitions of a modern Parliament and welcome you to join us in building a digital democracy.

    Our Package

    Please refer to our Candidate Information Pack for a full list of our benefits which include:

    • up to 35 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
    • generous maternity pay policy up to 6 months full pay
    • great pension scheme options (contributory and non-contributory)
    • on-site subsidised gym, nursery, catering, post office, travel office and GP
    • flexible options including hybrid working and family friendly policies

      How To Apply

      Please make sure you're clear on the requirements of the role. These can be found in the Job Description and Candidate Information Pack. You will need to upload a CV and show how you meet up to the first five criterion. Our application process is anonymous, so please remove any personal information from your CV.

      Apply By:

      Interviews: 19th / 20th June 2025

      Format: Panel Interview (Remote)

      Our Culture

      For our people, we provide an amazing opportunity to bring their talents to an institution that sits right at the heart of society in the UK. We are helping to change UK Parliament and strengthen democracy. What matters here is your potential for growth and your commitment to playing your part in our ongoing success.

      We are passionate about providing an environment which promotes inclusion, diversity and equality. Regardless of your age, gender, ethnicity, beliefs or any of the other things that make you, you. We welcome applications from people who feel under-represented in the workforce. This includes those who may feel disadvantaged because of their socioeconomic circumstances.