Senior Solution Architect

ZipRecruiter; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government department is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to enhance digital services for millions of users. This role involves designing and implementing IT solutions, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring adherence to architectural standards. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working, and extensive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working

Volunteering days

Discounts

Interest-free loans

Sports and social activities

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in designing microservice and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with public cloud technologies, especially AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and oversee IT solutions for DWP users.
• Collaborate with engineers to create efficient solution designs.

Skills

Business application architecture design

Public cloud technologies

CICD delivery methodologies

Database design

Microservice architecture

Job description

Job Description

Senior Solution Architect

Pay up to £70,000, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance.

About DWP

DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. In this role, you'll support either our Health & or Children & Families functions.

Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and the architectural challenges are rich and complex. We'd love you to join us.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience Needed

• Business application architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools, and standards.
• Public cloud technologies, especially AWS, design patterns, containers, tools, and best practices.
• CICD delivery methodologies and best practices.
• Relational, NoSQL, and Open-Source database design, technologies, and patterns.
• Significant experience in designing microservice, event-driven, and API-led architectures, recognizing and guiding to best practices.

Your Role

We seek skilled architects confident working on products & services in complex digital environments. As a Senior Solution Architect, you will design, implement, and oversee IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users.

You will deliver technical and architectural design elements for either the Health & or Children & Families functions. Collaborating with engineers and experts in multidisciplinary teams, you'll create efficient solution designs that meet user needs.

You will ensure technical quality and adherence to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture, and Product Roadmaps. You will also identify, share, iterate, and implement architecture patterns.

Beyond architecture expertise, we need you to be a communicator and leader, capable of influencing decisions and simplifying complex concepts for governance, design boards, senior leaders, and your team.

Details

Location: Digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: Some time at home, some face-to-face in hubs.

Pay: Up to £70,000.

Pension: Civil service pension with 28.97% employer contributions (~£16,000/year).

Holidays: 26 days initially, rising to 31, plus up to 3 extra days/month on flexi-time, plus public holidays.

Benefits include flexible working, volunteering days, discounts, interest-free loans, sports and social activities, and professional development opportunities.

Process: Two-stage application: online application via Civil Service Jobs, followed by a single-stage online interview.

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