Lead Technical Architect - Department for Work and Pensions - G6

Location

This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

About the job

Job summary

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

Do you want to shape architecture decisions at a national scale, influencing services used by millions of people every day?

Are you looking to lead complex digital transformation and drive real architectural change?

Do you want to lead at the intersection of innovation, governance and delivery, shaping architecture across complex digital services?

If so, these roles may be perfect for you! 

We are looking for experienced Lead Technical Architects, who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment, where you’ll be supporting major initiatives within our Data & Analytics function.

This is an inherently complex area, combining sensitive data handling at scale, cloud security and live service integration which is currently undertaking significant modernisation including transition to Cloud Native solutions.

One role sits within the D&A Architecture and Engineering Team providing guidance and assurance across the Data & Analytics landscape working alongside other Technical Leads to ensure delivery of End to End Technical Solutions which are aligned to Digital Standards and patterns embedding Security by Design and Data by Design.

The other role sits within the Data Enablement Layer of the Data & Analytics Organisation leading the Solution Architecture collaborating with other Technical Roles to ensure Data Products are well designed, built and delivered to DWP Design and Engineering Standards and meet User needs.

Job description

A Lead Technical Architect leads at the highest level and is responsible for making sure the strategy is agreed and followed.

At this role level, you will:

• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations.
• Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation.
• Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies.
• Inspire other architects and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation.
• Be responsible for governance, solving complex and high risk issues or delivering architecture design.

Person specification

When completing your employment history and personal statement, you should clearly demonstrate extensive practical experience, a deep understanding, and the ability to lead or mentor others in line with the essential criteria below:

• Data Integration: Knowledge of integrating data from disparate sources, real-time data pipelines, and batch processing.
• ETL/ELT Processes: Experience with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools and processes (e.g., Informatica, Talend, Apache NiFi) or ELT tools in modern data platforms. Expertise in data extraction from various sources, data transformation, and loading into the target systems
• Analytics & Reporting: Data warehousing, Data Lakes, business intelligence (BI) and analytics technologies, design patterns, tools and best practice.
• Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects.
• Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards.
• Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live.
• Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders.
• Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact mark.harbottle@dwp.gov.uk