Principal Enterprise Architect

Government Recruitment Service; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Part-time options

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Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is hiring a Principal Enterprise Architect in Ipswich to lead the development and governance of our enterprise architecture, aligning technology with organisational strategy, digital transformation and secure-by-design principles to support long-term capability and resilience.

You will work with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams to define roadmaps, oversee cloud and platform architecture, and establish lifecycle processes from concept to retirement,

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise architecture governance and strategy.
• Familiarity with TOGAF and government IT standards.
• Ability to translate strategy into technology roadmaps and actionable plans.

Responsibilities

• own and maintain the enterprise-wide architecture design framework across business, application, data and technology domains
• maintain architecture standards and design principles, ensuring solutions comply with TOGAF and align with the UK government’s Technology Code of Practice
• operate architecture governance processes, including design review boards and enterprise assurance
• translate organisational strategy into technology and architecture roadmaps
• oversee cloud and platform architecture
• define architecture lifecycle processes from concept through design, implementation and retirement, and provide independent design assurance for complex programmes and digital services
• provide architectural leadership across multidisciplinary teams and support senior leaders with technology strategy discussions and decision-making

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Architecture Governance

TOGAF

Cloud Architecture

Roadmapping

Leadership

Security Architecture

Job description

For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.

We help people deal with personal insolvency. We make statutory redundancy payments when insolvent employers can't. We investigate director conduct and take action where it's needed.

And right now, we're changing how we do all of this, becoming faster, more digitally driven, and more focused on stopping problems before they escape.

More than 2,000 of us work in offices across England, Scotland and Wales. It might be time for you to join us.

The Role

We're looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect who wants more than a job that ticks boxes.

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will lead the development and governance of our enterprise architecture, helping the Insolvency Service align its technology with organisational strategy, digital transformation and secure-by-design principles. Your work will support long-term capability, operational resilience and value for money.

This supports creating a modern, sustainable Insolvency Service by aligning technology decisions with our long-term organisational needs.

This is a role for someone who wants to think bigger, challenge the way things have always been done, and take ownership of the outcomes that matter.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share, and flexible working. We invest in your development and give our people the space to grow, take ownership and make decisions.

Reporting to the Head of Data & Technology, you will join the team as a senior authority on enterprise architecture.

You will provide architectural leadership, governance and strategic oversight across our platforms, services and technology domains. You will take responsibility for the design integrity and development of our Enterprise Architecture (EA), ensuring that technology decisions align with organisational objectives.

Working closely with the Principal Data Architect, solution architects, security architects, delivery teams, service operations and outsourced partners, you will help ensure that architecture decisions support long-term strategic capability, operational resilience and value for money.

What you'll do (Responsibilities)

• own and maintain the enterprise-wide architecture design framework across business, application, data and technology domains
• maintain architecture standards and design principles, ensuring that solutions comply with frameworks such as the Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and align with the UK government’s Technology Code of Practice
• operate architecture governance processes, including design review boards and enterprise assurance
• translate organisational strategy into technology and architecture roadmaps
• oversee cloud and platform architecture
• define architecture lifecycle processes from concept through design, implementation and retirement, and provide independent design assurance for complex programmes and digital services
• provide architectural leadership across multidisciplinary teams and support senior leaders with technology strategy discussions and decision-making.

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Principal Enterprise Architect

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: £72,113 to £72,113 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Ipswich Job type: Permanent Posting date: 20 Oct 2026 Closing date: 2 Nov 2026

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About Us

We help the UK move forward, faster.

For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.

We help people deal with personal insolvency. We make statutory redundancy payments when insolvent employers can't. We investigate director conduct and take action where it's needed.

And right now, we're changing how we do all of this, becoming faster, more digitally driven, and more focused on stopping problems before they escape.

More than 2,000 of us work in offices across England, Scotland and Wales. It might be time for you to join us.