Hybrid Chief Architect

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About the role

  • Chief Architect for GCAP HQ leading strategic architectural initiatives in a multinational defence programme. Building a high-performing architecture team to drive innovation and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Define and continuously evolve the enterprise and solution architecture strategy to enable the Joint Venture’s mission, focusing on modular open systems, digital engineering, zero trust security, and federated operations
  • Partner with the Head of Technology to shape the forward-looking architecture roadmap, ensuring our digital strategy remains adaptive, innovative, and aligned with future threats, technologies, and mission needs
  • Build and lead a high-performing architecture team, fostering deep collaboration with value stream leads, engineering authorities, and security teams
  • Work closely with the Chief Engineer to ensure seamless integration of digital, product, platform, and mission system architectures, aligning digital and physical design domains into a unified engineering strategy
  • Actively challenge traditional defence design approaches, bringing fresh thinking, commercial best practice, and emerging technologies to reimagine how defence architectures are designed, integrated, and evolved
  • Champion a federated architecture approach that respects national sovereignty while enabling interoperability and collaboration at pace across three nations and multiple industrial partners
  • Establish and lead architecture governance processes that focus on mission outcomes, value delivery, and design integrity
  • Lead the definition and integration of Zero Trust principles and mission-assured architectures that meet the highest security and export control standards

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in solution architecture roles
  • Proven track record leading architectural transformation across large-scale defence, aerospace, or critical national infrastructure domains
  • Strong understanding of digital engineering environments, including PLM, MBSE, ERP, and digital twin architectures
  • Demonstrated experience in architecting modular, open systems and applying Zero Trust and secure-by-design principles
  • Expert knowledge of architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g. TOGAF, MoDAF/NAVAF, Zachman) and modern DevSecOps practices
  • Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead diverse, cross-functional teams
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Architecture, or related field

Benefits

  • Hybrid Working
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Chief Architect

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

HybridRomaItaly

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