Enterprise Architect

Salary: £68,500 - 80,000 per year

• We want proven experience operating as an Enterprise Architect, or in a similar strategic architecture role, within a complex organisation.
• We want strong experience developing enterprise architecture artefacts such as principles, policies, standards, target architectures, roadmaps, reference models, and capability maps.
• We want experience shaping architecture strategy across business-facing corporate systems, SaaS platforms, and enterprise services.
• We want strong experience engaging with senior stakeholders to shape, influence, and align strategic direction, investment choices, and architectural priorities.
• We want the ability to connect business strategy, operating model, information, application, and technology concerns into coherent enterprise architecture views.
• We want experience establishing and applying architecture governance, standards, and decision-making processes across multiple teams or domains.
• We want a good understanding of identity, security, data, integration, and service management considerations across enterprise platforms.
• We want excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust and alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• We want knowledge of enterprise architecture tooling such as Abacus.
• We want experience applying TOGAF methodologies or equivalent enterprise architecture practices.
• Desirable: knowledge of hybrid cloud, enterprise integration, and modern SaaS operating models.
• Desirable: experience supporting portfolio alignment, investment governance, or architecture review processes.
• Desirable: experience operating in healthcare or other regulated/data-sensitive environments.
• Desirable: enterprise architecture certification such as TOGAF, cloud certification, or relevant SaaS platform certification.

• We will have you work across Genomics England to shape the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps for business and technology capabilities across the organisation.
• We will have you work closely with business leaders, service designers, user researchers, product managers, engineers, security, data, and third-party suppliers to shape strategic direction and align investment to target architectures.
• We will have you help define enterprise-wide principles, policies, standards, target states, transition roadmaps, and reusable patterns.
• We will have you ensure change across Genomics England aligns with broader organisational strategy, governance, and architecture principles.
• We will have you provide enterprise architecture leadership across Genomics England, shaping a coherent technology and capability landscape across business functions.
• We will have you develop enterprise-wide architecture views across business, data, applications, integrations, and technology platforms.
• We will have you work with senior stakeholders to translate business strategy into target states, investment priorities, and phased transition plans.
• We will have you establish and promote architecture standards, reference models, reusable patterns, and governance approaches that support consistency and informed decision-making.
• We will have you assess current-state architecture and identify duplication, risk, complexity, and opportunities for rationalisation or improvement across enterprise and SaaS platforms.
• We will have you guide major initiatives and programmes to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, strategic roadmaps, and intended business outcomes.
• We will have you collaborate with security, data, engineering, delivery, and procurement teams to ensure architecture decisions reflect regulatory, operational, financial, and technical considerations.
• We will have you work with vendors and third-party providers to assess strategic fit, support product selection, and shape sustainable operating models.
• We will have you communicate architectural direction, trade-offs, and roadmaps clearly to senior leaders and delivery teams.
• We will have you foster a culture of collaboration, architectural rigour, pragmatic decision-making, and horizon scanning across teams and domains.

• Abacus
• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• TOGAF
• Fabric

Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, building on the 100,000 Genomes Project to support the NHSs world-first national whole genome sequencing service and the National Genomic Research Library. We deliver major genomics initiatives and design, develop, and operate complex healthcare software systems that connect research and clinical care at national scale. This Enterprise Architect role sits within our enterprise architecture team and plays a key part in shaping our technology and capability landscape across clinical and diagnostic services, research and discovery platforms, data and digital capabilities, and corporate functions. We offer a meaningful mission, a salary from £93,600, and a strong benefits package including 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, flexible and blended working, enhanced family leave, pension contributions, life assurance, learning and development support, recognition schemes, and health and wellbeing benefits. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and flexible recruitment arrangements.