1 to 25 of 34 Permanent Architecture Governance Jobs in the UK excluding London

Architecture Governance (& Practice) Lead - Milton Keynes About MIB At MIB our people are passionate about making roads safer by getting uninsured and hit-and-run drivers off our roads. Working in partnership with the Police, Insurers and Government our collective aim is to make it a thing of the past but, until that’s accomplished, we’re here … by uninsured and hit-and-run drivers and paid over £400 million in compensation to support victims rebuild their lives. About the role Ready to shape the future of architecture at the Motor Insurers’ Bureau? We’re looking for a visionary Architecture Governance & Practice Lead to set the standard for excellence. In this pivotal role, you’ll … lead the charge in defining and embedding best practices, ensuring architectural integrity and delivery success across our organisation. You’ll design robust governance frameworks, champion innovation, and cultivate a high-performing architecture community that drives real impact. Key responsibilities Governance Maintain and evolve the architecture governance framework, including policies, principles, and review processes Run the More ❯

tenth largest in the world. Flying over 70 million passengers a year, we employ over 12,000 people. Its big-scale stuff and we’re still growing. TEAM IT Architecture incorporates the Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, Data Architecture, Cyber Security Architecture plus oversight of Principle Software Engineers working within our Technology & Product … collaboration with colleagues across IT and the broader business. We also play a leading role in developing complex IT solutions which have cross-functional impact, implement new technology/architecture approaches etc. We're looking for a Solution Architect to join our growing Solution Architecture team. Aligned to the Airline Operations domain, you'll be at the forefront … that directly impact our business. You will work closely with fellow architects, business stakeholders, and product delivery teams to define IT solutions that align with our broader strategy, enterprise Architecture and ambitious goals. JOB PURPOSE As the Solution Lead for a product mission team, you will partner with the Head of Products, Principal Software Engineers, and Product Managers to More ❯

business... https://www.nccgroup.com/uk/The Opportunity: The purpose of the Enterprise Architect role is to support the design and evolution of the organisation’s enterprise architecture and architectural governance to ensure alignment between business strategy, processes, information, technology, and infrastructure. This role acts as a strategic advisor, bridging business objectives with IT capabilities, and … guiding large-scale transformation and modernisation initiatives, specifically the rationalisation of business applications Responsibilities: Strategic Architecture Planning: Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, and standards. Align architecture strategy with business goals and objectives. Ensure vendor solutions align with enterprise architecture standards Architecture Governance: Establish architecture review boards and enforce compliance with … architectural standards. Maintain architecture documentation and ensure proper version control. Technology and Capability Roadmaps: Develop current-state and future-state architecture views. Define and manage architecture roadmaps and transition states. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business leaders, IT teams, and solution architects to understand needs and provide architectural guidance. Communicate architectural decisions and their business impact. Solution Design More ❯

offering serving an international client base from a multi office footprint. They are currently looking to appoint a talented technology Architect who would take a lead on the technical architecture strategy and guide the platform engineering capabilities across the organization, ensuring technology foundations support business growth and operational excellence. * Establish their first enterprise architecture function to provide strategic … technology leadership for a Microsoft-centric, Azure-native estate. This is a greenfield opportunity to define architecture strategy, governance frameworks, and drive transformation. * Define data architecture strategy for disparate legacy systems across numerous business lines. * Maximise £200k+ annual Microsoft E5 licensing investment. * Design CSS portal multi-tenancy architecture enabling US enterprise expansion. * Establish architecture governance appropriate for scale. * Optimise Azure spend and modernise infrastructure. The Person: * Candidates should ideally be degree qualified, with proven Enterprise Architecture experience in a financial services, professional services or technology services environment. * Demonstrable experience in establishing architecture governance in mid-sized organisations. * Architecture strategies, standards, and roadmaps experience. * Regulated environment understanding (FCA, compliance etc.). More ❯

architectural significance Formulating the data model and standards to be used by the data platform to support interoperability and federation to support pathogen monitoring and research Communicating the data architecture to various stakeholder groups within EIT Developing data architectures including different data flows, data lifecycle, data security, durability, as well as applying consistent documentation standards and architecture methods … Supporting developers and making sure they can realise the data architecture by a combination of mentoring and direct involvement Responsible for producing architecture artifacts and presenting the work through architecture governance Verifying implementations and ensuring the delivered systems is consistent with the agreed architecture and meets requirements Defining architecture data standards are defined to … Accreditation (where relevant) Ensuring that squads have available a set of standard patterns, guidance, and technical standards to help them deliver Ensuring solutions are documented and assured through defined architecture governance processes Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience: Knowledge and experience of architecting and delivering modern data platform standards, tools and patterns including data lakes, lake houses, iceberg, data More ❯

a solid framework is in place for future planned solution architecture. In full: About the role: We are currently looking for a Lead Architect to join the Strategy and Architecture team supporting the Engineering and Customer Solutions Directorate focusing on Connections Reform. This new role will allow the post holder an opportunity to be influential in defining the End … to-End Solution and Roadmaps for the Strategic Architecture for Connections Reform. The Lead Architect role is a strategic and delivery-focused leadership role responsible for shaping, assuring, and governing architecture across Connections Reform. This role acts as the single point of design authority, ensuring alignment with the business’ enterprise architecture standards, digital transformation goals and business … Drive options and recommendations for review. Lead resolution of design issues within the team/domain in collaboration with specialists and architects. Managing escalations as required. Apply and support architecture team and delivery teams across waterfall, agile, and hybrid methodologies. Architecture Governance Act as the authority for Process, Data, Security, and Technology within the domain in collaboration More ❯

per annum through to 90,000 per annum An exciting new opportunity has become available, working with a growing public sector body, for a Principal Enterprise Architect to provide architecture leadership across the business organisation. This role involves defining and maintaining target and transition architectures, ensuring alignment with our strategies, frameworks, policies, principles, and standards. You will be reporting … directly to the Head of Architecture & Design. Day-to-day of the role: Ensure alignment with organisational strategies, frameworks, policies, principles, and standards. Network and communicate with senior stakeholders, actively seeking opportunities for improvement. Support multiple communities and teams, utilising best practices and emerging technologies. Inspire other architects and help them understand how to meet organisational goals. Horizon scan … risks and support the successful delivery of the long-term strategy. Required Skills & Qualifications: Broad knowledge of data, application, technology, and security architecture. Proven track record of applying Enterprise Architecture frameworks and tools to deliver business outcomes, ideally within a financial services organisation or a regulator. Experience in defining and maintaining target and transition architectures. Proficient in managing and More ❯

per annum through to £90,000 per annum An exciting new opportunity has become available, working with a growing public sector body, for a Principal Enterprise Architect to provide architecture leadership across the business organisation. This role involves defining and maintaining target and transition architectures, ensuring alignment with our strategies, frameworks, policies, principles, and standards. You will be reporting … directly to the Head of Architecture & Design. Day-to-day of the role: Ensure alignment with organisational strategies, frameworks, policies, principles, and standards. Network and communicate with senior stakeholders, actively seeking opportunities for improvement. Support multiple communities and teams, utilising best practices and emerging technologies. Inspire other architects and help them understand how to meet organisational goals. Horizon scan … risks and support the successful delivery of the long-term strategy. Required Skills & Qualifications: Broad knowledge of data, application, technology, and security architecture. Proven track record of applying Enterprise Architecture frameworks and tools to deliver business outcomes, ideally within a financial services organisation or a regulator. Experience in defining and maintaining target and transition architectures. Proficient in managing and More ❯

platform that will underpins the future state of the architecture. As part of this programme we are looking for a Solution Architect to contribute to shaping the future-state architecture that enables the organisation to meet its strategic business goals. This role ensures that technology solutions directly support desired business outcomes - such as improved efficiency, customer experience, scalability, and … and applications across the enterprise and regularly reviews the application portfolio to maximise value, reduce complexity, and ensure agility. A complex business environment, you will work closely with senior architecture leadership to translate strategic business objectives into scalable, future-ready architectural solutions. You'll partner with business and product leaders to ensure technology decisions enhance business capability, value delivery … maintainable, and aligned with enterprise strategy. In addition you'll champion standardisation and reuse across the solution landscape to reduce redundancy and increase agility. With a pragmatic approach to architecture governance and best practice you'll contribute to the defining and enforcing architectural principles, technology standards, and design patterns that balance innovation with operational integrity. You'll lead More ❯

first company, we’re pioneering the next generation of cloud-based solutions that don’t just digitise processes—they intelligently automate them. Our modernisation journey focuses on cloud-native architecture, advanced analytics, and AI-powered insights that enable our customers to work smarter, stay compliant effortlessly, and focus on what matters most to their success. We remain committed to … management Establish and drive comprehensive quality culture including TDD/BDD practices, testing standards, automated quality gates, and team code review excellence Define team security standards ensure team compliance governance, and drive security-first culture within the engineering team Stay technically current through code reviews, architectural discussions, strategic technical involvement and ensure alignment with broader organisational technical strategy Delegate … maintaining oversight and accountability Define AI strategy and ensure responsible AI culture across teams Empower team decision-making within established frameworks and escalation criteria Define team documentation strategy establish governance frameworks for the team, and ensure knowledge management within the engineering team People Management (20%) Line manage engineers including coaching, performance reviews, career planning, and regular 1:1s Create More ❯

first company, we’re pioneering the next generation of cloud-based solutions that don’t just digitise processes—they intelligently automate them. Our modernisation journey focuses on cloud-native architecture, advanced analytics, and AI-powered insights that enable our customers to work smarter, stay compliant effortlessly, and focus on what matters most to their success. We remain committed to … management Establish and drive comprehensive quality culture including TDD/BDD practices, testing standards, automated quality gates, and team code review excellence Define team security standards ensure team compliance governance, and drive security-first culture within the engineering team Stay technically current through code reviews, architectural discussions, strategic technical involvement and ensure alignment with broader organisational technical strategy Delegate … maintaining oversight and accountability Define AI strategy and ensure responsible AI culture across teams Empower team decision-making within established frameworks and escalation criteria Define team documentation strategy establish governance frameworks for the team, and ensure knowledge management within the engineering team People Management (20%) Line manage engineers including coaching, performance reviews, career planning, and regular 1:1s Create More ❯

associated with applications transformation and modernisation Develop flexible, adaptable, modular, and reusable solution designs in collaboration with business stakeholders and the IT development teams while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards Support the definition of high-level operational models, and prepare business cases in alignment with the IT security and quality guidelines. Present business cases, for operational and tactical … technical initiatives, for approval, funding and prioritisation Uphold appropriate solution architecture governance processes and tools while maintaining focus on design patterns and technology standards Be the accountable individual for the finalisation, acceptance and approval of solutions you architected, by relevant stakeholders Act as an enabler of Agile and DevSecOps practices in collaboration with product delivery and operation support … technical solutions Support the requirements gathering process to right-size initiatives and solution strategy Collaborate with development teams and assist with the application of Agile and DevSecOps techniques within architecture and designs Create comprehensive solution architecture specification documents and other required documentation Knowledge and Skills Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills, with thorough attention to detail. Excellent planning More ❯

Enterprise Architect in the public sector. This fixed-term contract position based in Brighton requires a professional with a strong background in technology to shape and implement effective enterprise architecture solutions. Client Details This organisation operates within the public sector and is committed to delivering robust services and solutions. As a medium-sized entity, they are focused on leveraging … Enterprise Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the organisation, defining and maintaining target and transition architectures that align with long-term business objectives. This role shapes technology direction, strengthens governance, and ensures that architecture decisions drive measurable business outcomes. This is a 6 month FTC, where you will then join permanently after. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain enterprise … wide target and transition architectures, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, frameworks, and standards. Develop and manage architecture roadmaps, principles, and governance processes to support consistent decision-making. Collaborate with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement, efficiency, and innovation. Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, assessing their potential impact on organisational strategy. Lead and mentor architects and technical More ❯

Enterprise Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the organisation, defining and maintaining target and transition architectures that align with long-term business objectives. This role shapes technology direction, strengthens governance, and ensures that architecture decisions drive measurable business outcomes. This is a 6 month FTC, where you will then join permanently after. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain enterprise … wide target and transition architectures, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, frameworks, and standards. Develop and manage architecture roadmaps, principles, and governance processes to support consistent decision-making. Collaborate with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement, efficiency, and innovation. Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends, assessing their potential impact on organisational strategy. Lead and mentor architects and technical … teams, fostering capability growth and alignment with architectural best practice. Drive architectural governance, risk management, and assurance to enable high-quality, transparent decision-making. Strengthen communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders to achieve shared understanding and commitment. Support continuous improvement and operational efficiency through proactive portfolio management and reuse of existing assets. The Successful Applicant Skills and Experience More ❯

/Hybrid (Leeds)/up to £100,000 + 10% Bonus + Benefits We're hiring a Principal Cloud Architect to join a leading organisation's Technology and Enterprise Architecture function - a key leadership role responsible for maturing architectural capability, governing the cloud estate, and shaping the strategic direction across Cloud, M365, Data & AI, and Digital Workplace platforms. You … and ensure cloud platforms are automated, secure, scalable, and future-ready. What do we need from you? Strong architectural background (TOGAF-aligned), with deep experience in Azure or AWS architecture Proven experience leading and developing teams - coaching Solution and Platform Architects to grow capability and maturity. Ability to translate business goals into actionable architectures and artefacts (HLDs, reference architectures … MVAs). Excellent communication and stakeholder skills, capable of bridging business and technology. Proven experience within an Agile, product-centric environment. Experience maturing architecture operating models or governance frameworks in large, complex organisations. Nice to have: Exposure to Data & AI or Digital Workplace domains. Understanding of SaaS and product architecture evolution. Experience with evidence-based architecture More ❯

/Hybrid (Leeds)/up to £100,000 + 10% Bonus + Benefits We’re hiring a Principal Cloud Architect to join a leading organisation’s Technology and Enterprise Architecture function – a key leadership role responsible for maturing architectural capability, governing the cloud estate, and shaping the strategic direction across Cloud, M365, Data & AI, and Digital Workplace platforms. You … and ensure cloud platforms are automated, secure, scalable, and future-ready. What do we need from you? Strong architectural background (TOGAF-aligned), with deep experience in Azure or AWS architecture Proven experience leading and developing teams – coaching Solution and Platform Architects to grow capability and maturity. Ability to translate business goals into actionable architectures and artefacts (HLDs, reference architectures … MVAs). Excellent communication and stakeholder skills, capable of bridging business and technology. Proven experience within an Agile, product-centric environment. Experience maturing architecture operating models or governance frameworks in large, complex organisations. Nice to have: Exposure to Data & AI or Digital Workplace domains. Understanding of SaaS and product architecture evolution. Experience with evidence-based architecture More ❯

help establish a new ServiceNow capability within a global consultancy currently known for its excellence in BMC. You’ll be the technical leader responsible for shaping the blueprint, creating governance and delivery frameworks, and setting platform strategy that future teams will follow. Operating as the SME, you’ll steer complex programmes, act as design authority, and directly influence how … What’s in it for you Up to £150,000 + full package Lead the creation of a new ServiceNow practice, frameworks and delivery standards Full autonomy to define architecture, governance and platform direction A global consultancy investing heavily in ServiceNow capability Flexibility around onsite presence, open to national candidates Influence future service offerings and technical accelerators What … you’ll be getting stuck into Building the technical foundation of the ServiceNow practice (architecture, frameworks, governance, roadmaps) Leading end-to-end technical delivery across complex programmes Translating requirements into scalable architecture aligned with best practice Acting as technical design authority across ITSM and wider ServiceNow modules Coaching and mentoring technical teams, establishing long-term standards Contributing More ❯

and delivery across Burberry's Digital Workplace and IDAM domains, ensuring secure, scalable, and user centric technology solutions and aligning with the strategic roadmap and fully documented according to governance principles. RESPONSIBILITIES Define and evolve the technical architecture for Digital Workplace and IDAM platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and security frameworks. Complete the technical design … tactical and long term goals. Ensure all solutions meet compliance, security, and design assurance standards, particularly in high risk areas such as MFA, SSO, and cloud identity. Participate in architecture governance forums and contribute to the Architecture Dashboard. Work closely with EUC, Security, and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure cohesive delivery. Support the configuration and deployment … handovers. Experience delivering technical solutions in complex environments. Experience supporting global or hybrid workforces. Exposure to Zero Trust principles and hybrid cloud environments. Job Segment: Cloud, Information Technology, IT Architecture, Testing, User Experience, Technology More ❯

Title - Head of Enterprise Solutions Architecture Location - West Midlands Working Pattern - Hybrid (2 days at home) Sector - Software Development/SaaS Salary - Competitive Contact - callum.bell@forsythbarnes.com Our client stands out as a pioneering force in delivering advanced technology solutions, committed to helping businesses realise their digital goals. With an unwavering focus on quality and a customer-centric ethos, this … organisation excels in offering innovative enterprise solutions that enable companies to succeed in today's competitive environment. Job Description As Head of Architecture, you’ll set the strategic direction for product and solution design, oversee architecture governance, and ensure consistency and quality across delivery teams. You’ll work closely with clients, product managers, engineers, and business leaders … in-class SaaS and integration architectures that scale across multiple enterprise customers. You will: Lead and mentor a team of architects and senior engineers. Define and own the enterprise architecture blueprint across product and client implementations. Drive architectural design for complex, integrated SaaS platforms (React/Node/Postgres/AWS/API-led). Oversee integration strategies across More ❯

senior customer stakeholders to shape solution direction, make key technical decisions, and establish technical standards across multiple disciplines. Responsibilities Own the overall technical vision and end-to-end solution architecture for one or more major programmes. Define and maintain architecture blueprints, patterns, and principles aligned with enterprise and cloud standards. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies that … use of DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices across AWS and Azure environments. Maintain high-quality solution documentation and assurance artefacts. Support programme planning by translating architecture into actionable delivery plans. Provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance to multidisciplinary delivery teams. Engage with senior stakeholders to communicate solution direction, risks, and recommendations. Define and maintain … solution design and architecture governance standards. Champion secure, well-architected, and cost-optimised cloud solutions through formal design reviews. Mentor and develop Solution Architects, Data Architects, and Technical Leads across the practice. Required Experience Minimum 8+ years’ experience in solution architecture, with at least 3 years in a lead or principal capacity. Proven experience designing and governing More ❯

to the Chief Architect you will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects and play a pivotal role within the Architecture Management Office leading the overall direction of business and digital capabilities. Key responsibilities Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to: Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems … and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and … practices might impact the organisation. Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work. Coach others in identifying important trends Required experience/qualifications Essential qualifications: Degree level in a Digital Development and Technology discipline (further information can be provided) A formal More ❯

to the Chief Architect you will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects and play a pivotal role within the Architecture Management Office leading the overall direction of business and digital capabilities. Key responsibilities Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to: Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems … and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and … practices might impact the organisation. Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work. Coach others in identifying important trends Required experience/qualifications Essential qualifications: Degree level in a Digital Development and Technology discipline (further information can be provided) A formal More ❯

Excellent package: up to £130,000 + 30% bonus and comprehensive benefits. 👩 💻 What you’ll be doing: Leading the end-to-end migration from on-prem to Azure , defining architecture, governance, and delivery best practices. Designing, developing, and optimising data pipelines, integration frameworks, and ETL processes in Azure. Building and maintaining scalable solutions using Azure Data Lake, Synapse … Data Factory, and Databricks . Establishing robust data governance, quality, and lineage frameworks across all environments. Collaborating closely with data architecture, analytics, and IT to ensure a seamless transition and platform stability. Managing delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring projects are on time, within budget, and high quality. Developing team capability — coaching engineers and fostering a culture of innovation … Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks, Purview . Direct experience migrating from on-premise environments to Azure , ideally within a regulated or financial services context. Deep technical knowledge of data architecture, ETL/ELT, and data modelling . Excellent coding skills in SQL and Python , with experience implementing DevOps for data and CI/CD. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement More ❯

Excellent package: up to £130,000 + 30% bonus and comprehensive benefits. What you'll be doing: Leading the end-to-end migration from on-prem to Azure , defining architecture, governance, and delivery best practices. Designing, developing, and optimising data pipelines, integration frameworks, and ETL processes in Azure. Building and maintaining scalable solutions using Azure Data Lake, Synapse … Data Factory, and Databricks . Establishing robust data governance, quality, and lineage frameworks across all environments. Collaborating closely with data architecture, analytics, and IT to ensure a seamless transition and platform stability. Managing delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring projects are on time, within budget, and high quality. Developing team capability - coaching engineers and fostering a culture of innovation … Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks, Purview . Direct experience migrating from on-premise environments to Azure , ideally within a regulated or financial services context. Deep technical knowledge of data architecture, ETL/ELT, and data modelling . Excellent coding skills in SQL and Python , with experience implementing DevOps for data and CI/CD. Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement More ❯

meet their deadlines Working with DDaT colleagues to understand and document available data sources and their interrelation Collaborating with other team members to design solutions and to develop strong governance and control processes Working with quality assurance to ensure that business requirements are met Responsible for partnering with business and user group representatives to understand business decisions and the … Power BI and a generator of ideas as to how it can be used to fully leverage all data sources and produce effective reporting End to end documentation including architecture designs, technical specifications and end user support guides Support other non-technical users within the business in their use of Power BI as a self-service tool Deliver a …/skill or culture change required. Communicating with stakeholders to document requirements and to careful document all steps of the development process Adhere to the Forces' Programme and project Governance requirements. Ensure AI adheres to the current guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office. Skills & Experience A degree in statistics, mathematics or a statistically-related discipline Demonstrate work experience More ❯