# Enterprise Architect > CALIO Consulting Group · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-09 **Workplace:** hybrid **Department:** MoD SU ## Description Expected working pattern: - 4 days per week on-site. - 1 day per week remote/off-site. - Flexibility may be required based on programme and operational needs. Active DV clearance required Sole UK National Comp: (Will share separately) Permanent position ## Requirements **Enterprise Architecture Leadership** - Develop and maintain the organisation's Enterprise Architecture. - Establish current-state, transition-state and target-state architectures. - Create and manage enterprise roadmaps aligned to strategic outcomes. - Ensure traceability between organisational objectives, capabilities, programmes, projects and technology investments. - Act as the senior enterprise architecture authority across the organisation. - Provide independent challenge and architectural assurance to programmes and projects. **Strategic Alignment** - Work with senior stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and future capability requirements. - Translate business strategy into actionable architectural roadmaps. - Ensure programmes and projects support long-term enterprise objectives. - Align architectural decisions to Defence and government standards where appropriate. - Support Capability Development and DE&S in planning and delivering strategic outcomes. **Capability Roadmap Integration** The Enterprise Architect will act as the integrating authority across organisational capability planning. This includes: - Ensuring alignment between business strategy and technology delivery. - Aligning enterprise architecture with the **Technology Capability Roadmap** owned by the CTO. - Aligning enterprise architecture with the **Data Capability Roadmap** owned by the CDO. - Identifying dependencies across data, technology, application and business capabilities. - Supporting investment prioritisation and capability sequencing. - Ensuring architecture remains coherent across multiple programmes and suppliers. **Architecture Governance** - Establish and maintain enterprise architecture governance processes. - Define architecture principles, standards and modelling conventions. - Review architecture deliverables from projects and suppliers. - Support governance boards with architecture assessments and recommendations. - Identify and escalate architecture risks, issues and technical debt. - Maintain architectural decision records and assurance documentation. **Stakeholder Engagement** - Engage with HQ stakeholders to capture strategic and operational requirements. - Work closely with Programme Managers, Product Managers and Service Owners. - Collaborate with DE&S, supplier organisations and internal delivery teams. - Provide enterprise architecture guidance across multiple business and technology domains. - Act as the focal point for enterprise-wide architectural coordination. **Architecture Community Leadership** A significant proportion of architectural activity is currently delivered across separate projects, teams and supplier organisations. Improving visibility and coordination of this activity will be a critical early objective. The successful candidate will: - Establish and lead an Enterprise Architecture Community of Practice. - Create a bi-weekly architecture forum bringing together architects across the organisation. - Improve visibility of architectural work and decision-making. - Encourage collaboration across business, enterprise, data, solution and technical architecture disciplines. - Promote knowledge sharing, standardisation and reuse. - Reduce duplication and conflicting architectural approaches. - Establish effective engagement between embedded architects, programme teams and suppliers. This is considered a key Day One responsibility. **Business, Data and Technology Architecture** **Business Architecture** - Develop enterprise capability models. - Support operating model development. - Capture strategic business requirements and capability needs. - Maintain strategic traceability from HQ objectives through to delivery. **Data Architecture Alignment** Working alongside Data Architecture teams and the CDO function: - Support enterprise data strategies and data platform initiatives. - Ensure consistency of information architecture across the organisation. - Align architecture activities with the Data Capability Roadmap. - Support enterprise data governance and information management objectives. **Technology Architecture Alignment** Working alongside Technology Architecture teams and the CTO function: - Assess the current technology landscape. - Northstar Requirements (ZTA, Agentic AI, Event Driven Architectures) - Support technology modernisation planning. - Align architecture activities with the HQ Capability Roadmap. - Identify technology risks and opportunities. **Legacy Rationalisation and Transition Planning** - Maintain visibility of enterprise applications and technology services. - Identify systems approaching end-of-life. - Develop migration and transition strategies. - Support portfolio rationalisation activities. - Ensure replacement capabilities align with target-state architecture. Attention will be required to: - Tactical solutions currently supporting critical operational functions. - Building resilience into existing tactical services. - Transitioning tactical solutions towards strategic target-state capabilities. **Identity, Access and Enterprise Integration** The role will support ongoing work relating to: - Identity and Access Management (IAM). - User provisioning and lifecycle management. - Enterprise integration patterns. - Data platform interoperability. - Cross-domain information sharing requirements. The Enterprise Architect will ensure these initiatives align with broader enterprise architecture objectives and existing programmes of work. **Architecture Frameworks and Tooling** The role will utilise the following core frameworks and tools: **Frameworks** - NATO Architecture Framework (NAF) - ArchiMate (Primary Modelling Notation) - MOD and Defence Digital standards as applicable **Tooling** - Sparx Enterprise Architect (Authoritative Architecture Repository) - Atlassian Confluence (Prolaborate) - Atlassian Jira The successful candidate should have significant experience creating and managing architecture repositories and models using these tools. **Essential Experience** - Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture within large, complex organisations. - Experience operating within Defence, Government or highly regulated environments. - Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and methodologies. - Experience using ArchiMate to develop enterprise architecture artefacts. - Experience of architecture governance and assurance. - Experience engaging senior stakeholders and influencing strategic decision-making. - Experience coordinating architecture across multiple suppliers and delivery organisations. - Experience developing enterprise roadmaps and transition plans. - Knowledge of data, application and technology architecture domains. - Experience using Sparx Enterprise Architect. **Desirable Experience** - Experience working within MOD, Defence Digital, DE&S or wider Defence organisations. - Experience with the NATO Architecture Framework (NAF). - Experience establishing architecture communities of practice. - Experience supporting large-scale transformation programmes. - Knowledge of identity and access management architectures. - Experience working alongside CTO and CDO functions. - Experience with agile product and portfolio delivery models. ## Apply [Apply at CALIO Consulting Group](https://apply.workable.com/calio-consulting-group/j/00549D227B/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)