Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year Requirements: Azure capability across ADLS, Databricks, App Services, Purview, identity and integration patterns. Proven experience shaping enterprise architecture artefacts including HLDs, blueprints, options and phased roadmaps. Advanced data-collection and modelling capability, including regulatory standards such as XBRL and XML. Ability to drive architectural governance, influence senior stakeholders and ensure alignment to strategic direction. Experience designing cloud-native platforms, high-volume ingestion pipelines and workflow orchestration. Experience within regulated environments or large-scale financial services architecture (desirable). Familiarity with EA frameworks including TOGAF, SAFe or Zachman (desirable). Exposure to UX, service design or user-facing workflow optimisation (desirable). Background in operational resilience, service continuity or hybrid architecture patterns (desirable). Integration with enterprise data platforms, analytics tooling or data-governance systems (desirable). Responsibilities: Develop technology strategies, roadmaps and architectural artefacts (HLDs, blueprints, target states) that guide enterprise and regulatory platforms. Lead architectural governance, presenting at design forums and ensuring alignment with Bank-wide standards. Shape secure data architectures across Azure services, including ingestion, validation, modelling and metadata design. Partner with stakeholders across Technology, Data, Policy and Delivery to influence decisions and provide thought leadership. Support procurement processes, vendor assessments and technical requirements across key programmes. Technologies: Azure Cloud Databricks Support TOGAF XML UX UI Design Architect More: We are the Bank of England, dedicated to safeguarding the nations financial system. Our team operates in an inclusive culture that values diversity, wellbeing, and career development, providing a flexible working environment with hybrid options. This position is based in Leeds on a 21-month FTC, offering a competitive salary, an 8% cash benefits allowance, discretionary annual bonus, private medical insurance, and a non-contributory pension. If you want to deliver technology that strengthens the UKs financial stability, we would love to hear from you. last updated 16 week of 2026