Engineering Architecture Lead — Scale & Deliver

ordnancesurvey; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Pension

Learning & development

OS Maps subscription

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Ordnance Survey in Southampton is seeking a Lead Engineering Architect to shape the engineering foundations that support our future products and services. This is a full-time, hybrid role with a strong emphasis on scalable, resilient platforms.

You will translate architectural direction into practical standards, guide roadmaps, and build a high-performing architecture practice while partnering across Technology to deliver valuable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering architecture in a complex environment.
• Strong architectural and technical expertise across modern engineering platforms and practices.
• Ability to turn strategic direction into practical outcomes and technology decisions.
• Collaborative, outcome-focused leadership across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate architectural direction into practical engineering standards, patterns and guidance.
• Lead engineering architecture roadmaps that support technology and business outcomes.
• Build and develop a high-performing Engineering Architecture practice.
• Coordinate architecture priorities, demand and capacity to maximise value.
• Promote reuse, interoperability and simplification across the technology estate.
• Provide governance and assurance for effective decision-making.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

Ordnance Survey in Southampton is seeking a Lead Engineering Architect to shape the engineering foundations that support our future products and services. This is a full-time, hybrid role with a strong emphasis on scalable, resilient platforms.

You will translate architectural direction into practical standards, guide roadmaps, and build a high-performing architecture practice while partnering across Technology to deliver valuable outcomes.