Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

750 per day | Inside IR35
Contract: Until the end of the financial year, with potential extension TBC
Location: London, Bristol or Manchester
Working Pattern: Predominantly Remote
Clearance: BPSS
Interview: One-stage Microsoft Teams interview

We are looking for an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a Central Government client on an exciting programme focused on strengthening and connecting architecture information across government organisations.

This is a hands-on role suited to an experienced architect who can operate independently, work at pace and quickly contribute across enterprise architecture modelling, governance, capability planning and architecture repository management .

Practical delivery experience is particularly important. You will need strong ArchiMate modelling expertise , experience working with enterprise architecture repositories and the ability to engage confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture modelling activities, including the development of taxonomies and metamodels covering organisations, services, business capabilities, applications, technologies, suppliers and their relationships.
• Develop and maintain capability maps, application portfolio models and enterprise architecture repositories .
• Define entity structures, naming conventions, identifiers, relationships and data ownership to enable information from different organisations and repositories to be mapped consistently.
• Translate architecture use cases into repository configurations, model views, dashboards, workflows, governance controls and acceptance criteria .
• Lead and support architecture governance , including design reviews, architecture review boards and governance forums.
• Work with stakeholders across government to reconcile different architecture frameworks, terminology and modelling practices.
• Assess enterprise architecture repository configurations for interoperability, maintainability, extensibility, versioning and long-term reuse .
• Work alongside technical and data colleagues to validate architecture sources, mappings, provenance, completeness and changes.
• Help stakeholders interpret architecture insights around application portfolios, dependencies, technology obsolescence, overlap and potential reuse .

Essential Skills & Experience

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong commercial experience as an Enterprise Architect , Solution Architect or Business Architect.
• Excellent hands-on knowledge of ArchiMate .
• Strong knowledge of TOGAF and enterprise architecture principles.
• Experience with capability modelling and application portfolio modelling .
• Hands-on experience designing or configuring metamodels within an enterprise architecture repository.
• Strong experience leading or contributing to architecture governance , including design authorities or architecture review boards.
• Experience maintaining architecture artefacts and enterprise repositories.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architecture concepts to non-technical audiences .
• Ability to work independently, deliver at pace and make an immediate contribution with minimal onboarding.

Desirable Experience

• Previous Central or Local Government experience, with Local Government experience particularly valuable.
• Hands-on experience with Ardoq, Avolution ABACUS or similar enterprise architecture repository tools .
• Experience in information modelling or data architecture .
• TOGAF and/or ArchiMate certification.
• Experience supporting complex organisations with large application portfolios and established architecture governance processes.