Job Vacancy Lead Integration Architect - Ministry of Justice - G6

United Kingdom

Government Digital & Data

Architecture

Python

Job position Lead Integration Architect - Ministry of Justice - G6

Permanent

As soon as possible

£71k-87k

Hybrid

United Kingdom

Published on 30/04/2026

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As Lead Integration Architect, you’ll set the direction for integration across Justice Digital, Data and Science, and increasingly across the wider Criminal Justice System, working with partner organisations to enable better service and data connectivity.

What you’ll be doing

In this role you will:

Set and champion the integration architecture across JDDS, aligned to wider technology strategy
Shape the vision, design and evolution of the integration hub as a reusable, scalable platform
Define and promote integration standards and patterns (APIs, event‑driven architecture, messaging)
Guide and assure integration designs to ensure solutions are robust, reusable and loosely coupled
Reduce duplication and encourage reuse of shared capabilities
Influence technical decisions and identify opportunities for simplification and transformation
Mentor architects and engineers, building integration capability and strengthening the architecture community
Communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Candidate profile

What we’re looking for

You’ll have strong experience in:

Integration architecture patterns (APIs, event‑driven, messaging, async integration)
Designing and evolving integration ecosystems (API management, service‑to‑service comms, reducing point‑to‑point complexity)
Secure integration (authentication, authorisation, identity e.g. OAuth2 / service‑to‑service auth)
Integrating legacy and modern systems to enable gradual modernisation and decoupling
Translating technical concepts clearly across multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders

Relevant experience (experience in some, not necessarily all, areas)

Cloud: AWS
Infrastructure as code: Terraform
Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions
Language: Python

Working environment

Location: East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

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Lead Integration Architect - Ministry of Justice - G6

Government Digital & Data