Lead Enterprise Architect

Would you like to play a pivotal part in shaping and delivering the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA's) enterprise architecture strategy? As a Lead Enterprise Architect at DVLA, you will be instrumental in helping to define and maintain the organisation's enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps; covering current, transitional, and future states. Salary up to £80,400 (dependant on interview assessment), over 28% employer pension contribution plus other Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from Swansea.

Job Description:

The Enterprise Architect will lead efforts across multiple architectural domains, ensuring alignment with DVLA's objectives and fostering continual improvement. You will also sit on the Technical Design Authority board to help govern architectural design and decisions.

In addition, there is an exciting opportunity to support a function that may require DV clearance. While this is not a mandatory requirement for the role, with your agreement, DVLA will apply for it on your behalf once you are in post, offering further scope for professional growth and influence.

To find out more about the role, the digital team and what it's like to work at DVLA, the Hiring Manager and team are organising a familiarisation session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on Tuesday 15th April 2025 at 12:00pm.

To book book your virtual spot, follow the apply link for instructions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Help shape, uphold, and continuously refine the DVLA enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps
• Architectural Model: Maintaining the Enterprise Architecture model
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Network and communicate with senior stakeholders, championing opportunities for innovation and improvement
• Best Practices & Emerging Technologies: Identify and support the adoption of emerging technologies, driving digital capabilities and innovation across the organisation
• Team Leadership: Lead, support, and mentor teams of architects, ensuring their objectives are aligned with organisational goals
• Horizon Scanning: Identify external influences, risks, and industry trends that could impact or create opportunities for the organisation

Responsibilities:

• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across enterprises, and seek opportunities for improvement
• Support at least one community or team, or a combination of both
• Find and use best practice and emerging technologies and approaches
• Lead teams including enterprise architects and help them understand how to deliver the team's objectives to meet organisational goals
• Horizon scan for influences or risks
• Support successful delivery of the long-term strategy
• Take a leading role in the overall direction of business and digital capabilities

Essential Skills:

• Experience of contributing to enterprise architecture initiatives within a large or complex organisation
• Experience of influencing an organisation's architecture strategy and roadmap, including transitioning from current to future states.
• Proven ability to network and collaborate with senior stakeholders, driving innovation and continuous improvement.
• Guiding and mentoring architecture teams, ensuring their objectives align with broader organisational goals.

Desirable:

• Experience with LeanIX modelling tool
• Knowledge of architecture frameworks - TOGAF, Zachman

Benefits:

Alongside salary range of £54,857 - £80,400, DVLA contributes £15,892 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Plus:

• Best in class learning and development tailored to your role including expensed accreditations and study days aside
• An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues
• Generous employer contribution of 28.97%, depending on chosen pension scheme
• Digital communities with clear career frameworks
• On-site gym plus personal training available (membership applies)
• On-site nursery, restaurants and coffee bar
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing by 1 each year (up to 30) & 1 extra day for the King's birthday
• Free parking
• A hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual need.

Further information:

• Hybrid office/home based working model where staff will spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the Swansea office over a month, with flexibility dependent on balancing business and individual need.
• This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 5 out of the past 5 years.
• DVLA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

If you are an experienced Enterprise Architect looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to shape the future Enterprise Architect strategy for DVLA, then contact Keesha Paulsen in complete confidence at Inspire People, or apply today.