Enterprise Architect - SC Cleared
Defence ·
- Enterprise Architect (Digital Engineering - Synthetics / ITEA / TLS)
- Location: Reading, Berkshire
- Rate: Up to £91.75/hour
- Clearance: Active SC is mandatory
The opportunity
We're seeking an Enterprise Architect to support sensitive aerospace and defence programmes in Reading . This contract position focuses on Digital Engineering , with responsibility for integrating Virtual Environment solutions across the wider Digital Engineering landscape-covering people, process, and technology.
You'll act as the focal point for Virtual Environment architecture, providing expert guidance across the delivery organisation and helping drive governance, reuse, and secure-by-design principles across the lifecycle.
What you'll be doing (key responsibilities)
Develop and maintain high-level and low-level designs (HLD/LLD) .
Provide architectural leadership across people, process, and technology for Virtual Environment / Digital Engineering.
Support delivery of Digital Twin / Digital Thread , virtual testing, qualification/certification, and training solutions.
Apply modelling & simulation principles including real-time/time-domain simulation and 'fail first' integration philosophy.
Translate architecture policies and risk requirements into actionable design standards, governance, and compliance frameworks .
Support architectural governance, security, regulatory and audit requirements.
Write and manage RFI and RFQ , and contribute to tool/platform evaluations and proofs of concept.
Work closely with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, engineering teams, IT, and suppliers-managing stakeholder expectations and delivery impacts.
What we're looking for (requirements)
Strong Enterprise / Business Architecture experience within MOD, Defence Digital, or UK aerospace/defence environments.
Active SC clearance (mandatory) ; DV preferred .
Experience across enterprise, system, data, and technical architecture .
Strong understanding of digital engineering concepts (digital twins, digital thread, virtual environments, simulation).
Experience architecting IT software development environments and working across the systems engineering lifecycle.
Degree in a relevant discipline (Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Maths/Stats or similar) plus architecture certifications such as TOGAF / ArchiMate / CISSP / cloud architecture .
- Desirable / nice to have
- Microsoft Azure certification/experience
- SAFe / Agile delivery experience
- Exposure to CI/CD, DevSecOps
- Knowledge of Docker / Kubernetes
- Reporting/analytics tools (e.g., Power BI )
- Flight simulation / synthetic environments exposure
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