DDAT Senior Technical Architect - MoD - G7

Location

London Main Building, MOD Abbeywood, MOD Corsham

About the job

Job summary

Defence Digital ensures our Armed Forces remain among the most technologically advanced in the world. We do this by putting innovative and effective technology into the hands of over 200,000 users, from the boardroom to the front line.

We lead on cutting-edge data science, automation, and cyber security at scale. Our mission goes beyond the battlefield by leading humanitarian efforts and driving digital innovation that impacts lives across the globe.

Defence Digital forms part of Strategic Command which manages the MOD’s joint capabilities for the Army, RAF, and Royal Navy.

Working at Defence Digital 

Passionate about using your skills to make a critical difference? Your next career move could be here!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Join Defence Digital as a Senior Technical Architect and play a pivotal role in designing innovative technology solutions that serve millions across the UK. You'll be part of a dynamic organisation where your expertise will directly contribute to supporting the nation through cutting-edge digital programmes and future-focused initiatives.

As Senior Technical Architect you will act as part of a team that defines the solutions architecture for medium to large scale, complex or specialised MOD assignments. You will also define the intelligence exploitation and dissemination solutions architecture for Intelligence Systems on a large scale, complex capability within the MOD. 

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise-level technology solutions aligned with business objectives
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Ensure solutions comply with security, governance, and regulatory standards
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams

For more information on the Senior Technical Architect profession please see the Government Digital and Data Framework; 

Technical Architect

Person specification

To be successful in the role of Senior Technical Architect you will bring experience of;

• Developing appropriate elements of an integrated suite of architectures and technical models and policies to cover the applications, data and information infrastructure/computing layers whilst applying standard methodology across the portfolio. E.g. TOGAF, ArchiMate and ITIL principles.
• Owning the development of and alignment to Enterprise Architectures to drive convergence, coherence and re-use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) components.
• Presenting and ratifying artefacts for the Design & Architecture boards that contribute to the architecture repository.
• Acting as a solutions architect domain expert
• Working collaboratively with Project Team to deliver applications using Agile and Scaled Agile methodologies.

Application 

When submitting your CV, please highlight your career history and experience relevant to this role.  Additionally, refer to the "Things You Need to Know" section of the advert and provide a personal statement (max.1250 words) demonstrating the Essential Criteria listed below:   

Essential Criteria

• Experience in solution architecture or similar technical design roles, with a proven track record of leading and delivering large scale end to end architectural projects.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and methodologies, proficiency in tools and frameworks to support complex architectural designs, governance and stakeholder communication, for example production of design patterns, modelling languages and component building blocks.
• A great listener with excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentational) including the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts with ability to engage diverse stakeholders by adapting communication style, language and format to fit the needs of the audience.
• Problem-solving mindset with analytical thinking capabilities

Behaviours

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

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

• Communicating between the technical and non-technical (technical architect)
• Making and guiding decisions
• Turning business problems into technical design
• Understanding the whole context