Technical Architect (Digital Corporate Enablement Office) - Home Office - SEO
Government Digital & Data -
Location
Salford, Sheffield, Glasgow.
About the job
Job summary
A Technical Architect is responsible for shaping, documenting and assuring technical architectures that support the delivery of digital products, platforms and services. They analyse business and technical requirements, contribute to solution designs and help ensure services are secure, scalable, supportable and aligned with The Home Office objectives.
As a Technical Architect, you will undertake structured analysis of business and technical challenges, translating requirements into clear solution designs and architecture artefacts. You will identify risks, constraints and opportunities for reuse, communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to support the delivery of secure and resilient services.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.
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Job description
You will transform business requirements into secure, scalable, and future-proof technical architectures in this role.
You’ll work in agile, collaborative environments to design and deliver services that meet user needs and strategic goals.
You will guide stakeholders through technical decisions, ensuring alignment with governance and assurance processes, and championing continuous improvement and innovation.
Person specification
Main Responsibilities
- Analyse existing services, platforms and technical solutions to identify improvement opportunities, manage technical risks and support the delivery of secure and sustainable outcomes.
- Contribute to solution architecture by producing architecture artefacts, evaluating technical options and documenting design decisions, risks and dependencies.
- Support integration of new systems, platforms and cloud services into existing environments, producing architecture diagrams, technical assessments and design documentation to support delivery.
- Take ownership of architecture activities for designated products, services or technical workstreams, supporting their design, delivery and continual improvement.
- Collaborate across teams and suppliers to identify reusable components, reduce technical debt, and drive consistent architectural practices.
- Review delivered solutions to assess whether architectural objectives have been achieved and identify opportunities for improvement and reuse.
- Adhere to governance requirements and assurance frameworks, ensuring solutions meet relevant policies, standards, and compliance requirements.
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available.
Essential Skills
- Contributing to the design and assurance of secure, resilient and supportable digital services.
- Producing architecture artefacts and technical designs that support the delivery of secure, resilient and supportable services.
- Producing and maintaining architecture artefacts, including architecture diagrams, technical assessments and design documentation.
- Driving innovation and continuous improvement in solution design.
- Working effectively across multidisciplinary teams, suppliers and stakeholders to develop practical technology solutions.
- Working within agile delivery environments and understanding how architecture supports delivery, operations and continual improvement.
- Contributing to technical roadmaps, architecture standards and reusable design patterns.
- Understanding security, resilience, data, accessibility and operational requirements when designing technical solutions.
