SC Cleared Business Architect in Milton Keynes

Based at client locations, working remotely, or based in our Godalming or Milton Keynes offices. Up to £80k plus excellent company benefits.

Given the nature of the work and timescales, candidates must hold an active SC clearance.

About Us

Triad Group Plc is an award‑winning digital, data, and solutions consultancy with over 35 years’ experience primarily serving the UK public sector and central government. We deliver high‑quality solutions that make a real difference to users, citizens and consumers. At Triad, collaboration thrives, knowledge is shared, and every voice matters. Our close‑knit, supportive culture ensures you’re valued from day one. Whether working with cutting‑edge tech or shaping strategy for national‑scale projects, you’ll be trusted, challenged, and empowered to grow. We nurture learning through communities of practice and encourage creativity, autonomy, and innovation.

Role Summary

Triad is seeking an experienced Business Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping and aligning enterprise‑wide business architecture across our client engagements. You will define and maintain domain models, support enterprise design initiatives, and provide architectural leadership to ensure strategic alignment, simplification, and measurable business outcomes. Working closely with senior stakeholders, business leaders, and technical teams, you will act as the bridge between strategy and execution, ensuring business architecture underpins transformation, drives clarity, and enables sustainable change.

Key Responsibilities

• Domain Model Development and Alignment

• Define, support, and maintain a comprehensive business domain model.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise‑wide strategic goals and enable cross‑functional integration.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to validate and refine domain models in response to evolving business needs.
• Support the development and adoption of enterprise architecture frameworks to meet business objectives and transformation initiatives.
• Design and implement standardised processes to ensure consistency across business units and systems.
• Facilitate the integration of enterprise design principles into operational and IT strategies.
• Provide architectural oversight to ensure simplification and optimisation initiatives align with the domain model and enterprise design.
• Drive process improvement initiatives with a focus on measurable outcomes and long‑term sustainability.

• Offer expert guidance to business and IT teams on architecture best practices, standards, and methodologies.
• Mentor and develop members of the business architecture capability to build long‑term expertise.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and innovation through workshops, training sessions, and knowledge‑sharing activities.

• Engage with senior leadership, business units, and IT teams to ensure alignment between business needs and architectural solutions.

Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 7‑10 years’ experience in business architecture, enterprise architecture, or closely related roles.
• This role requires active SC clearance.
• Proven track record of contributing to or leading large‑scale transformation and simplification programmes.
• Experience working within complex, multi‑stakeholder environments, ideally within the UK public sector.
• Deep understanding of domain modelling and enterprise architecture practices.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and Zachman.
• Experience in business process management (BPM) and process optimisation initiatives with measurable results.
• Ability to translate strategy into structured architectural artefacts and roadmaps.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills with the ability to mentor and guide cross‑functional teams.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of engaging both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to challenge constructively and drive alignment at senior levels.
• Comfortable working both within enterprise design teams and independently across domains.
• Proven ability to build strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• A degree or equivalent qualification in Business, Architecture, Information Systems, or a related field – Desirable.

Triad’s Commitment to You

• Access to top‑rated Udemy Business courses and participation in communities of practice.
• Collaborative, creative, and free from discrimination.
• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Matched pension contributions (5%).
• Private healthcare with Bupa.
• Gym membership support or Lakeshore Fitness access.

Our Selection Process

• A verbal, numerical and logical reasoning test.
• An interview with our business architecture SME.
• An interview session with one of the Management Team, including a career review and cultural fit assessment.

We aim to complete interviews and progress candidates to the offer stage within 2‑3 weeks of the initial conversation.

Triad is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. We are proud that our recruitment process has been recognised as inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for any role. We are a signatory to the Tech Talent Charter and a Disability Confident Leader, committed to driving greater inclusion and diversity in technology roles.