Enterprise Architect - Cloud Solutions

Government Digital & Data • Full-time • United Kingdom • £70.64k - £76.61k / year • 1w ago

Job summary

Here at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), we work on things that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Whether it's through the homes we live in, the work of our local councils, or the communities we’re all part of, our work is at the top of the political agenda. We have ambitious and far-reaching outcomes to achieve this year and, if you’re thinking of joining us, there’s never been a more exciting time.

We have over 3,500 staff who are based in 20 offices across the UK.

We are looking for a highly skilled Enterprise Architect to drive the strategic technology direction of our organisation and support internal teams and suppliers to design and build excellent services. This role is pivotal in establishing a robust enterprise architecture approach, ensuring alignment across our cloud services, platforms, and digital products.

The successful candidate will play a key role in governing technical decisions that apply across the organisation, setting technology roadmaps, leading on strategy and guiding teams in designing and delivering cloud-native solutions within Azure and AWS environments. You will work with multiple projects and architects to deliver secure digital services both small and large

We particularly welcome candidates from an ethnic minority background and other underrepresented groups to apply, as we work to continually improve our ability to represent the places and communities we support through our work.

Find out more about what it's like to work in a digital, data and technology role at MHCLG  including our culture, ways of working, career progression and staff benefits. You can also read the MHCLG Digital blog to learn about the work we're doing.

Job description

As an Enterprise Architect - Cloud Solutions, you’ll:

develop and implement an enterprise architecture framework that enables seamless alignment between business objectives and technical capabilities
provide expert input into the Technical Design Board, ensuring informed and strategic decision-making
define and oversee technology governance and be a leader within the Community of Practice, encouraging innovation, ensuring compliance with relevant frameworks, security policies, and regulatory requirements that is endorsed and influenced by peers across the organisation
lead the creation and maintenance of an organisation-wide technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals, digital strategies and drive the "build once, reuse many" approach
act as a technical advisor, guiding product teams, architects, engineers, and developers in designing and building resilient, secure, and scalable cloud-hosted services
establish and drive adoption of modern digital ways of working and innovative technologies, cloud-native architecture, DevSecOps, and automation
ensure that platform teams and application teams collaborate effectively, creating a cohesive technology ecosystem
identify and develop necessary documentation and guidance to support a mature, enterprise-level digital organisation, advocating for best practices in cloud governance, security, and compliance, within Azure and AWS
engage with senior stakeholders and third parties to ensure technology decisions align with broader strategic outcomes and organisational priorities
provide line management as well as coaching, mentorship, and thought leadership to internal teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence