Defence Enterprise Architect – Secure Cloud (Remote)

Ex-Mil Recruitment Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Ex-Mil Recruitment Limited is seeking a senior Enterprise Architect for a contract role in the UK, offering hybrid remote work with attendance at Defence/MOD sites as required. You will define architecture principles, roadmaps and governance across operational, information, digital and mission systems, ensuring secure-by-design and alignment with strategic requirements and future capability.

Desirable: MOD/NATO defence experience, TOGAF/MODAF/ArchiMate, NCSC CAF, ISO 27001 and systems

Qualifications

• Significant Enterprise Architecture experience in Defence or regulated environments.
• Experience with MOD/NATO defence programmes.
• Experience across hybrid cloud, on-premises and secure/classified environments.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, MODAF, NAF and ArchiMate; ISO 27001, Zero Trust and secure-by-design principles.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture principles, governance and target architectures.
• Develop enterprise architecture strategies, roadmaps and transition states.
• Align business capability, operational requirements, information, security and technology.
• Support business, application, data, security, infrastructure and integration architecture.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Support secure-by-design, cyber resilience and architecture assurance.
• Present architectural decisions to senior technical and programme stakeholders.
• Support experimentation, R&D and transition of innovative technologies into operational capability.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Defence sector experience

TOGAF

ArchiMate

MODAF

NAF

Security by design

Stakeholder management

Hybrid cloud / on-prem

Cyber security governance

Job description

Ex-Mil Recruitment Limited is seeking a senior Enterprise Architect for a contract role in the UK, offering hybrid remote work with attendance at Defence/MOD sites as required. You will define architecture principles, roadmaps and governance across operational, information, digital and mission systems, ensuring secure-by-design and alignment with strategic requirements and future capability.

Desirable: MOD/NATO defence experience, TOGAF/MODAF/ArchiMate, NCSC CAF, ISO 27001 and systems