Responsibilities

• Provide Architectural Leadership by defining and overseeing the end-to-end architecture for the programme.
• Ensure alignment with organizational objectives, defence standards, and regulatory requirements.

• Develop the technical strategy, communicate the technical vision, take ownership of the roadmap, and integration strategies for complex defence systems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance system capabilities and address future operational challenges.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement working closely with senior stakeholders across the front-line commands, project managers, senior engineers and architects, security experts, and external stakeholders to deliver a solution that meet operational needs.
• Act as the primary architectural liaison between technical teams, senior leadership, and defence partners across diverse Service Executives and the Army.
• Forge close relationships with the programme integration office Chief Architect and Chief Engineer to drive up standards and governance.
• Governance and Compliance by ensuring architectural designs comply with the various defence technical design authorities, security standards, policies, and accreditation processes.
• Conduct regular reviews to assess architectural integrity, performance, and alignment with project goals.
• Manage risk by identifying and mitigating technical risks, ensuring the resilience and reliability of deployed systems.
• Ensure robust contingency plans are in place for technology solution.
• Support the development of current and future requirements for the capability through existing and future contracts.
• Support the production of outline and full business cases through contribution and architectural artefacts