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Lead Technical Architect - IPO - G7

Government Digital & Data -

Full-time (Permanent)
£64,079 - £75,701 Maximum salary amount includes Recruitment Retention Allowance and Technical Allowances of up to £8,420.
Published on
20 March 2025
Deadline
2 April 2025

The IPO is a modern organization that relies heavily on its IT services to operate and innovate, providing up-to-date services to our customers, both nationally and internationally. Systems must be architected and maintained to meet their needs with the use of automation to drive the overall user experience

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge to solutions utilizing Azure cloud technologies, employ modern delivery processes, and work on innovative projects. Collaborating with experts in their fields, you will make valuable contributions and drive our technology and services forward. Your experience of developing API based solutions will be essential to improve our integration with both internal and external interfaces.

This role requires you to take ownership and have a strong appetite for learning and applying new technologies and methodologies to deliver high-quality IT services. You will lead on designs for solutions for the IPO platforms, considering industry best practices while adhering to IPO standards and policies.

You are expected to be proactive and take accountability for various architectural deliverables within IPO. Additionally, as a Lead Technical Architect, you will contribute to the technical strategy of the organization.


Person Specification

  • Strong and demonstrable technical architecture experience, turning business problems into technical designs.
  • Cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure and related technologies.
  • Solution Design in an Azure Cloud environment
  • Strong understanding of relational database structures and data modelling generally.
  • In depth understanding of the Microsoft ecosystem. Azure, Service Bus and APIM.
  • Experience of API-driven architecture, extensible, loosely coupled systems
  • API Design using Swagger or Postman
  • Creating and applying technology strategies using technical standards, policies and patterns.
  • Experience of creating technology roadmaps.
  • Strong communication skills, especially clearly communicating technical material to non-technical audiences.
  • Knowledge of Software development life cycle and corresponding methodologies.
  • Experience supporting agile delivery working practices and working within agile teams for rapid delivery.

Working Style

This role will be carried out in-line with IPO Hybrid working arrangements where staff are currently expected to spend at least 20% of their time working onsite from one of our offices. This role is based in our Newport Office.

The requirement for attendance at an office location can vary by role so we would encourage candidates to discuss working arrangements with the recruiting manager to agree a reasonable balance between working from home and the office.

Benefits

  • Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access
  • Access to Microsoft’s ESI training suite
  • Hybrid working with no core hours
  • Substantial support for career progression
  • 25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments
  • You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave

How to apply

Click the 'Apply now' button and complete the application form by uploading an anonymised copy of your current CV and completing the personal statement section.

For further information on the sift and interview stages of this recruitment campaign, please head to our 'Things you need to know' section below.

Please note after the sift stage, candidates may be placed on hold due to a high volume of applications.

For further information around the Civil Service recruitment process, please visit our civil service careers page - IPO – Recruitment Support , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)

Person specification

For a thorough understanding of the role and general day to day duties, please refer to the attached Role Profile.

Alternatively, If you require job-specific information, please contact Dominic Read.
E-mail: dominic.read@ipo.gov.uk
Telephone: 01633 433189

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