Senior Enterprise Architect

Senior Enterprise Architect – Crown Commercial Service (CCS)

Salary: £57,954 – £65,400

Would you like to be part of an enterprise function to execute the strategic vision, innovation, and transformation that shapes the future of the Crown Commercial Services technology landscape and helps us achieve our strategic goals?

We’re looking for an Enterprise Architect that will embed the vision of EA function, and create strategies and road-maps for business, data, applications, and technology by consulting and supporting collaboration across the business, understanding the organisation’s ecosystem, its interdependencies and constraints.

You will be joining the enterprise architecture function within CCS, which is part of the wider design and products team (of circa 20 permanent team members) which plays a critical role in the designing the strategic future state of the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Guiding, developing, and governing the CCS Enterprise Architecture function to support the organisation’s long-term strategy and future state architecture
• Shaping relationships between organisational structures, processes, technology, and people, both within and outside the enterprise, to transition to the new state
• Ensuring alignment of technical governance with broader governance, mitigating risks and assuring corporate services
• Understanding and anticipating business impacts, issues, and activities, shaping principles, patterns, standards, and policies accordingly
• Implementing the vision for business and digital capabilities using various architecture tools and collaboration tools used in CCS.
• Driving the creation of transition plans, roadmaps, and strategic solutions that prioritise outcomes.
• Offering strategic insights for business and technical strategies, crafting solutions for high-level challenges
• Fostering connections with senior stakeholders, actively seeking improvement opportunities and best practices
• Staying attuned to emerging technologies and external influences while inspiring other architects toward organisational goals.
• Designing and embed secure, scalable, and compliant enterprise architectures aligned with CCS’s regulatory requirements and strategic goals.
• Identifying risks, ensure regulatory adherence (e.g., GDPR), and implement resilient systems supporting business continuity.
• Partnering with stakeholders to align security with business needs, drive innovation, and continuously enhance architectural frameworks

Take this opportunity to be at the forefront of change, where your expertise will shape the future of a vital organisation. Apply now and help us build a stronger, more innovative CCS.

Additional Information:

Inclusion is embedded throughout the organisation, in our thought processes, in our strategy, in our business processes and in our governance. Inclusion requires action, to ensure people are included who might otherwise be excluded or marginalised, and ensuring a culture that fosters a true sense of belonging. Being an inclusive employer means that all colleagues, at every level of the organisation, have to make a choice to be inclusive, and this will be our norm.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please follow the “EasyApply” process which will register your interest and add you to the distribution list for our dedicated microsite. For any further information, please reach out to Callum Randle or Lawrence Harris on 020 8253 1806, or via email at

Closing date: 17th February 2025 (23:59)