Lead Enterprise Architect - DVSA - G7

Manchester Digital; Nottingham, North East, Bristol, Leeds, Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect to drive enterprise solutions across multiple regions. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in Digital Development and Architecture Frameworks, along with experience in leading transformation initiatives. This role offers hybrid working with a competitive salary, excellent benefits including pension contributions and annual leave. Opportunities for development within a supportive team environment are also available.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Degree level in a Digital Development and Technology discipline or equivalent experience.
• Formal architectural qualification in BCS, Open Group, or similar.
• Experience in enterprise-wide architecture execution.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise solutions to business problems.
• Design and communicate high-level structures for solutions.
• Assess societal and industry trends impacting the organization.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture principles

Cloud integration

Leadership

Analytical abilities

Education

Degree in Digital Development or equivalent

Formal architectural qualification

Tools

TOGAF

Zachman

Archimate

UML

Job description

£54,857 Government Digital and Data Profession Allowance - additional allowance up to £25,543
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Full-time (Permanent) £54,857 Government Digital and Data Profession Allowance - additional allowance up to £25,543
Published on 29 July 2025 Deadline 6 August 2025

Location

Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea

About the job

Job summary

The Lead Enterprise Architect will report to the Chief Architect you will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects and play a pivotal role within the Architecture Management Office leading the overall direction of business and digital capabilities.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensionshere
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

• Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains.
• Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases.
• Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and operating models.
• Assess how trends in society and industry practices might impact the organisation.
• Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards.
• Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work.
• Coach others in identifying important trends.

Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Person specification

• Degree level in a Digital Development and Technology discipline (e.g. Computing Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, Business Analysis, etc.) or demonstrate experience at an equivalent level.
  
  
• To have a formal architectural qualification in either BCS, The Open Group Architecture Framework, Zachman, Gartner's Enterprise Architecture Method or demonstrate experience at an equivalent level.

Required experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Demonstrated expertise in establishing and executing enterprise-wide architecture principles, standards, blueprints, roadmaps, and patterns that facilitate the delivery of solutions and drive business value.
• Extensive track record in strategising and executing transformation initiatives, with hands-on involvement in business change efforts leveraging cloud environments and integrating various products and cloud services within these dynamic ecosystems.
• Practical exposure to implementing Enterprise Architecture frameworks in the context of real-world business transformation scenarios. Proficient with well-known frameworks such as TOGAF and/or Zachman and modelling notations such as Archimate, UML, or BPMN.
• Proficient in crafting strategic visions and roadmaps, which distil clarity from intricate scenarios. Capable of expressing these insights logically
• Experience of enacting and undertaking architecture governance and assurance activities.
• Strong strategic mindset and experience of strategic planning.
• Robust analytical abilities, encompassing the capacity to gather, analyse, and interpret data in order to inform evidence-driven decision-making.
• Demonstrate dynamic leadership, motivational prowess, and strong interpersonal skills that enable seamless collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Additionally, adept at communicating, presenting, and negotiating effectively, driving impactful change among senior decision-makers.

The base pay is£54,857. In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to£25,543.

The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process.

Here are more details on the pay framework.

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week. Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

This roleis suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements. For more information on how this works for this role, please contact the Vacancy Holder (see below for contact details).

The expectation at present is a minimum of60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your principal workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, visiting stakeholders and colleagues, or carrying out detached duty in another DfT or agency workplace. The chosen principal workplace will be the designated place of work and any remote or home working arrangement does not constitute a change to the designated place of work or contractual terms and conditions. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation. Applicants can request further information on how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see below for contact details).

Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays.

If you have questions regarding how hybrid working is practiced within the business area, or any reasonable adjustments or flexible working arrangements you may currently have or need in place if successful in your application, please contact the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details).

Please note that we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker Licence sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates should ensure they have the appropriate rights to work in the UK before application.

Qualifications

• Degree level in a Digital Development and Technology discipline (e.g. Computing Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, Business Analysis, etc.) or demonstrate experience at an equivalent level.

• To have a formal architectural qualification in either BCS, The Open Group Architecture Framework, Zachman, Gartner's Enterprise Architecture Method or demonstrate experience at an equivalent level.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Strategy design Level: Expert
• Making architectural decisions Level: Practitioner
• Enterprise architecture Level: Practitioner