Senior Technical Architect

DWP Digital; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government digital department is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to design and deliver complex IT solutions. This role offers pay up to £83,917, a generous pension, and flexible hours including a hybrid working model. Ideal candidates will have experience in architecture design across various environments and a commitment to mentoring others. Join us to drive transformation in government services.

Benefits

38.9% employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

26 days annual leave

Extra days off through flexi-time

Professional development and mentoring opportunities

Discounts and savings on shopping

Discounts and savings on shopping

Interest-free loans for commuting options

Sports and social activities

Qualifications

• Experience designing architecture across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Ability to apply architecture principles and standards for robust design.
• Experience supporting architecture design in agile and waterfall environments.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Familiarity with architecture modelling techniques and tools.
• Experience managing third-party vendors and software products.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver complex IT solutions supporting strategic goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate technical options.
• Lead the technical design of systems and services.
• Review supplier architectures and assure quality of technical work.
• Mentor team members and contribute to cross-government alignment.

Skills

Architecture Across Environments

Principled Design

Lifecycle Engagement

Business-to-Technical Translation

Modelling & Representation

Vendor & Product Management

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Technical Architect at DWP Digital, you will support major initiatives by designing complex IT solutions that meet strategic goals and governance standards. Youll evaluate technical options, assure supplier architectures, and guide technology choices across teams. This role also involves mentoring others and contributing to cross-government alignment to help deliver high-quality, user-focused services.

Pay up to £83,917, plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid working with 60% home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. We're driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of government services.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge technologies to build and maintain innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Technical Architect youll work across major initiatives, supporting the design and delivery of complex IT solutions that meet strategic goals, quality standards and cost constraints. Youll collaborate with colleagues, stakeholders and vendors to evaluate technical options, provide expert advice, and ensure solutions align with DWP's architecture governance. Youll lead the technical design of systems and services, review supplier architectures, and assure the quality of technical work across multiple teams. Youll mentor others, contribute to cross-government alignment, and help drive technology choices that support our mission to deliver exceptional products and services.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Architecture Across Environments - You can design architecture across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, covering networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration layers.
• Principled Design - You can apply architecture principles, patterns, technical radars, and standards to inform robust and scalable design decisions.
• Lifecycle Engagement - You can work with delivery teams in agile, waterfall, and hybrid environments, supporting architecture design from concept through to go-live.
• Business-to-Technical Translation - You can translate business requirements into technical solutions with clear traceability that stakeholders can understand and trust.
• Modelling & Representation - You can use architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise, document, and communicate design effectively.
• Vendor & Product Management - You can work with third-party vendors, evaluate software products, develop roadmaps, and manage external software solutions to align with strategic goals.

Details, Wages & Perks

You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever you prefer.

We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model - you'll be in the office about 60% of the time, and 40% home working.

We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917.

You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth over 28.9%, and a generous leave package starting at 26 days.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

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