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SC cleared Enterprise Architect

Sanderson Government & DefenceCity, London🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 25 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Azure

Job Description

Role: Enterprise Architect
Start Date: ASAP
Location: London
On-site Requirement: 1-2 days per week (Thursday preferred, plus one additional day)
Rate: Up to £700 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract Length: 5 months (until the end of the financial year)
Clearance: Active SC required

The Principal Enterprise Architect will lead the architecture for the client, ensuring the service is secure, scalable, user-centred and aligned to client's regulatory, data and digital transformation needs.

  • Senior enterprise architecture experience across digital, data and technology services.
  • Strong understanding of digital government service delivery, user-centred design, accessibility and assurance.
  • Experience designing or assuring complex, regulated, data-rich services.
  • Practical knowledge of cloud architecture, preferably Microsoft Azure, integration, identity, security and operational resilience.
  • Ability to create clear architecture roadmaps, models, standards and decision records for senior and technical audiences.
  • Strong stakeholder leadership, communication and influencing skills across business, technical, supplier and government groups.
  • Experience managing architecture trade-offs across cost, risk, security, quality, scalability and delivery pace.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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