Chief Enterprise Architect: Digital & Data Transformation

Wiltshire Police; Devizes; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

On-site gym

Wellbeing support

25–30 days annual leave

Job summary

Wiltshire Police is transforming its DDaT services under a new Head of Architecture. You will steer the enterprise architecture direction, govern standards and roadmaps, and chair the Technical Design Authority to ensure secure, resilient, future-ready digital services for policing roles locally, regionally and nationally.

You will influence major programmes, guide cloud modernization, and balance cost, risk and delivery pace while supporting public value and interoperability across the force.

Qualifications

• Experienced in applying enterprise architecture principles, standards and governance in a complex organisation.
• Confident operating as a senior architectural authority, influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to shape architecture strategy, roadmaps and design decisions across cloud, data, applications, platforms and security.
• Skilled at balancing cost, risk, resilience, interoperability, user need and delivery pace.
• Qualified to degree level in IT, Architecture or equivalent experience.
• Holds the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise & Solutions Architecture and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for enterprise architecture across digital, data and technology.
• Own and govern enterprise architecture standards, principles, roadmaps and decision frameworks.
• Chair the Technical Design Authority and provide final architectural decision-making authority.
• Assure major technology investments, platforms and solutions against enterprise and national policing standards.
• Provide architectural oversight for major programmes and high-risk strategic initiatives.
• Advise senior leaders on complex trade-offs across cost, risk, security, resilience and delivery pace.
• Lead architectural thinking across cloud, data, AI, interoperability and secure-by-design services.
• Represent Wiltshire Police in regional and national architecture forums, influencing shared policing standards and capabilities.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Governance

Cloud architecture

Data architecture

Security

Stakeholder influence

BCS Practitioner Certificate

Azure Solutions Architect

Degree in IT/Architecture

Public sector experience

Education

Degree in IT/Architecture

BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise & Solutions Architecture

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305

Tools

Azure

Job description

Wiltshire Police is transforming its DDaT services under a new Head of Architecture. You will steer the enterprise architecture direction, govern standards and roadmaps, and chair the Technical Design Authority to ensure secure, resilient, future-ready digital services for policing roles locally, regionally and nationally.

You will influence major programmes, guide cloud modernization, and balance cost, risk and delivery pace while supporting public value and interoperability across the force.