On behalf of the DSTL, we are looking for a Enterprise Architect Inside IR35 for a 12 month contract based Remotely with occasional to Salisbury.
SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active SV clearance.
Responsibilities
* Strategic Leadership: Translate business strategy into actionable change and technical delivery, identifying priorities to enable rapid progress.
* Architecture Ownership: Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmaps across business, technology, and data domains.
* Cross-Functional Influence: Lead and guide the development of cross-cutting capabilities, ensuring alignment and collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
* Decision Enablement: Provide strategic guidance on reuse, scalability, and sustainability to support value for money and risk reduction.
* Governance & Standards: Establish and uphold architectural principles, policies, and standards to ensure consistency and alignment.
* Innovation & Community Building: Scan the horizon for emerging trends, foster an architecture community, and assess ecosystem interdependencies to inform future opportunities.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DSTL guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
Armed Forces Covenant
DSTL guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
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