At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design of innovative AI-enabled solutions and tackle complex architectural challenges.
- Company: Join the Department for Business and Trade, a leader in emerging technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous pension contributions, and flexible hybrid working options.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with excellent career growth and a focus on inclusion and diversity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on government services while working with cutting-edge AI technologies.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in technical architecture and designing user-centred digital services.
The predicted salary is between 67867 - 81793 £ per year.
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) are seeking an AI-focused Technical Architect to lead the design of secure, scalable and reusable AI-enabled solutions. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of emerging technology, helping DBT turn innovative ideas into practical services that deliver real value across the department.
Salary range £67,867 to £81,793 plus excellent Civil Service benefits and 29% employer pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford.
This role will focus on translating emerging AI capabilities into practical architectures, supporting rapid prototyping, validating concepts and helping successful ideas move from experimentation into production services.
You will work closely with AI engineers, data specialists, cyber security colleagues, governance teams and wider multidisciplinary teams to assess feasibility, risk and value within a government environment. This is a strong opportunity for an architect who can balance innovation with assurance, security, data protection and long-term service design.
- Define and champion the technical strategy for services, ensuring alignment with user needs, business goals and DDaT standards.
- Lead technical specialists across multiple projects, solving complex architectural challenges and owning the technical design of services.
- Design and assure secure, open-source and user-centred systems, including integration, interoperability, cloud quality, security and performance.
- Horizon scan for emerging technologies, contribute to the architecture community, mentor peers and support capability development within the profession.
- Strong technical architecture experience, including designing secure, scalable and user-centred digital services.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work across agile, multidisciplinary teams.
- Designing or shaping AI-enabled solutions, prototypes or proof-of-concepts.
- Working with LLMs, OpenAI, Microsoft AI tools or similar AI technologies.
- Understanding AI governance, cyber security, data protection, data sovereignty and production-readiness considerations.
DBT offers the chance to work in a cloud-first environment, contribute to emerging AI capability, support major digital services and be involved in large-scale transformation across government. You will join a collaborative architecture community where your experience will help shape technical direction, improve services and support teams to deliver well-designed, secure and resilient solutions.
For someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, influencing strategy and working closely with delivery teams, this is a strong opportunity to make a real impact across a broad and important digital estate.
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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee growth and innovation. With flexible hybrid working options across multiple UK locations, competitive salaries, and generous benefits including a substantial pension contribution, DBT empowers its employees to thrive while contributing to cutting-edge AI solutions that make a tangible impact on government services.
