Enterprise Architect, Digital Twin & Virtual Environments

Matchtech; England; On-site; GBP 115,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech seeks an Enterprise Architect to support sensitive aerospace and defence programmes in Reading. Focused on Digital Engineering, you will integrate Virtual Environment solutions across the landscape, guiding governance, reuse, and secure-by-design principles throughout the lifecycle.

You will lead architecture for Virtual Environment, Digital Twin, and digital engineering concepts, ensuring alignment with policy and risk requirements across delivery streams.

Qualifications

• Strong Enterprise/Business Architecture experience within MOD, Defence Digital, or UK aerospace/defence environments.
• Active SC clearance (mandatory); DV preferred.
• Experience across enterprise, system, data, and technical architecture.
• Strong understanding of digital engineering concepts (digital twins, digital thread, virtual environments, simulation).
• Experience architecting IT software development environments and working across the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Degree in a relevant discipline plus architecture certifications such as TOGAF / ArchiMate / CISSP / cloud 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 and “fail first” integration philosophy.
• 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 closely with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, engineering teams, IT, and suppliers—managing stakeholder expectations and delivery impacts.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

MOD/Defence

Digital Engineering

Digital Twin/Digital Thread

IT software development environments

Security governance

TOGAF

ArchiMate

CISSP

Cloud architecture

Education

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

Architecture certifications (TOGAF, ArchiMate, CISSP)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Power BI

Job description

Matchtech seeks an Enterprise Architect to support sensitive aerospace and defence programmes in Reading. Focused on Digital Engineering, you will integrate Virtual Environment solutions across the landscape, guiding governance, reuse, and secure-by-design principles throughout the lifecycle.

You will lead architecture for Virtual Environment, Digital Twin, and digital engineering concepts, ensuring alignment with policy and risk requirements across delivery streams.