Senior Engineering Architecture Leader

Ordnance Survey; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension up to 12.07%

Performance-related bonus

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Hybrid and flexible working

Learning and development support

Free OS Maps access

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Ordnance Survey is recruiting a Lead Engineering Architect to guide the Engineering Architecture capability. Based at our Southampton HQ with a hybrid working pattern, you will translate strategic direction into practical engineering standards and roadmaps, and lead a high‑performing architecture practice across technology platforms and services.

You will partner with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product and Delivery to drive aligned outcomes, while balancing governance, autonomy and

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering architecture in a complex environment.
• Strong architectural and technical expertise across modern platforms.
• Ability to translate strategy into practical engineering decisions.
• Proven collaboration across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering Architecture capability and roadmaps.
• Translate direction into practical standards and guidance.
• Build a high‑performing architecture practice.
• Coordinate priorities, demand and capacity across teams.
• Promote reuse, interoperability and simplification across the estate.
• Provide governance and assurance for effective decisions.
• Support engineering teams with technical leadership and modern practices.
• Foster partnerships across Technology and the organisation.

Skills

Engineering architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cloud‑Native Architecture

Architecture governance

Technical leadership

Platform engineering

Solution architecture

Tools

Enterprise Architecture Framework

IT Architecture

Job description

Ordnance Survey is recruiting a Lead Engineering Architect to guide the Engineering Architecture capability. Based at our Southampton HQ with a hybrid working pattern, you will translate strategic direction into practical engineering standards and roadmaps, and lead a high‑performing architecture practice across technology platforms and services.

You will partner with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product and Delivery to drive aligned outcomes, while balancing governance, autonomy and