Enterprise Architect Manager, Defence and National Security

Salary: £50,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience working within secure UK environments such as Defence, Defence Industry, Public Safety, or National Security.
• Experience in one or more architecture domains: Business, Application, Data and/or Technology.
• Background in large-scale, complex, or highly sensitive digital transformation or reinvention programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior audiences.
• Ability to work and communicate across different levels of architectural abstraction.
• Inquisitive mindset with interest in emerging technologies such as AI, data, cloud, automation, and robotics.
• Full professional proficiency in English.
• Must already hold valid Security Check (SC) clearance.
• Successful Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks.
• Must be a British passport holder with no dual nationality at the point of application.

Responsibilities:

• Translate business strategy into enterprise architecture vision, target states, and transformation roadmaps.
• Assess the impact of strategic change across the enterprise architecture landscape, including business, application, data, technology, infrastructure, and operations.
• Lead the development of enterprise architecture blueprints showing end-to-end technology landscapes, integrations, and data flows.
• Provide architecture leadership across strategic, complex digital reinvention and transformation programmes.
• Develop value cases and investment justifications to support executive decision-making.
• Apply Lean and Agile enterprise architecture principles to complex technology environments.
• Conduct end-to-end vendor and platform assessments across technology, data, and integration layers.
• Act as a trusted advisor between business, technology teams, and third-party suppliers, facilitating and concluding key architectural decisions.
• Establish and apply enterprise architecture governance, ensuring initiatives align to agreed standards while enabling business outcomes.
• Lead the design and governance of enterprise data platform capabilities, including integration and automation.
• Define and support implementation of enterprise architecture operating models.
• Deliver enterprise architecture maturity assessments and improvement roadmaps.
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to drive innovation and change.

Technologies:

• AI
• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Robotics
• Security
• AWS
• Azure
• BiZZdesign
• GCP
• Oracle
• SAP
• Salesforce
• TOGAF

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We are growing our Enterprise Architecture capability within Accenture UKs Technology Strategy and Advisory practice and are looking for experienced Enterprise Architect Managers to help shape and deliver some of the UK Governments most complex and high-impact transformation programmes. This is a client-facing role in secure environments, with locations in London, Bristol, and Manchester, and we support flexible and hybrid working where possible, balanced with on-site time with clients and partners. We offer a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package, including 30 days annual leave, private medical insurance, three additional paid days per year for charitable or volunteering activities, and access to our global learning, development, and career progression opportunities. We are a leading global professional services company, talent- and innovation-led, with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. We combine technology, cloud, data, and AI capabilities with deep industry experience to help organisations reinvent, accelerate growth, and create 360 value. We are also committed to equal employment opportunity and fostering a diverse, innovative, and inclusive workplace.

last updated 34 week of 2026