Senior Technical Solution Architect

Graphics Unlimited (Vic) Pty Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000

Job description

Senior Technical Solution Architect

Pay up to £70,000, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work-life balance.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital. You will be working on data-focused products and services which major initiatives within our Data & Analytics function.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Architecture design of data-oriented products/services.
• Micro-service and event-based architecture design and patterns.
• Presenting architecture design to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships and collaboration at all levels.
• Analytics & Reporting: Data warehousing, Data Lakes, business intelligence (BI) and analytics technologies, design patterns, tools and best practice.
• Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Database Design & Management.
• Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance.

You and your role

As a Senior Solution Architect, you will lead on the technical feasibility and design of a range of innovative solutions, working across teams delivering services in:

• Data Exploitation
• Data Enablement
• Data Platform.

You will deliver the technical and architecture design elements for Digital & Analytics services which are critical in helping DWP gets where we need to go.

Along with that you will support delivery teams, using your technical skills as a respected architecture expert and behavioural skills to lead, inform and influence others.

You will ensure the technical quality of our solutions and adherence of solution designs to the DWP Enterprise Architecture and Product Road maps. You will also identify, capture, share, iterate, and implement architecture patterns.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £70,000.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth up to £16,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 25 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)
• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages:

1. Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.
2. Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.