Senior Engineering Architecture Leader

Ordnance Survey

Southampton

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

4 days ago
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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

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