Business Architect

Amber Labs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Remote-first working

Personal training budget

Perkbox membership

Job summary

Amber Labs, a UK-based technology consultancy, seeks an experienced Business Architect / Senior Business Analyst to support a major cloud re-architecture and debt reduction programme. The role is fully remote and focuses on shaping future-state operating models while bridging business goals with technical delivery.

You will work with business stakeholders, architects, engineers and operations teams to identify opportunities, document requirements and prioritise cloud initiatives, ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Architect or Senior Business Analyst on large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Experience supporting cloud migration, infrastructure transformation or platform modernisation.
• Strong business capability modelling and business process mapping skills.
• Proven ability to develop and document target operating models (TOMs).

Responsibilities

• Analyse and document current-state capabilities, services and processes.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to define future-state models.
• Identify dependencies across programmes and suppliers.
• Elicit and document business requirements, constraints, risks and assumptions.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to establish requirements and priorities.
• Support cloud migration and service simplification activities.
• Develop business cases and impact analyses to support decisions.
• Maintain traceability between objectives, requirements and outcomes.
• Ensure changes align with wider organisational goals.

Skills

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

Workshop facilitation

Cloud migration experience

BIZBOK certification or experience

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Job description

Business Architect / Senior Business Analyst

Security Clearance: Active SC required (NPPV3 desirable)

Location: Fully Remote

Contract Type: Permanent

About Amber Labs

Amber Labs is a UK-based technology consultancy delivering innovative digital transformation across the public sector. We bring together talented people, technical expertise and a collaborative, people-first culture to solve complex challenges and deliver meaningful outcomes.

We believe in empowering our people to do their best work, encouraging continuous learning, technical excellence and innovation. At Amber Labs, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside talented professionals on challenging programmes that make a real difference, while developing your skills and progressing your career.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Business Architect / Senior Business Analyst to support a major cloud re-architecture and technical debt reduction programme within a complex technology environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping future-state business and operational models, helping organisations simplify services, modernise infrastructure and maximise the value of cloud transformation. Working closely with business stakeholders, technical architects, engineers and operational teams, you will bridge the gap between business objectives and technical delivery, ensuring transformation activities deliver measurable business, security and operational benefits.

You’ll take ownership of understanding current-state capabilities, services and processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and translating complex requirements into clear, actionable recommendations. Your work will help inform migration priorities, reduce technical complexity and ensure future-state solutions are aligned with wider organisational goals.

This role would suit someone who combines strong business architecture or senior business analysis expertise with experience in large-scale technology transformation, cloud migration or infrastructure modernisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and document current-state business capabilities, services, processes and operating models.
• Collaborate with technical architects and engineering teams to define future-state business and operational models.
• Identify business, operational and technical dependencies across multiple programmes, delivery teams and suppliers.
• Elicit, analyse and document business requirements, constraints, risks, assumptions and dependencies.
• Facilitate workshops with business, technical, operational and security stakeholders to establish requirements and agree transformation priorities.
• Support the prioritisation of cloud migration, technical remediation and service simplification activities.
• Develop business cases, options assessments and impact analyses to support informed decision-making.
• Maintain clear traceability between business objectives, requirements, technical deliverables and programme outcomes.
• Assess the impact of proposed changes on business capabilities, services, processes and operating models.
• Support change readiness, stakeholder engagement and adoption activities to enable successful implementation.
• Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to ensure transformation decisions deliver sustainable business and operational value.
• Proven experience working as a Business Architect or Senior Business Analyst on large-scale technology transformation programmes.
• Experience supporting cloud migration, infrastructure transformation, platform modernisation or similar complex technology initiatives.
• Strong business capability modelling and business process mapping skills.
• Demonstrable experience developing and documenting target operating models (TOMs).
• Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills, including engagement with senior business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and requirements management capabilities.
• Ability to work confidently with enterprise or technical architects, engineers and operational teams to translate business needs into practical solutions.
• Experience managing requirements, dependencies and priorities across multiple delivery teams.
• The ability to communicate complex information clearly and produce high-quality documentation to support strategic and delivery decisions.
• Active SC security clearance.
• BIZBOK certification or experience applying recognised Business Architecture methodologies.
• Experience delivering transformation within UK Government, the public sector or other regulated environments.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud transformation, re-architecture or migration programmes.
• Experience working with architecture repositories, modelling tools or enterprise architecture platforms.
• NPPV3 security clearance.

Why Join Amber Labs?

• Meaningful transformation: Contribute to complex technology programmes with tangible business and operational outcomes.
• Collaborative culture: Work alongside experienced architects, analysts, engineers and delivery professionals who value knowledge sharing and teamwork.
• Continuous development: Grow your expertise through challenging assignments, collaboration and ongoing learning.
• Innovation and technical excellence: Help shape modern, scalable and efficient technology environments.
• People-first approach: Join a consultancy that values its people, encourages fresh thinking and supports professional growth.

What’s In it For You

We believe benefits should be practical: things that genuinely support your day-to-day, give you flexibility and help you keep developing.

Here are a few of our perks:

• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance with Bupa
• Remote-first working, with access to our Liverpool Street office
• Personal training budget to support your professional development
• Perkbox membership, with discounts across retail, travel, dining and wellness
• Electric Vehicle Scheme after one year of service
• Regular team socials
• Referral scheme offering up to £3,000 for successful hires
• Your choice of PC or Mac

If you're an experienced Business Architect or Senior Business Analyst with active SC clearance and a passion for shaping transformation through clear business architecture, operating models and stakeholder collaboration, we'd love to hear from you.