Principal Core Enterprise Architect

£69,501 to £98,061 per year, The base pay is £69,501. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £28,560.

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

22/03/2026

Can you set architectural direction that shapes the future of digital services used by millions across the UK? Do you have the confidence and experience to lead enterprise level decision making, guide senior stakeholders, and influence the strategic direction of a large and complex organisation?

If you thrive on solving high risk technical challenges, developing architectural communities, and driving innovation that delivers real public value, we would love to hear from you.

At the DVLA we are looking for a Principal Enterprise Architect specialising in applications to help define and deliver the next generation of our digital ecosystem.

You will lead the vision and strategy for enterprise architecture, setting the principles, standards and roadmaps that underpin our digital transformation.

Working across domains, portfolios and programmes, you will help ensure our technology landscape is sustainable, secure and aligned to organisational goals.

This is a chance to operate at scale, shape long term direction, and support teams across DVLA to deliver modern, efficient and user focused services for citizens.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
Employer pension contribution of
28.97% of your salary.

Read more about Civil Service Pensions here 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

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• Department for Transport Careers We are seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect with a strong focus on application architecture to join our Architecture function.

This role will provide strategic leadership and technical authority across the application estate, ensuring that application design and evolution align with business priorities, architectural principles and long term organisational strategy.

As a Principal Enterprise Architect, you will own and shape the enterprise application architecture, defining current state, future state and transition architectures.

You will work across portfolios and programmes to guide decision making, promote reuse and consistency, and reduce complexity and risk.

The role requires close collaboration with delivery teams, business stakeholders and fellow architects to ensure application solutions are scalable, resilient and deliver value for money.

This is a senior practitioner role that combines strategic thinking with hands on architectural leadership across multiple teams and initiatives.

Enterprise and Application Architecture Own the enterprise architecture vision, strategy and roadmaps from an application perspective, covering current, target and transitional states.

Provide architectural direction for application platforms, products and services, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and reference architectures.

Guide architectural decision making to support reuse, sustainability and scalability across the application landscape.

Identify priorities for change within the application estate to enable effective delivery at pace.

Architectural Governance and Assurance Establish and maintain architectural principles, policies and standards relating to application architecture.

Provide architecture assurance for programmes and projects, addressing complex and high-risk design challenges.

Support governance forums by presenting architectural options, risks and recommendations clearly and credibly.

Stakeholder Engagement Network and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders across digital, technology and business teams.

Translate business needs into clear architectural outcomes, balancing strategic intent with delivery realities.

Build strong working relationships that enable collaboration across organisational…