Senior Technical Architect - HMRC - G7

Manchester Digital; East Kilbride, City of Edinburgh, Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking a Technical Architect to lead the design of solutions and architecture within the Modern Workplace Platform domain. The ideal candidate should have a strong IT infrastructure background and experience in enterprise architecture. Responsibilities include creating designs, providing consultancy, and aligning technology with business needs. Relevant qualifications and understanding of modern cloud technologies are essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in challenging and unpredictable environments.
• Focused on strategic alignment of technical design.
• Experience with hybrid cloud migration.

Responsibilities

• Create high-level solution designs and technical roadmaps.
• Provide technical governance for new or updated solutions.
• Communicate vision and ensure business needs in technology roadmaps.

Skills

Broad IT Infrastructure background

Experience in solutions or enterprise architecture

Proven experience in internal consultancy

Understanding of large scale infrastructure technologies

Modern cloud-based device management tools

Professional IT qualifications (TOGAF, BCS, CITP)

Education

Professional IT qualifications

Tools

Intune

Azure

AWS

M365

Job description

Telford - Plaza 1 and 2
Bristol Regional Centre - 3 Glass Wharf
Cardiff Regional Centre - Ty William Morgan
East Kilbride - Queensway House
Edinburgh Regional Centre - Queen Elizabeth House
Glasgow Regional Centre - Atlantic Square
Manchester Regional Centre - Three New Bailey
Worthing - Teville Gate House

About the job

Job summary

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This is a lead role within the Technical Architecture team which has accountability for technology strategy and roadmap within the Modern Workplace Platform domain.

That domain includes:

• Personal User devices (including laptops, tablets, smart phones)

• Shared devices (including collaboration audio visual tools and printers)

• Internal Identity and directory services

• Personal collaboration tools (including Microsoft Office 365)

• IT Service Desk

• Assistive technology

• Device and Infrastructure Management and Monitoring systems

Creating high level solution designs, service designs and technical roadmaps, underpinning our Modern Workplace architecture, and supporting HMRC’s IT strategy.

Providing technical governance for new or updated solutions utilising the existing Group platforms, the introduction of new services or removal of end of life services.

Delivering technical consultancy throughout the service lifecycle from project to service delivery and defining best practice and standards for the platform.

Communicating the vision and working with customers to ensure business needs are represented in the technology roadmaps.

Person specification

A broad IT Infrastructure background, preferably in solutions or enterprise architecture roles working within the user device, productivity and identity domains.

The ability to work under direction in challenging and unpredictable environments, playing a key role in influencing strategic decision making and understand strategic consequences of IT decisions.

A focused approach on strategic alignment of technical design and architecture to meet business growth and direction.

• Proven experience of providing internal consultancy on potential uses and appropriateness of infrastructure technologies and driving benefits from these technologies.

• An understanding of large scale infrastructure technologies including but not limited to: End User Device Configuration; Software Delivery; Hybrid Cloud Computing; Infrastructure Security Controls; Device Management Processes and Tools.

• Modern cloud based device management tools and technologies such as Intune, Windows Autopilot, cloud hosted virtualised devices, or similar technologies.
Modern identity tooling such as Active Directory, EntraID and CloudSync.

• Hybrid Cloud Migration.

• In room audio/visual conferencing and/or Intelligent Building IT integration.

• Azure, AWS M365 experience/certification.

• Working to or already have professional IT qualifications such as TOGAF, BCS or CITP.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• You will be asked a question on experience of a technical design/implementation.