Senior Technical Architect - Met Office - SEO

Location

Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB

About the job

Job summary

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Technical Architect to help us make a difference to our planet. 

As our Senior Technical Architect, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. 

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone. 

World changing work 

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. 

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Job description

Your world of expertise 

• You will utilise a broad knowledge of technology and architecture to design and assure robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions, allowing Met Office data and expertise to be utilised by the UK Citizen in a variety of products.
• You will work in an agile and fast paced environment where teamwork and collaboration help to deliver cost effective, secure and user centric outputs to multiple internal and external users.
• Working in Partnership with the Products and Services Domain Architects to ensure that best use of technologies is at the forefront of how we work.

Your key duties:

•  Working with the area Lead Technical Architects to ensure delivery of supported, robust, secure and cost-effective solutions to meet user needs.
•  Owning the technical relationship between the developers and the architects, ensuring that best practice is followed.
• Working with the Product Manager and Delivery Manager to ensure technical priorities are given due weight and consideration when planning work to be delivered by the development team(s).

Person specification

Essential Criteria, skills and experience: 

1. Keep evolving – You keep abreast of the changing technology landscape and can help translate this into actionable outcomes.
2. Better together – Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise, collaborate with a variety of colleagues of all levels, meet deadlines, and influence decisions.
3. Expert by nature – You have a proven record of developing secure, scalable architectures utilising AWS Technologies and have a working understanding of how to use architectural frameworks such as TOGAF to ensure standards are met.
4. Force for good – You can utilise your knowledge to deliver new technologies such as AI, whilst considering the impacts on people and the environment.
5. Live and breathe it – You are able to demonstrate your ability to consider the overall organisation goals and how this helps you shape decisions and influence outcomes.