Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) - DWP - G7

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, this role will be based at Benton Park View from September 2025, and then at 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 work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?   

Do you want to help support millions of our claimants by designing user-friendly digital services? 

If so, this role may be perfect for you!  

We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Architect who is confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment while supporting major initiatives within DWP Digital. 

You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choices. 

This role will include the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers. 

The role is centred around products and services that have a direct impact on how Citizens interact with the DWP, specifically around contact channels, document, and evidence management. You will have the opportunity to directly impact how and why Citizens contact DWP and how they perceive this contact time.  While this is extremely important, the way internal and external colleagues interact with the solutions you create is also vital to the role as well as ensuring the security, integrity of the data held and the legal framework in which it operates.  The role also requires extensive liaison with Other Government Departments for items such as identity, Government App, data flows etc.

This is an exciting time to join us. You’ll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional products and services that work for everyone. 

Job description

A Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking. 

At this role level, you will: 

• Be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating design decisions. 
• Assure other services and system quality, ensuring the technical work fits into the broader strategy for government. 
• Explore the benefits of cross-government alignment. 
• Provide mentoring within teams.

Person specification

When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:

• 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.
• Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. 
• Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards. 
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Serverless and Function as a Service and managing cloud resources for scalability, performance, and cost-efficiency.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Oliver.canham1@dwp.gov.uk.