Enterprise Architect
Financial Conduct Authority – Join to apply for the Enterprise Architect role.
Department: Strategy, Architecture & Planning
Division: Digital, Technology and Innovation
Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) £72,100‑£90,000; London £79,300‑£100,000 (based on skills and experience). Salary offered will be based on skills and experience.
Recruitment contact: Steve Christopher (steve.christopher@fca.org.uk). Applications must be submitted through the FCA online portal; social media or email are not accepted.
About the FCA and the Team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, keeping markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll protect consumers, drive economic growth and shape the future of UK finance services.
The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital‑first, data‑led regulator by delivering a secure, agile and cost‑effective technology and data ecosystem. Within DTI, the Strategy & Architecture team supports the FCA Strategy through strategic advice, stakeholder partnership and targeted research into emerging technologies, aligned with overall Enterprise Architecture.
About the Role
This technology‑focused Enterprise Platform Architect role involves:
* Lead the business application and integration architecture domain to deliver aligned, future‑ready solutions that enable organisational agility
* Define and maintain enterprise application strategies and roadmaps to ensure technology investments drive meaningful business outcomes
* Create and evolve patterns, policies and standards so teams can adopt consistent, high‑quality practices with confidence and clarity
* Provide architectural governance through collaboration and boards to keep solutions aligned with strategic direction and technology vision
* Engage senior leaders to influence decisions that shape impactful, sustainable outcomes
* Develop a central repository of tools and artefacts to empower knowledge sharing and strengthen the architecture community
* Shape and mature cloud and zero‑trust journeys to deliver secure, flexible and self‑service multi‑cloud capabilities
* Blend market trends with organisational needs to inspire innovative approaches and maintain strategic relevance
Qualifications
Minimum skills required
* Prior experience applying architecture principles to influence business change and design application or integration architectures
* Proven experience with architectural governance processes, methodologies and frameworks, including familiarity with Infrastructure, Software and Platform as a Service (IaaS, SaaS and PaaS) environments
* Demonstrable experience developing and promoting innovative technical strategies while understanding interactions between people, processes and technology
Essential
* Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills, with effective relationship‑building across all organisational levels
* Ability to take a holistic view of organisational needs, ensuring cross‑functional considerations are integrated
* Demonstrable skill in applying strategic and innovative thinking to resolve business issues and assess technical impact
* Experience with frameworks and methodologies such as SAFe, Agile, ITIL, DevSecOps, TOGAF or Zachman
* Deep understanding of a broad range of technologies and emerging trends
* Experience working with multiple solution providers and recommending sourcing options for enterprise application and integration platforms
* Significant expertise in API integration, containerisation, microservices and cloud platforms (AWS, O365, GCP)
Benefits
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
* Non‑contributory pension (8‑12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
* Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance
* 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
* A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
Our values and culture
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, free from discrimination and bias, that celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. Our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation, make better decisions, drive innovation and deliver better regulation.
Disability confident
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and people with disabilities or long‑term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria will progress to the next stage. In high application volumes, we may progress candidates whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful information and timelines
* Advert closes: Midnight, 10 December (please apply by 11.59 pm, 9 December)
* Shortlist: 12 December
* First interview: 18–19 December
* Final interview: 5 January
* Recruiter will discuss the process in detail; please inform them of any dates you will be unavailable.
#J-18808-Ljbffr