Airbus Defence and Space
Enterprise Architect
Job Description
Salary: £70,000 - 100,000 per year
Requirements:- Must have or be able to obtain UK Eyes Only SC Security Clearance via the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) process.
- Proven experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Systems Engineering.
- The ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a track record of communicating and integrating effectively within a transnational team.
- Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management.
- Drive data capture and maintenance for all existing information systems within the divisions official enterprise architectural repository, ensuring the highest standards of data quality.
- Manage the UK instance of our architecture repository, ensuring it aligns seamlessly with our global solution ecosystem.
- Lead and facilitate complex discussions with business and IT stakeholders to shape our architecture landscape.
- Participate in strategy development, identifying new opportunities, and building value cases to support business innovation.
- Provide clear guidance on IT investment allocation through the review of business and technical development initiatives.
- Ensure that future business capabilities across infrastructure, applications, and business functions are fully accounted for in our Enterprise Architecture.
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We are Airbus Defence and Space Limited, part of a team committed to shaping the future of IT and business strategy from Newport, South Wales, with some hybrid working available subject to our Hybrid Working Policy. This is a full-time permanent role within our Architecture Management team, offering a competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping, and extensive work-life balance, personal development, health and wellbeing, family support, and inclusive environment benefits. We support flexible working, internal mobility, personalised development, and a wide range of employee wellbeing and inclusion initiatives.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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£90,000
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This salary is 6% below the UK median for Architects (£90,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks