Senior Cloud Solutions Architect – Enterprise Transformation

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA); West of England; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Weighting

Civil Service Pension

Annual leave 25 days

Bank Holidays + Privilege Day

Staff discount portal

Career development

EAP

Flexible working

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Lead Solution Architect apprentice to help shape cloud-based digital services within its Enterprise Architecture practice. You will support reducing technical debt and TCO, translating business problems into robust solution architectures, and ensuring alignment with DVSA principles.

You will work with Lead Solution Architects and stakeholders to deliver cost-effective, enterprise-grade designs using AWS/Azure and TOGAF/Zachman guidance.

Qualifications

• Experience in a digital/IT architecture role with stakeholder collaboration.
• Ensure solutions align with Enterprise Architecture principles and guidelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud ecosystems and integration of cloud services.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, ITIL; modelling notations such as Archimate, UML, BPMN.

Responsibilities

• Translate business problems into solution architectures within DVSA's Enterprise Architecture practice.
• Create and maintain as-is, transition and to-be Architectures delivering value for money.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to align designs with enterprise principles.

Skills

Digital/IT architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

AWS/Azure cloud

Enterprise Architecture principles

TOGAF/Zachman

UML/Archimate/BPMN

Education

Minimum level 3 STEM qualifications

Tools

UML

Archimate

UML/BPMN modelling

TOGAF

Job description

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeking a Lead Solution Architect apprentice to help shape cloud-based digital services within its Enterprise Architecture practice. You will support reducing technical debt and TCO, translating business problems into robust solution architectures, and ensuring alignment with DVSA principles.

You will work with Lead Solution Architects and stakeholders to deliver cost-effective, enterprise-grade designs using AWS/Azure and TOGAF/Zachman guidance.