Senior Enterprise Architect & Tech Strategy Lead

UK Home Office; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Home Office seeks a Lead Technical Architect to shape enterprise-wide infrastructure and technology strategies. You will provide technical leadership across multiple projects, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, and government strategy.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, cross-government teams and partners to deliver secure, scalable systems, mentor other architects, and drive continuous improvement while balancing delivery needs with long-term resilience.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading complex technical architectures.
• Experience coordinating across multiple domains and government teams.
• Ability to anticipate and align with future technologies and strategies.
• Proven delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable systems within timelines.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, DevOps, design patterns and EA frameworks (TOGAF).
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to translate technical topics.
• Leadership in mentoring other architects.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise-wide technical strategies, roadmaps, and architectures aligned with broader business objectives.
• Oversee design reviews, ensuring Secure by Design and governance.
• Coordinate with cross-government teams and external partners for cohesive solutions.
• Drive digital innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and best practices.
• Mentor and coach architects to foster collaboration and technical excellence.
• Facilitate the design and delivery of complex systems meeting performance, reliability, and security requirements.
• Lead multiple projects, managing risks, budgets, and timelines.
• Evaluate outcomes and apply lessons learned to future strategies.

Skills

Lead architectures

Cross-government collaboration

Future technologies forecasting

Secure, reliable, scalable systems

Agile/DevOps/design patterns

Enterprise architecture (TOGAF)

Stakeholder management

Mentoring architects

Job description

UK Home Office seeks a Lead Technical Architect to shape enterprise-wide infrastructure and technology strategies. You will provide technical leadership across multiple projects, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, and government strategy.

You will collaborate with senior leaders, cross-government teams and partners to deliver secure, scalable systems, mentor other architects, and drive continuous improvement while balancing delivery needs with long-term resilience.