Enterprise Architect - Digital Engineering, Digital Twin

Defence; Slough; On-site; GBP 245,213,000 - 252,101,000; Full time

Job summary

Defence is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support aerospace and defence programmes in Reading. The role focuses on Digital Engineering, integrating Virtual Environment solutions across the landscape with governance, reuse, and security by design.

You will lead architecture across people, process, and technology, driving real-time simulation, digital twin capabilities, and lifecycle compliance. Active SC clearance is mandatory, with DV preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in MOD, Defence Digital, or UK aerospace/defence environments.
• Active SC clearance (mandatory); DV preferred.
• Experience across enterprise, system, data, and technical architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-level and low-level designs (HLD/LLD).
• Provide architectural leadership across people, process, and technology for Virtual Environment / Digital Engineering.
• Support delivery of Digital Twin / Digital Thread, virtual testing, qualification/certification, and training solutions.
• Apply modelling & simulation principles including real-time/time-domain simulation.
• Translate architecture policies and risk requirements into actionable design standards, governance, and compliance frameworks.
• Support architectural governance, security, regulatory and audit requirements.
• Write and manage RFI and RFQ, and contribute to tool/platform evaluations and proofs of concept.
• Work with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, engineering teams, IT, and suppliers.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Digital engineering concepts

IT software development environments

TOGAF / ArchiMate / CISSP

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Maths/Stats

Architecture certifications (TOGAF / ArchiMate / CISSP)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Power BI

Job description

Defence is seeking an Enterprise Architect to support aerospace and defence programmes in Reading. The role focuses on Digital Engineering, integrating Virtual Environment solutions across the landscape with governance, reuse, and security by design.

You will lead architecture across people, process, and technology, driving real-time simulation, digital twin capabilities, and lifecycle compliance. Active SC clearance is mandatory, with DV preferred.