Enterprise Architect - DV Cleared

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler; Malvern; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect with DV clearance to drive business architecture in a highly secure MOD environment. You will translate needs into structured outputs, resolve complex architectural challenges and ensure coherence across platforms and services.

You will lead workshops, model in ArchiMate 3, UML and BPMN, and maintain Sparx EA repositories.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect or Business Architect.
• Significant UK MOD experience is essential.
• Experience operating in defence environments.
• Strong TOGAF knowledge and practice.
• Proficient in ArchiMate 3 and UML diagrams.
• Good BPMN process modelling skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and facilitation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and evolve business and enterprise architecture models.
• Translate complex stakeholder requirements into structured architectural outputs.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and requirement elicitation sessions.
• Identify architectural gaps and propose resolution approaches.
• Work across strategic to operational levels; document architectures.
• Maintain EA repositories using Sparx EA and produce tailored views.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

MOD experience

TOGAF

ArchiMate 3

UML (Use/Activity/Sequence)

BPMN

Stakeholder engagement

Workshop facilitation

Tools

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Job description

Enterprise Architect - DV cleared

+6 months +

+DV cleared role - current active clearance is essential

+Outside IR35

+£550 - £580 a day

+Hybrid working

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect / Business Architect with strong MOD experience to support the development, maintenance and direction of a business architecture model within a highly secure environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders to translate business needs and requirements into structured architectural outputs, helping to resolve complex architectural challenges and ensure long-term coherence across stakeholder groups, platforms and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and evolve business and enterprise architecture models.
• Translate complex and ambiguous stakeholder requirements into structured architectural outputs.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and structured requirements elicitation sessions.
• Identify architectural gaps, conflicts and dependencies and propose appropriate resolution approaches.
• Work across multiple levels of abstraction, from strategic drivers through to business processes and capabilities.
• Produce architecture documentation and tailored architectural views for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintain and structure complex Enterprise Architecture repositories using Sparx Enterprise Architect.
• Apply ArchiMate 3, UML and BPMN appropriately.
• Support requirements management, relationship mapping and reporting within Sparx EA.
• Work collaboratively with data, security, platform and other architecture disciplines.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, Business Architect or similar.
• Significant experience working within the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is essential.
• Experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder Defence environments.
• Strong understanding and practical application of TOGAF and Enterprise Architecture frameworks.
• Proficient in ArchiMate 3.
• Strong UML experience, including Use Case, Activity and Sequence diagrams.
• Working knowledge of BPMN for process modelling.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, including maintaining complex EA repositories.
• Experience with Sparx EA requirements management, relationship matrices and reporting capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn ambiguous stakeholder requirements into structured architectural concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience producing architecture documentation and views for different stakeholder groups.