Enterprise Architect Ref. 2171

MI6 exists to collect secret foreign intelligence that helps protect the UK’s security and prosperity.  This intelligence is gathered all over the world and reported to the Government - informing policies that counter threats to this country including weapons proliferation, terrorism and regional instability

Who we are
Architecture and technology is central to MI6 successful operations and intelligence delivery. There is a constant need to develop and maintain capabilities that provide us with mission advantage in an increasingly rapidly changing, technology and data driven world. MI6 is transforming itself into a digitally driven organisation operating within a wider digital UK and partner Intelligence Community.

We use agile and lean methodologies to innovate, deliver and upgrade products that are core to MI6’s operations, working across the full spectrum of agent operations, data analysis, covert action as well as corporate areas of the organisation. Our products are built using a variety of different technology architectures, giving architects access to a career where staff can move between teams to build experience in a wide number of areas or develop a deep specialism in a preferred one. Whether working on data analytics, knowledge systems, clandestine communications or technical operations capabilities, the nature of our work presents unique and fascinating architecture challenges, the likes of which you will never have seen before.

Our teams
We build products that provide capability across MI6. Our multi-disciplinary stripy capability centre teams are made up of architects & engineers who work alongside product owners, business analysts and delivery colleagues to ensure MI6 gets what it needs balancing tactical and strategic goals and objectives.

What you’ll do
Our Enterprise Architects work across the organisation to ensure we deliver a coherent and effective technology offering that directly supports the needs of our business. They support our Capability Centre architects in setting the long-term vision and strategy of our organisation and managing the coordination across the different delivery steams and architecture domains.

Working to the Head of Enterprise Architecture you will:
-    Develop and Maintains Business Capability Model Artefact
-    Develops Future State Business Arch Options
-    Perform Business Architecture Options Assessment
-    Manages business arch & technology risk and escalate as appropriate.
-    Provides Capability Centres with Business Context.
-    Be responsible for E2E Capability Integration
-    Conducts Architecture Governance inc Assurance, Compliance, Interoperability, Risk and Change.
-    Builds and communicates the Enterprise Technology Roadmap, making recommendations as to the order and prioritisation of work
-    Develops and manages architecture principles
-    Support architecture practice development, operation and maturity growth
-    Support framework, viewpoint and modelling approach.
-    Ensure architecture information is under configuration control and accessible through the modelling platform and to house style

Who you are
You will have experience of working in a modern Enterprise Architecture deliver team supporting fast paced customer product delivery teams working across technology domains in a data-orientated organisation coupled with a strong understanding of business architecture.

The ideal candidate will have:
-    Previously worked in architecture or systems engineering functions.
-    Have experience developing portfolios and/or running change programmes
-    Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely to non-technical colleagues.
-    Proven ability to use architecture tools and techniques to deliver business benefit.

Learning and development is central to our engineering ethos and we invest heavily in our people. As part of your MI6 career we will support you in broadening and deepening your technical and non-technical skills. We have access to a wide variety of classroom and online learning, as well as our own development programmes and schemes. We work with external bodies such as the Institute for Engineering and Technology and the British Computing Society to support and fund accreditation for our staff, which could be in a specific technical area or more broadly, such as becoming a Chartered Engineer.

Benefits
-    Pension
-    Interest-free Season Ticket loan
-    Cycle to Work scheme
-    Financial support for learning and development
-    Subsidised gym