Senior Technical Architect - Department for Education - G7

Location: Coventry, Darlington, Manchester, Sheffield, London

At the Department for Education (DfE), you’ll help build and modernise services that support the allocation of over £75bn in funding for education and training.

Working in a cloud-first environment, you’ll play a key role in designing scalable, secure systems that improve how funding reaches schools, colleges and learners.

About the role

As a Senior Technical Architect, you’ll lead the technical direction for services within the Funding Service Delivery team, ensuring they are resilient, efficient and built to modern standards.

You’ll work in multidisciplinary agile teams, collaborating with developers, product managers and policy experts to design systems that meet real user needs. This is a high-impact role where you’ll shape long-term technical strategy while delivering practical solutions at pace.

What you’ll be doing

• Define and lead the technical strategy across services
• Design scalable, cloud-first architectures
• Lead technical delivery across multiple projects and services
• Ensure systems are secure, resilient and user-centred
• Guide teams in building modern web services in agile environments
• Communicate complex technical ideas to technical and non-technical audiences
• Challenge existing approaches and drive digital transformation
• Support and contribute to the DfE architecture community
• Help establish and promote best practice, standards and guidance

What we’re looking for

Essential:

• Experience working in technical teams delivering user-centred digital services
• Strong knowledge of cloud-first architecture and modern application design
• Experience with software development (e.g. C# .NET or similar)
• Knowledge of modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, TDD and DevOps

Also important:

• Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong understanding of the full web stack (front-end to infrastructure)
• Ability to think beyond immediate problems and shape long-term solutions

Desirable:

• Experience working to the Government Service Standard
• Experience mentoring and supporting others
• Experience influencing technology strategy and decisions

Interested?
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