Future Tech Jobs Future Tech Jobs

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People
Birmingham, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£57,515 – £82,340 pa

Salary

£57,515 – £82,340 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
11 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Benefits

28.97% employer pension contribution Flexible working culture Hybrid working Access to learning and development opportunities Career progression opportunities Excellent Civil Service benefits
Share
Save job
Create job alert

Become part of a mission-driven digital organisation shaping national services used by millions across the UK. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working with Inspire People to recruit a Lead Enterprise Architect with strong enterprise architecture expertise, strategic roadmap development, governance and large-scale digital transformation capability. 60% office-based in your designated office in either Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Oldham, Newcastle, Swansea or Yeading. Salary up to £82,340 (base pay of £57,515 plus an additional Digital and Data Profession allowance up to £% employer pension contribution per annum and excellent Civil Service benefits.

Shape the Future of Digital Services at DVSA.As Lead Enterprise Architect you will:

  • Work with business and DDaT stakeholders to deliver enterprise solutions across Business, Data, Application and Technology domains
  • Support digital transformation initiatives, including shaping business cases and enterprise-level change
  • Define and communicate high-level architecture designs aligned to current and future organisational needs
  • Assess industry and societal trends and translate them into strategic architectural direction
  • Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups, mediating complex discussions
  • Build support for architectural initiatives with high impact, risk and complexity
  • Collaborate across teams and communities to drive continuous improvement and strong delivery outcomes
  • Identify and evaluate supplier approaches, supporting commercial and procurement decisions
  • Create and maintain enterprise architecture models, assets, roadmaps and repositories
  • Maintain a view of current and future state architecture across defined domains (1-5 years)
  • Assure alignment of architecture across all domains with business goals, objectives and KPIs
  • Define, maintain and promote architectural principles, standards and patterns
  • Provide governance and assurance across enterprise initiatives and solutions
  • Identify and manage architectural risks across teams and domains
  • Lead the definition and shaping of complex problems and guide solution development
  • Contribute to organisational and cross-government strategy design and implementation

Essential skills for the Lead Enterprise Architect include:

  • Demonstrated expertise in establishing and executing enterprise architecture principles, standards, blueprints, roadmaps and patterns that drive business value
  • Extensive experience delivering transformation initiatives involving cloud environments and integrated technology ecosystems
  • Practical experience applying enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman) in real-world transformation contexts
  • Strong capability in developing strategic vision and translating complexity into clear, actionable roadmaps
  • Experience delivering architecture governance and assurance
  • Strong strategic thinking and planning capability
  • Robust analytical skills to support evidence-based decision-making
  • Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills at senior level

Desirable skills for the Lead Enterprise Architect include:

  • Degree in a Digital Development and Technology discipline (or equivalent experience)
  • Formal enterprise architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman)
  • Experience with architecture modelling approaches (e.g. Archimate, UML, BPMN)

In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:

  • Salary up to £82,340 (base pay of £57,515 plus an additional Digital and Data Profession allowance up to £24,915)
  • 28.97% employer pension contribution per annum
  • Excellent Civil Service benefits
  • Hybrid working with flexible arrangements
  • Access to learning, development and career progression opportunities
  • The opportunity to shape national digital services at scale

Why Join DVSA?

This is a pivotal role within DVSA's Architecture Management Office where you will lead the enablement of enterprise architecture strategy, influence senior stakeholders across government, and shape digital and business capabilities at scale, driving sustainable, secure and cost-effective technology transformation across services that impact millions of UK citizens.

Apply now through Inspire People to play a leading role in shaping enterprise architecture at DVSA.

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People Nottingham, United Kingdom
£57,515 – £82,340 pa Hybrid Clearance Required

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People Uxbridge, UB8 1SB, United Kingdom
£61,515 – £86,340 pa Hybrid Clearance Required

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
£57,515 – £82,340 pa Hybrid Clearance Required

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People Birmingham, United Kingdom
£57,515 – £82,340 pa Hybrid Clearance Required

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People Leeds, United Kingdom
£57,515 – £82,340 pa Hybrid Clearance Required

Lead Enterprise Architect

Inspire People Bristol, United Kingdom
£57,515 – £82,340 pa Hybrid Clearance Required

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Products

Where to Advertise Cloud Computing Jobs in the UK (2026 Guide)

Where to advertise cloud computing jobs UK in 2026: the specialist boards and channels that reach AWS, Azure, GCP and cloud-native engineering talent. The candidate pool is large relative to other deep tech disciplines but highly segmented — cloud architects, DevOps engineers, platform engineers, FinOps specialists and cloud security professionals each occupy distinct communities with different job search behaviours, certification profiles and salary expectations. General job boards reach a broad audience but struggle to differentiate between these disciplines, producing high application volumes but low candidate quality for specialist cloud roles. This guide, published by CloudComputingJobs.co.uk, covers where to advertise cloud computing roles in the UK in 2026, how the main platforms compare, what employers should expect to pay, and what the data says about hiring across different role types.

Jobs

Cloud Computing Jobs UK 2026: What to Expect Over the Next 3 Years

Cloud Computing Jobs UK 2026: salaries, hiring trends and the AWS, Azure and GCP skills shaping UK cloud careers over the next three years. Cloud computing is the infrastructure layer on which the modern digital economy runs — and the jobs market that has grown around it is one of the largest, most sustained, and most structurally resilient in the entire technology sector. But the cloud computing jobs market of 2026 looks quite different from the one that existed three years ago, and the next three years will bring further change at a pace that rewards those who understand the direction of travel. The migration phase that defined cloud hiring for much of the previous decade is largely complete for enterprise organisations. The question for most UK businesses is no longer whether to move to the cloud but how to operate, optimise, and secure what they have already built there — and how to integrate the wave of AI capability that is now being delivered primarily through cloud infrastructure. That shift has profound implications for which cloud skills are in demand, which roles are growing, and which are beginning to plateau. At the same time, new architectural patterns — multi-cloud, cloud-native, serverless, and the growing integration of edge computing with centralised cloud infrastructure — are creating entirely new categories of specialist expertise that employers are actively competing to hire. The cloud computing jobs market of 2026 is not contracting. It is evolving, and evolving in ways that create significant opportunity for job seekers who are building the right skills. This article breaks down what the UK cloud computing jobs market is likely to look like through to 2028 — covering the titles emerging right now, the technologies driving employer demand, the skills that will matter most, and how to position your career ahead of the curve.

🍪 Basic, anonymous analytics (aggregate counts only, never shared) are always on. Accept to also enable third-party tools — Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Mixpanel, Leadfeeder — which help us match you with relevant Cloud Computing roles. We never sell your data or use it for cross-site advertising. See our Cookie Policy.