+6 months +
+DV cleared role - current active clearance is essential
+Outside IR35
+£550 - £580 a day
+Hybrid working
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect / Business Architect with strong MOD experience to support the development, maintenance and direction of a business architecture model within a highly secure environment.
The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders to translate business needs and requirements into structured architectural outputs, helping to resolve complex architectural challenges and ensure long-term coherence across stakeholder groups, platforms and services.
Key Responsibilities
Develop, maintain and evolve business and enterprise architecture models.
Translate complex and ambiguous stakeholder requirements into structured architectural outputs.
Facilitate stakeholder workshops and structured requirements elicitation sessions.
Identify architectural gaps, conflicts and dependencies and propose appropriate resolution approaches.
Work across multiple levels of abstraction, from strategic drivers through to business processes and capabilities.
Produce architecture documentation and tailored architectural views for technical and non-technical audiences.
Maintain and structure complex Enterprise Architecture repositories using Sparx Enterprise Architect.
Apply ArchiMate 3, UML and BPMN appropriately.
Support requirements management, relationship mapping and reporting within Sparx EA.
Work collaboratively with data, security, platform and other architecture disciplines.
Essential Skills & Experience
Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect, Business Architect or similar.
Significant experience working within the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is essential.
Experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder Defence environments.
Strong understanding and practical application of TOGAF and Enterprise Architecture frameworks.
Proficient in ArchiMate 3.
Strong UML experience, including Use Case, Activity and Sequence diagrams.
Working knowledge of BPMN for process modelling.
Strong hands-on experience with Sparx Enterprise Architect, including maintaining complex EA repositories.
Experience with Sparx EA requirements management, relationship matrices and reporting capabilities.
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn ambiguous stakeholder requirements into structured architectural concepts.
Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and workshop facilitation skills.
Experience producing architecture documentation and views for different stakeholder groups.If you'd like to discuss this role in further detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch
Salary description
£550.00 - £580.00 per day