Senior Technical Architect: AI & Collaboration Platforms

DWP Digital; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Civil service pension

Professional development

Work-life balance support

Job summary

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to shape the architecture for collaboration, communication and network services across government platforms. You will lead across SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot and cloud integrations, influencing strategic decisions and digital transformation at scale.

You will translate business needs into robust technical designs, drive architectural assurance, and collaborate with engineers, product teams and security specialists to deliver

Qualifications

• Design architecture across on-premise, cloud and hybrid environments.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Define architecture using established standards, patterns and practices.
• Communicate complex designs with project teams and stakeholders.
• Apply architecture modelling to document and communicate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership across a varied technology portfolio.
• Design future SharePoint and document collaboration services, modernise file storage.
• Enable secure cross-government collaboration and AI adoption.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable and accessible.
• Guide design decisions and provide architectural assurance.

Skills

Architecture design

Architecture modelling

Multi-cloud platforms

MS 365 / Copilot

Security & governance

Delivery methodologies

Requirements translation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

DWP Digital is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to shape the architecture for collaboration, communication and network services across government platforms. You will lead across SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot and cloud integrations, influencing strategic decisions and digital transformation at scale.

You will translate business needs into robust technical designs, drive architectural assurance, and collaborate with engineers, product teams and security specialists to deliver