Enterprise Architect - £750pd - Inside IR35 - Remote

Involved; Greater London; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Involved Solutions LTD. is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect for a remote, 6-month engagement with a Central Government client. You will design and implement a government-wide architectural taxonomy and metamodel, enabling cross-organisation data integration and evidence-based decisions.

Key responsibilities include establishing a scalable information foundation, leading governance forums, and ensuring the platform supports multi-organisation data representation and analysis.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Enterprise, Solution or Business Architect.
• Strong knowledge of ArchiMate and TOGAF, including capability and application portfolio modelling.
• Experience designing or configuring metamodels within an Enterprise Architecture repository tool.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience running architecture governance forums or boards.

Responsibilities

• Define the architectural information foundation and taxonomy.
• Establish a government-wide metamodel for cross-department use.
• Ensure the platform can represent and analyse information from multiple organisations.
• Lead governance forums and design authorities for architecture decisions.

Skills

ArchiMate

TOGAF

Metamodel design

Ardoq or similar tools

Stakeholder engagement

Education

TOGAF or ArchiMate certification

Tools

Ardoq

Avolution ABACUS

EA repository tools

Job description

Enterprise Architect - £750pd - Inside IR35 - Remote

Rate: £750 per day

Duration: 6 months

Location: Remote

IR35: Inside

The role

On behalf of a Central Government client, we are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to support an exciting cross-government digital initiative.

The role will support a pilot exploring how architectural information held across government departments and local councils can be connected, compared and maintained to support better, evidence-led architecture decisions.

You will take the lead in defining the architectural information foundation, establishing a consistent government-wide taxonomy and metamodel, and ensuring the underlying platform can effectively represent and analyse information from multiple organisations.

Essential experience

• Proven experience as an Enterprise, Solution or Business Architect.
• Strong knowledge of ArchiMate and TOGAF, including capability and application portfolio modelling.
• Experience designing or configuring metamodels within an Enterprise Architecture repository tool.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience running architecture governance forums, design authorities or architecture review boards.

Desirable experience

• Hands-on experience configuring Ardoq, Avolution ABACUS or similar Enterprise Architecture tools.
• TOGAF or ArchiMate certification.
• Information modelling or data architecture experience.
• Previous experience supporting central or local government organisations.