Lead Enterprise Architect
£54,857+additional allowance up to £25,543 (£80,400)
Multiple locations: Newcastle/Leeds/Oldham/Bristol/Swansea/Nottingham/Birmingham
Hybrid working: 60% attendance per week
Permanent
Overview: Lead Enterprise Architect
Sellick Partnership have partnered with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to recruit a Lead Enterprise Architect within their Digital and Data directorate. Reporting to the Chief Architect you will work in a team consisting of Lead Enterprise Architects, Lead Technical Architects and Lead Solution Architects and play a pivotal role within the Architecture Management Office leading the overall direction of business and digital capabilities.
Benefits: Lead Enterprise Architect
Flexible working options encouraging work-life balance.
Exceptional pension - employer contribution of an average of 27%.
25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities.
Learning and development tailored to your role.
Cycle to work, gym membership offers, high street discounts.
Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing.Responsibilities: Lead Enterprise Architect
Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains.
Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases.
Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and operating models.
Assess how trends in society and industry practices might impact the organisation.
Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards.
Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work.
Coach others in identifying important trends.Required experience: Lead Enterprise Architect
Demonstrate leadership by providing influence, direction and guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives.
Establishes a strong direction and a persuasive future vision; managing and engaging with honesty and integrity, and upholding the reputation of the Agency, Department and Civil Service.
Work in collaboration with fellow CSLs across all functions for the good of DVSA and to create a high performing and well respected Agency.
Lead on the identification and analysis of key industry trends to assess potential effect on the enterprise.
Play a lead role in the development of DVSA's technology roadmaps.Essential requirements: Lead Enterprise Architect
Demonstrated expertise in establishing and executing enterprise-wide architecture principles, standards, blueprints, roadmaps, and patterns that facilitate the delivery of solutions and drive business value.
Extensive track record in strategising and executing transformation initiatives, with hands-on involvement in business change efforts leveraging cloud environments and integrating various products and cloud services within these dynamic ecosystems.
Practical exposure to implementing Enterprise Architecture frameworks in the context of real-world business transformation scenarios. Proficient with well-known frameworks such as TOGAF and/or Zachman and modelling notations such as Archimate, UML, or BPMN.
Proficient in crafting strategic visions and roadmaps, which distil clarity from intricate scenarios. Capable of expressing these insights logically
Experience of enacting and undertaking architecture governance and assurance activities.
Strong strategic mindset and experience of strategic planning.
Robust analytical abilities, encompassing the capacity to gather, analyse, and interpret data in order to inform evidence-driven decision-making.
Demonstrate dynamic leadership, motivational prowess, and strong interpersonal skills that enable seamless collaboration with diverse stakeholders. Additionally, adept at communicating, presenting, and negotiating effectively, driving impactful change among senior decision-makers.Qualifications: Lead Enterprise Architect
Degree level in a Digital Development and Technology discipline (e.g. Computing Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development, Business Analysis, etc.) or demonstrate experience at an equivalent level.
To have a formal architectural qualification in either BCS, The Open Group Architecture Framework, Zachman, Gartner's Enterprise Architecture Method or demonstrate experience at an equivalent level.Apply: Lead Technical Architect
Please apply by Sunday 6 July 2025 to be considered and for a detailed job specification please contact Greg Jones at Sellick Partnership.
This role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability-Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance. The base pay is £54,857. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £25,543. The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process. For further information and supporting links on this, please contact Greg Jones at Sellick Partnership.
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