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.
- We give assurance – we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
You can find more information on our rewards package on our website.
Things you need to know
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.We are working with our recruitment partner (Inspire People) for this campaign. Please submit your CV through the Inspire People’s website link:
https://hmlr.inspirepeople.net/jobs/senior-enterprise-architect-3138/
Please make sure your CV outlines how you meet the technical skills and essential experience criteria. We will be looking specifically at the leading 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.
Inspire People will assess your CV and will compile a longlist of applications for HM Land Registry to sift.
If you progress through this stage, you will be asked to complete a short, pre-recorded video with Inspire People, details will be provided on invitation. HM Land Registry will then sift these applications.
Successful candidates at sift will be invited to a blended interview which may be held virtually via MS Teams or face to face in one of our office locations.
The blended interview will assess the essential technical skills, essential experience and behaviours as listed in the job description. This will include a pre-prepared presentation, details will be shared if invited to interview.
Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people.
If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else, they would like the panel to take into consideration please notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Zymante Gintalaite - Inspire People
- Email : zymante@inspirepeople.net
- Telephone : 0207 871 8556
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/Attachments
Transformation & Technology Candidate Pack 2026 Opens in new window (pdf, 2153kB)SEO+ Senior Enterprise Architect JD Opens in new window (pdf, 188kB)Salary range
- £59,057 - £72,943 per year