14577 - Senior Enterprise Architect
| Posting date: | 05 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £58,511 to £70,725 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £58,511 - £65,329, London salary range is £63,343 - £70,725. Your salary will be dependent on your base location. London: £63,343 - £78,225 (may include an allowance of up to £14,882) National: £58,511 - £73,450 (may include an allowance of up to £14,939) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 February 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 14577 |
Summary
Senior Enterprise Architect
Location: National*
Closing Date: 21st February
Interviews: w/c 9th March
Grade: 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs at the bottom):
London: £63,343 - £78,225 (may include an allowance of up to £14,882)
National: £58,511 - £73,450 (may include an allowance of up to £14,939)
Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: Perm
Vacancy number: 14577
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for Senior Enterprise Architects here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative team. These roles sit within the Office of the CTO in the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for architecture and engineering across the MoJ and owns the newly commissioned Technical Design Authority for the department. We work in close collaboration with business units and Arm’s Length Bodies to align technology and operate platforms that support the products and services relied upon across the justice system.
As part of the newly established Enterprise Architecture function, Senior Enterprise Architects will play a critical role in supporting the Ministry of Justice’s strategic and transformational priorities, including major reform programmes such as the independent sentencing review recommendations. This is an exciting opportunity to help embed enterprise architecture across the department and shape how architectural thinking informs delivery.
Reporting to the Principal Enterprise Architect, you will provide enterprise-level architectural leadership across one or more portfolios, working closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, and technical specialists. You will help translate strategic intent into practical architectural direction, ensuring solutions are aligned with enterprise principles, standards, and roadmaps.
Senior Enterprise Architects are expected to operate hands-on with delivery, providing guidance and assurance from discovery through to live. You will collaborate with product leaders, engineers, data specialists, and solution architects to ensure designs are coherent, interoperable, and sustainable, while balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural goals.
You will contribute to the development of enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and governance, support the operation of the Technical Design Authority, and help mature architecture practice across the Ministry of Justice. You’ll also play an active role in building the enterprise architecture community, mentoring other architects and sharing good practice.
This role aligns against the Senior enterprise architect role from the Government Digital and Data Framework
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
How to Apply
Candidates must submit a CV and supporting statement of suitability (750 words max), which describes how you meet the requirements from the essential criteria, set out below:
• Proven experience designing, assuring and documenting complex architectures using enterprise architecture tools such as Ardoq.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives, policy intent, and business outcomes into practical architectural designs and guidance.
Please note, failure to provide the documents as requested for the specific role, will result in a rejection of your application
A diverse panel will review your application against those requirements above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. Candidates will also be required to provide a 5-minute presentation during the interview stage. Details of the presentation will be sent across prior to interview.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on “Proven experience designing, assuring and documenting complex architectures using enterprise architecture tools” will be conducted before the sift.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks.
During the interview, we will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours:
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Location: National*
Closing Date: 21st February
Interviews: w/c 9th March
Grade: 7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary (for more information, please refer to the T&Cs at the bottom):
London: £63,343 - £78,225 (may include an allowance of up to £14,882)
National: £58,511 - £73,450 (may include an allowance of up to £14,939)
Working pattern: Full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type: Perm
Vacancy number: 14577
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
The Role
We’re recruiting for Senior Enterprise Architects here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative team. These roles sit within the Office of the CTO in the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for architecture and engineering across the MoJ and owns the newly commissioned Technical Design Authority for the department. We work in close collaboration with business units and Arm’s Length Bodies to align technology and operate platforms that support the products and services relied upon across the justice system.
As part of the newly established Enterprise Architecture function, Senior Enterprise Architects will play a critical role in supporting the Ministry of Justice’s strategic and transformational priorities, including major reform programmes such as the independent sentencing review recommendations. This is an exciting opportunity to help embed enterprise architecture across the department and shape how architectural thinking informs delivery.
Reporting to the Principal Enterprise Architect, you will provide enterprise-level architectural leadership across one or more portfolios, working closely with senior stakeholders, delivery teams, and technical specialists. You will help translate strategic intent into practical architectural direction, ensuring solutions are aligned with enterprise principles, standards, and roadmaps.
Senior Enterprise Architects are expected to operate hands-on with delivery, providing guidance and assurance from discovery through to live. You will collaborate with product leaders, engineers, data specialists, and solution architects to ensure designs are coherent, interoperable, and sustainable, while balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural goals.
You will contribute to the development of enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and governance, support the operation of the Technical Design Authority, and help mature architecture practice across the Ministry of Justice. You’ll also play an active role in building the enterprise architecture community, mentoring other architects and sharing good practice.
This role aligns against the Senior enterprise architect role from the Government Digital and Data Framework
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025
How to Apply
Candidates must submit a CV and supporting statement of suitability (750 words max), which describes how you meet the requirements from the essential criteria, set out below:
• Proven experience designing, assuring and documenting complex architectures using enterprise architecture tools such as Ardoq.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives, policy intent, and business outcomes into practical architectural designs and guidance.
Please note, failure to provide the documents as requested for the specific role, will result in a rejection of your application
A diverse panel will review your application against those requirements above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. Candidates will also be required to provide a 5-minute presentation during the interview stage. Details of the presentation will be sent across prior to interview.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on “Proven experience designing, assuring and documenting complex architectures using enterprise architecture tools” will be conducted before the sift.
In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks.
During the interview, we will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours:
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.