Lead Cloud Solutions Architect Enterprise Digital

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension (28.97%)

25 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture practice in the Department for Transport Careers. You will lead a team of architects, translate complex business problems into scalable cloud-based solutions, and provide technical oversight to ensure objectives are achieved cost-effectively.

You will work with stakeholders to shape as-is, transition and to-be architectures while upholding architecture standards.

Responsibilities

• The Lead Solution Architect will work within DVSA's Enterprise Architecture practice helping to support reducing technical debt, improving customer and colleague services and reducing TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).
• Predominantly focussed on architecting cloud based digital services and responsible for providing technical and advisory support, solutioning and oversight to ensure business objectives can be achieved in a cost-effective manner.
• The Lead Solution Architect is responsible for the creation and maintenance of as-is, transition and to-be Solution Architectures which meet the needs of the DVSA, whilst delivering value for money for their designated business capabilities.
• The Lead Solution Architect works with business and technology stakeholders to translate business problems into solution architectures. Creating an optimal design through an iterative process, aligning the user needs, functional and non-functional requirements, organisational objectives and alignment to the Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, and patterns.
• Support the architecture governance frameworks that enable the DVSA to enhance its services though the delivery of strategically aligned digital solutions and the creation and maintenance of solutions architectures that meet the needs of the business whilst delivering value for money and alignment to DVSA's Enterprise Architecture.

Job description

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture practice in the Department for Transport Careers. You will lead a team of architects, translate complex business problems into scalable cloud-based solutions, and provide technical oversight to ensure objectives are achieved cost-effectively.

You will work with stakeholders to shape as-is, transition and to-be architectures while upholding architecture standards.