Technical Architect (Development and Adoption Technologist) - Government Digital Service - G7

Location

Bristol, London, Manchester

About the job

Job summary

Whilst GDS are recruiting for this role, The National Security Digital Centre sits centrally within DSIT

The National Security Digital Centre (NSDC) is a new, ambitious team within DSIT, created to drive digital, data and technology transformation across the national security community. Our purpose is simple but high impact: to help departments use digital, data and technology more effectively to deliver their missions, and ultimately keep the country safe. 

We are a small but growing team, based in the Digital Foundations Directorate under the Director of the Government Cyber Unit. As we scale, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how this work develops and make a tangible contribution from day one. 

We care deeply about the environment we create. Diversity and inclusion are central to how we work, and you’ll be joining a team with a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Together, we are building a culture where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. 

If you are motivated by meaningful work, enjoy solving complex challenges, and want to play a role in shaping the future of national security digital, we would love to hear from you. 

Job description

As a Technical Architect (Development and adoptions Technologist) in the NSDC you’ll: 

• Drive successful adoption and sustained use of national security platforms across government, growing them into widely used, high‑value, and policy-aligned services 
• Shape platform development and evolution to meet cross-government user needs, ensuring services are usable, scalable, and deliver measurable outcomes for departments 
• Build a deep understanding of the challenges of platform integration in national security to cohere and shape the architecture of technology at SECRET and TOP SECRET 
• Identify, develop, and promote principles, standards, and best practice, or lead cross UK public sector technologists to create them, supporting better national security platform development. 
• Provide a proactive, informed and goal-oriented secretariat function for key NSDC delivery and governance groups such as the Technical Design Council and Technical Expert Advisory Group 
• Build a network of peers across the National Security Community and UK Public Sector to regularly engage with 
• Help upskill others across GDS and the National Security Community in your specialist area 

Person specification

We’re interested in people who have experience in: 

• working in digital roles that are National Security-aligned within the UK. This may be in any organisation, but you should understand the wider National Security systems of the UK (i.e. outside your own organisation).  
• driving digital transformation and adoption at scale, including onboarding users, services, or organisations into shared platforms, using feedback to optimise and refine standards for technical designs throughout the life cycle 
• setting a vision and leading digital and data change that aligns with organisational objectives 
• engaging with suppliers and vendors to ensure platform capabilities align with user needs and adoption goals 
• translating complex technical platforms into clear value propositions and adoption strategies for senior stakeholders using architecture communication techniques 
• embedding learning in the way you approach your working week, and are keen to share your learning with those around you through coaching and mentoring