Enterprise Architect

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Job Overview

As an Enterprise Architect you will work across business and technology domains to review, interpret and respond business requirements, ensuring that DDaT can deliver business needs. You will provide input into the business architecture, with key responsibility for interdependencies with project, programme and services. You will provide the enterprise perspective ensuring to solution architecture to ensure that a solution will be fit for purpose from at least a technical, people and process perspective. You will also provide assurance to the UKRI Technical Design Authority that the solution complies with UKRI and Government Digital Services Technology Code of Practice design principles and standards; identifying and filling any gaps in those principles and standards.

Key responsibilities

• Help develop DDaT architecture principles, standards and patterns at the enterprise- / macro-level.
• Help shape the enterprise vision and roadmap for the delivering digital, data and technology services into the future, identifying potential opportunities for how emerging technology innovations can help drive a more effective solution.
• Accountability for the enterprise architecture and its interdependencies and integrations with other business solutions.
• Be the lead architect on the programme team advising on overall solution to ensure any issues are uncovered and resolved quickly.

About you

• Educated to Degree-level or equivalent
• TOGAF, SAFe, agile architecture qualification or equivalent
• Complex IT programme architecture involving dependency management and multi-supplier deliveries in an enterprise architecture capacity.
• Practical understanding of architectural models of business and enterprise architecture.
• Broad understanding of the range of technologies and approaches which may be selected to deliver business capabilities.

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Benefits

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and strive to provide a pay and rewards package that motivates staff to perform to the best of their ability.

Choosing to work at UKRI means you will have access to a whole host of benefits such as a defined benefit occupational pension scheme, 30 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), flexible working arrangements, employee discounts and offers on hundreds of retail and leisure activities, free eyesight tests and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to provide a CV and a statement of suitability demonstrating how you have the experience for the role using the skills that you will need for illustration.

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