Enterprise Architect

Salary: £55,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone with proven experience working as an Enterprise Architect or Lead Solution Architect in a complex organisational environment.
• We need demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-wide technology strategies, cloud adoption such as Azure, and governance frameworks.
• We need demonstrated experience auditing technology landscapes, consolidating systems, and successfully reducing technical debt.
• We need experience working collaboratively with specialised teams.
• We need a track record of enabling and supporting specific domain strategies rather than dictating technical direction.
• We need demonstrated experience communicating complex technical concepts to executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• We will rely on you to bridge the gap between our business strategy and technology execution.
• You will align our technology strategy with our business goals and objectives.
• You will develop and maintain our architectural roadmap, moving from current state to future state.
• You will audit our existing technology stack to reduce complexity, identify redundancies, and consolidate tools where appropriate.
• You will establish, mature, and govern our architecture rules, frameworks, standards, processes, and practices across the organisation.
• You will partner closely with our Data and AI team to operationalise our data strategy and provide enterprise-level architecture guidance.
• You will continuously scan for emerging technologies, including advanced cloud capabilities, to assess their value to us.
• You will develop and maintain comprehensive enterprise architecture models, diagrams, and target-state designs.
• You will align technology investments with our business strategy to ensure value delivery and operational efficiency.
• You will establish and apply architectural standards, governance frameworks, and best practices across technology domains.
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including solution architects, developers, security, and business stakeholders to ensure cohesive enterprise solutions.
• You will take an active role in Architecture Review Board and Design Authority activities, providing governance, assurance, challenge, and oversight.
• You will mature our enterprise architecture processes, practices, artefacts, and engagement model so guidance is practical, proportionate, repeatable, and embedded in delivery ways of working.
• You will work with our Data Architect to produce and publish an enterprise data architecture blueprint.
• You will support our Data and AI team to align the data strategy with our broader business and technology strategy.
• You will work with our Data Architect to design and configure the central data management repository.

Technologies:

• AI
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Embedded
• Support
• Security

More:

We are the National Audit Office, the UKs main public sector audit body, independent of government and responsible for auditing public sector accounts, examining the propriety of government spending, assessing risks to financial control and accountability, and reviewing the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of programmes, projects, and activities. We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to join our Digital Services function, reporting to the Head of Audit Technology. This role is based in London or Newcastle, with a minimum of two days per week in the office under our hybrid working policy. The salary is approximately £61,250 in Newcastle or £70,000 in London, with more potentially available for exceptional candidates. We are committed to fair and open recruitment, merit-based assessment, and equal opportunities, and we offer reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities. We do not sponsor work visas.

last updated 32 week of 2026