Senior Enterprise Architect (Data Platform Technology) - HMRC - G7

Location

Birmingham Regional Centre - Arena Central
Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf
Cardiff Regional Centre - Ty William Morgan
Edinburgh Regional Centre - Queen Elizabeth House
Leeds Regional Centre - Wellington Place
Liverpool Regional Centre - Water Street
Manchester Regional Centre - Three New Bailey
Newcastle Upon Tyne - Benton Park View
Telford - Plaza 1 and 2
Worthing - Teville Gate House
Stratford Regional Centre - Westfield Avenue

Please note, due to workforce controls, Stratford, Liverpool and Newcastle are only available to existing HMRC employees already based in these locations.

About the job

Job summary

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Data is at the heart of everything we do at HMRC. As a Senior Enterprise Architect within the EA Data Platform Technology team, you'll shape the future of HMRC's data landscape, helping to deliver one of the UK's largest and most complex data transformation programmes.

The EA Data Platform Technology team resides across multiple office locations and forms part of the wider Enterprise Architecture team within the Chief Technology and Design directorate.

Job description

As part of the team, you'll play a critical role in defining and driving HMRC's Data Technology Strategy, championing modern technologies and guiding the evolution of our enterprise data platforms. Working closely with senior leaders, architects and business stakeholders, you'll influence strategic technology decisions that support the organisation's long-term objectives.

This is an opportunity to operate at enterprise scale, providing architectural leadership across reporting, analytics, AI and machine learning capabilities, data pipelines, and data storage platforms that support millions of customers and billions of transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise-wide data architecture strategies, principles, standards and roadmaps.
  
  
• Provide expert guidance and governance to solution architects, ensuring technology designs align with HMRC's strategic direction.
  
  
• Lead architectural thinking across enterprise reporting, analytics, AI/ML platforms, data ingestion, transformation and storage technologies.
  
  
• Engage with senior stakeholders across HMRC and wider government to influence technology strategy and investment decisions.
  
  
• Identify emerging technologies, industry trends and innovations, assessing their value and applicability to HMRC.
  
  
• Promote scalable, sustainable and reusable solutions that deliver value for money and support future business needs.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

• Significant experience in Enterprise Architecture or senior architecture roles, with a strong background in large-scale data platforms and enterprise technology environments.
  
  
• Experience developing and implementing architectural principles, policies, standards, reference architectures and technology roadmaps.
  
  
• Ability to identify emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on organisational strategy.
  
  
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
  
• Experience influencing strategic technology decisions, articulating options, risks and trade-offs, and making evidence-based recommendations.
  
  
• Ability to understand enterprise-wide impacts and balance immediate business needs with longer-term strategic objectives.

Technical Expertise

You'll have demonstrable knowledge and practical experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Cloud-native data services and platforms.
  
  
• Data integration, transformation and metadata management technologies (such as Talend, Informatica or similar).
  
  
• Analytics and business intelligence tooling (such as SAS, Power BI, Pentaho or equivalent).
  
  
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions, including customer insight, behavioural analytics and segmentation capabilities.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience contributing to discussions relating to commercial contracts, procurement and technology sourcing strategies.
  
  
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms supporting operational, analytical, AI and machine learning workloads.
  
  
• Professional architecture qualifications such as TOGAF, CITP, or a willingness to work towards them.