Senior Enterprise Architect

Job summary

It is an exciting time to be joining HM Land Registry (HMLR) as we continue to deliver the ambition set out in our Business Strategy through our transformation portfolio, and as a Senior Enterprise Architect you will play a critical role in ensuring our technology strategy is developed, embedded and followed.

The Architecture Practice sits within the Transformation and Technology directorate and is responsible for developing the strategy and roadmap of technology within HMLR. Architecture roles within the practice are primarily grouped under three specialisms, Enterprise, Technical and Security, with this role sitting within the Enterprise specialism.

Our enterprise architects work across capabilities and are leaders that support the organisation to make informed business decisions, serving as a driving force for the delivery of transformation and technology initiatives. Working with a range of stakeholders to solve complex enterprise business problems and translate strategy into delivery whilst ensuring the long-term sustainability of the organisation’s technology estate.

Open Session

If you would like to find out more about the role, the Architecture profession and what it’s like to work at HMLR, a Hiring Manager Q&A session where you can virtually 'meet the team' will be held via MS Teams on Tuesday 13th October 2026.

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Job description

As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will provide strategic architectural direction, impact analysis and assurance by understanding the organisation’s ecosystem and its interdependencies, aligning technology, information, people and processes.

You will network, communicate and advise stakeholders across domains, for example, Customer and Strategy, Service Delivery, Planning and Delivery, in identifying opportunities, influences or risks, guiding the organisation to make appropriate business, technology and data decisions by recommending reuse, sustainability and scalability to deliver maximum value.

You will provide decision support to the practice, directorate and wider organisation by driving forward our approach to managing, modelling and communicating architectural content.

You will also play an active part in the architecture practice and understand how to deliver our shared objectives to meet organisational goals by fostering, promoting and maturing enterprise architecture in HM Land Registry.

For more information about this role, please see attached Job Description.

Person specification

To be successful in this role, you will be required to demonstrate the following criteria throughout the recruitment process.

Essential technical Skills and qualifications:

• Essential technical skills listed on the attached Job Description. (Note: These skills are based upon the expected skills for a Senior Enterprise Architect role as defined on Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework.)

Desirable:

There are no essential qualifications required, but evidence of the following will be beneficial:

• Architecture frameworks, for example, TOGAF or Zachman
• Modelling techniques ArchiMate, UML, C4 etc.
• ITIL Service Strategy, Service Design or equivalent

Essential experience criteria:

• An understanding of architectural domains (business, data, technology and security); with the ability to assess the impact of technical change on people, process, technology and data.
• Experience in communicating and/or modelling architectural domains to align strategic outcomes with technology, information, people and processes.
• Leading and influencing diverse groups to get to agreement on a technical solution.
• Experience in architecture governance and assurance processes, for example Design Authority.
• Understanding of the commercial impacts of technology implementation and adoption.
• Top-down thinking and structured, logical decomposition of problems using appropriate modelling techniques and languages.
• Being comfortable with change and ability to multi-task and prioritise work, being able to respond quickly to changing circumstances.
• Supporting or developing strategies, principles, patterns and roadmaps.

Please note that desirable criteria will not be assessed throughout the recruitment campaign.

For more information about the role, please see the attached Job Description and Candidate Pack.

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

This role will require regular travel to Plymouth and occasional travel to other offices, external supplier sites and other Government Departments.

Visa Sponsorship

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.

You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,057, HM Land Registry contributes £17,108 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

#WeAreHMLR

At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.

We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.

• We have integrity – we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
• We drive innovation – we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
• We are professional – we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise