Senior Technical Lead

Pay up to £92,522, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.  

We're looking for a Tech Lead to join DWP Fraud & Error. You lead our technical team in the prevention and detection of fraud and error in public services.

You'll be working at the forefront of technology used to prevent and detect fraud and error across digital products and services used by millions of people. And you'll be communicating a technical vision across a range of experts and areas.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Experience of leading design and reviewing solutions to complex problems with system architectures by defining and challenging patterns and principles. Creates precedents and sets direction.

• Responsible for providing expert domain knowledge and advise to project teams when dealing with complex projects or issues.

• Gathering a range of information from different sources and stakeholders to ensure effective decision making, clearly demonstrating a balanced approach to conclusions and recommendations. 

• Reviewing existing services and external industry trends to identify areas of improvement and formulating plans to deliver enhancements to enable the management of a quality service.

You and your role  

As our Senior Technical Lead you will be accountable for coordinating technical teams to design, build, and maintain products and services.

You'll use your expertise across multiple domains to develop technical product roadmaps and manage lifecycles, ensuring alignment with DWP's strategic objectives.

Technical expertise is essential, including cloud technologies, hosting, and a strong understanding of desktop and network environments.

As an important and influential member of the Fraud and Error leadership team you'll provide technical input and advice into business discussions, helping to steer wider strategy at the most senior level.

You'll use your deep knowledge of areas such as package implementation, configuration, customisation, integration, and solution architecture to find ways to improve and enhance service quality, configuration and management.

Details. Wages. Perks.  

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.  

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.  

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £92,552.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.  

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.  

Process: 

We know your time is valuable so our application and selection process is just two stages:  

• Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.  

• Interview: a single stage interview online.  

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.