At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design of secure cloud solutions and solve complex architectural challenges.
- Company: Join the Department for Business and Trade, shaping the future of digital delivery.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, excellent Civil Service benefits, and a generous pension contribution.
- Other info: Flexible hybrid working model with opportunities for career development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on trade and business growth while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in cloud architecture and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 85000 - 85000 £ per year.
Salary: £85,000 - £85,000 per year
Requirements
- Proven experience designing and delivering secure cloud solutions using AWS and/or Azure.
- Strong experience producing high-level designs and taking them through governance, including Architecture Review Boards or Technical Design Authority.
- Ability to work closely with development teams to translate high-level designs into practical low-level designs aligned to standards.
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and deliver user-focused services within agile environments.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Core architecture skillset, with additional experience in one or more specialist areas such as AI-focused architecture, cloud-focused architecture, application-focused architecture, or ERP-focused architecture.
- SC clearance eligibility, which requires being present in the UK for 3 out of the past 5 years. We cannot sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Provide technical governance, present designs to boards such as the Technical Design Authority, and collaborate with architects across DBT to ensure alignment.
- Horizon scan for emerging technologies, contribute to the architecture community, mentor peers and support capability development within the profession.
- Shape the technical direction of services from early discovery through to live operations.
- Contribute to portfolio-level strategy and governance to help shape the future of digital delivery at DBT.
Technologies
- AI
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud
- Django
- ERP
- Support
- Python
- React
- Security
- dbt
- NodeJS
- Architect
We are the Department for Business and Trade, and we are recruiting 4 experienced Technical Architects to support major digital and technology programmes. We offer a salary of £67,867 to £85,413, excellent Civil Service benefits and a 29% employer pension contribution. We work flexibly in a hybrid model from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, with around 40% office attendance each month and flexible or condensed hours available. Our technology stack includes Python/Django, Node.js/React and cloud services such as AWS and Azure, and we optimise our architecture for change, continuous improvement and innovation. You will join a collaborative architecture community working on modern, varied and meaningful programmes that support trade, business growth and the wider UK economy, with the opportunity to influence strategy, improve services and help deliver secure, resilient solutions at scale.
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The Department for Business and Trade is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where Technical Architects can thrive. With a strong focus on employee growth, flexible working arrangements, and a generous pension contribution, we foster a collaborative culture that encourages innovation and the sharing of ideas. Join us in shaping the future of digital delivery while making a meaningful impact on the UK economy.
