Enterprise Architect Manager, Defence and National Security; DV

Role: Enterprise Architect, Defence and National Security (DV)

Career Level: Manager

Organisation: Strategy & Consulting >
Technology Strategy & Advisory

Locations: London, Bristol, Manchester

Industry
:
Health & Public Service

We are growing our Enterprise Architecture capability within Accenture UK’s Technology Strategy and Advisory practice and are looking for experienced Enterprise Architect Managers to help shape and deliver some of the UK Government’s most complex and high-impact transformation programmes.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and data, partnering with senior client stakeholders to define enterprise architecture vision, roadmaps, and operating models that enable meaningful, large-scale change. You’ll lead architectural thinking across complex environments, influence key decisions, and help organisations realise value through modern technology platforms, data and emerging capabilities.

This is a client-facing role in secure environments, suited to architects who enjoy combining strategic thinking with practical delivery and who want to play a leadership role in shaping enterprise-wide defence and national security outcomes.

As an Enterprise Architect Manager
, you will:

• Translate business strategy into enterprise architecture vision, target states and transformation roadmaps
• Assess the impact of strategic change across the enterprise architecture landscape, including business, application, data, technology, infrastructure and operations
• Lead the development of enterprise architecture blueprints
  , illustrating end-to-end technology landscapes, integrations and data flows
• Provide architecture leadership across strategic, complex digital reinvention and transformation programmes
• Develop value cases and investment justifications to support executive decision-making
• Apply Lean and Agile enterprise architecture principles to complex technology environments
• Conduct end-to-end vendor and platform assessments across technology, data and integration layers
• Act as a trusted advisor between business, technology teams and third-party suppliers, facilitating and concluding key architectural decisions
• Establish and apply enterprise architecture governance
  , ensuring initiatives align to agreed standards while enabling business outcomes
• Lead the design and governance of enterprise data platform capabilities
  , including integration and automation
• Define and support implementation of enterprise architecture operating models
• Deliver enterprise architecture maturity assessments and improvement roadmaps
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies
  , identifying opportunities to drive innovation and change

We are looking for individuals who bring strong technology strategy and/or enterprise architecture experience combined with the ability to operate confidently in secure, complex client environments.

You will have:

• Experience working within secure UK environments (e.g., Defence/Defence Industry, Public Safety, National Security)
• Experience in one or more architecture domains:
  Business, Application, Data and/or Technology
• A background of involvement in large-scale, complex or highly-sensitive digital transformation or reinvention programmes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior audiences
• The ability to work and communicate across different levels of architectural abstraction
• An inquisitive mindset with interest in emerging technologies such as AI, data, cloud, automation and robotics
• Full professional proficiency in English

We are particularly interested in candidates who have some or all of the following:

• Deep knowledge of the secure UK…