Job Vacancy Senior Data Architect - DWP - G7

When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:

• Data Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards.

• Presenting data architecture design to technical governance forums.

• Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance

• Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards.

• Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).

• Agile delivery methodologies and best practice.

• DevOps: Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) delivery methodologies, tools and best practice.

• Shaping and supporting technology initiatives, projects, programmes and portfolios.

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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing

• Leadership

• Working Together

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Communicating data - Practitioner

• Data governance (Data Architect) - Practitioner

• Data modelling - Practitioner

• Data standards (Data Architect) - Practitioner

• Metadata management - Practitioner

• Turning business problems into data design - Practitioner

The Citizen Information team role can be located in either: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Sheffield.
The Children and Families team role will be located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, this role will be based at Benton Park View from September 2025, and then at 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

Do you want work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?

If so, this role may be perfect for you!

We are looking for experienced Senior Data Architects who are confident working on data-focused products/services in a complex digital environment, where they’ll be supporting major initiatives across DWP Digital.

These roles will involve collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choice decisions.

This is an exciting time to join us. You’ll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional Data products and services that work for everyone.