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The ServiceNow Development Manager acts as a bridge between business needs and technical solutions, ensuring the effective utilization of the ServiceNow platform to drive business value. You will be at the heart of driving business value to Defra through the delivery of capabilities and services delivered through the ServiceNow platform. You will join the highly motivated and professional Service Tooling team at a time when business demand on the ServiceNow platform is increasing, managing development activity across multiple ServiceNow Capabilities such as ITSM , ITAM , SPM, CSM, WSD, HRSD and BCM. The ServiceNow Development Manager oversees the development, implementation, and maintenance of ServiceNow solutions within an organisation. They are responsible for managing a team of 14 developers and system administrators, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget, and aligning development efforts with strategic goals. Additional responsibilities involves stakeholder management, strategic planning, promoting best practice and driving continuous improvement of the ServiceNow platform. Please note this post requires Security Check (SC) clearance. To gain (SC) clearance all applicants are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years. Check out the video below to hear more from one of our colleagues in the ServiceNow team!

A data architect designs and builds data models to fulfil the strategic data needs of the organisation, as defined by the Chief Data Architect. As Senior Data Architect you will also deliver the vision for the organisation as set by the Chief Data Architect. You will also be instrumental in the definition of technology roadmaps that are aligned to business and IT strategy that support business change, and you will define the Master Data Strategy and the Data Archival Strategy for operational data. This is a role and as a technology specialist, you’ll work at the cutting edge of how people interact and are empowered by digital government services. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Work closely with the Chief Data Architect to interpret strategic data needs and translate them into actionable architecture artefacts. Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture, encompassing data models, metadata standards, integration patterns, and structures to support business intelligence and data warehousing. Actively participate in governance forums such as the Architecture Review Board and Data Governance Board, while identifying and escalating any data-related risks, blockers, or deviations from agreed standards. Collaborate across teams to ensure clarity, uphold documentation standards, and support the delivery of strategic data initiatives. Join us for a Town Hall session Thursday 4th September at 4pm where we can answer your questions about the Senior Data Architect role, the team and projects, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Please email for the joining link.

A Lead Technical Architect (Solutions) leads at the highest level and is responsible for making sure the strategy is agreed and followed. At this role level, you will: Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations. Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation. Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies. Inspire other architects and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation. Be responsible for governance, solving complex and high risk issues or delivering architecture design.

This role sits in the Digital Delivery team which is responsible for the maintenance and continuous improvement of GLD’s existing products and services, and the development of new digital services to support GLD staff working across government. Your main day-to-day responsibilities will include: Leading the business analysis function in agile delivery teams working on multiple products and services, including M365, ServiceNow and GLD’s legal practice management system Working with key stakeholders across the business to identify and address business and user problems, ensuring solutions are aligned to strategic business objectives Using analysis insights to provide options and recommendations for improvements, inform priorities and shape the teams’ activities Mapping processes, user interactions, and data flows to support the product and delivery objectives of the team Ensuring that epics and stories are well documented and contain suitable acceptance criteria to support development and test activity Assisting with functional testing of completed user stories, ensuring they meet requirements, and documenting and managing defects as they arise Line managing and supporting the development of a more junior business analyst Building a community of practice and championing best practice in business analysis

This role has dual functionality with unique responsibilities: As a Data Analyst you will have access to one of the biggest data platforms in UK government. This will enable you to lead on the exploration of a range of sophisticated data sets using a variety of analytical tools and techniques. You’ll work with teams across HMRC, enabling you to be at the forefront of tax fraud, evasion, and avoidance. Your analysis will support frontline colleagues across HMRC to deliver our Compliance strategy. You will need to have real passion for analysis, an innovative approach and be able to enhance analytical products to maximise revenue. You’ll fully exploit new data and technology to ensure that a wide set of innovative opportunities are explored, evaluating options, impacts, risks, and solutions to provide clear problem definitions. This opportunity will give you the skills to help us identify and predict patterns of behaviour to understand emerging trends. As a Test Engineer this role will enable you to become a Subject Matter Expert in the areas of Connect source data, data delivery pipeline and the risk assurance and QAQC standards. You’ll create testing scripts and lead peers through testing periods, and support workstream leads on key deliverables in areas of risk involving macros, investigating and resolving coding issues, working with stakeholders to quality assure the fixes before deployment. You’ll be responsible for a range of complex analytical projects, ensuring each meets business and technical requirements, and quality standards. Developing a thorough understanding of the end-to-end process for Change and Data Delivery will provide background for your work. Data Analysis Using a variety of software to analyse and interpret data to come up with conclusions and recommendations. Ensuring a set of innovative opportunities are explored; evaluating options, impacts, risks, and solutions to provide transparent problem definitions and encourage exploitation of data and technology. Working with collaborators to identify and clarify the overall scope and requirements of the analytical work. Identifying and sharing best practice and continuously reviewing our business processes, proactively using analysis to improve our insight and the products we provide. Summarising and presenting data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users Test Engineering Designing, building and testing data products based on feeds from multiple systems, using a range of different storage technologies, access methods or both. Creating repeatable and reusable products. Explain the concepts and principles of data modelling. Produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation’s specific needs. Reverse-engineer data models from a live system.

The role of SCS1 Deputy Director of Digital and Data combines both a strategic leadership role, developing and executing a digital strategy that drives long-term success as well as an operational focus; ensuring operational support, software development, cyber security and assurance, and commercial and financial management activities are maintained to a high standard. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to; ​ Leading the Digital and Data function, enabling GLD to realise its strategic objectives through effective and innovative use of digital technologies​ Playing a critical role in delivering the organisation’s digital systems with a focus on areas such as Legal Practice Management and enterprise level operational systems covering all areas of corporate services Responsibility for maintaining the organisations wider industry ISO certifications, as well as maintaining the cyber security accreditations and reporting to Departmental Boards (ExCo, ARAC and GLD Board) for the standard of security Direct line management of 6 Digital, Data and Technology experts and indirect management of circa 70+ Digital, Data and Technology professionals​ Working with colleagues to build the right culture within the digital function and in GLD more broadly​ Overseeing the digital budget, ensuring value for money Accountable for leading the organisation’s technical strategy, including the design, build and management of core infrastructure, ensuring that the organisation remains secure and resilient​ Accountable for developing and delivering the Digital and Data architecture strategy, designing technical services, and selecting platforms and technologies to meet GLD’s requirements and user needs​​ Accountable for leading and delivering all aspects of Digital and Data programmes and portfolios. Deliver outcomes as outlined in GLD’s strategy, prioritising and resourcing work activities as required Identifying, experimenting with, and creating demand (where appropriate) for emerging technologies and innovation that help the organisation to deliver its outcomes, including in artificial intelligence Shaping our approach to legacy technology, including measuring and​ improving business critical services, and replacement of services​ Iterating an approach to digital development including blueprints, patterns, standards, governance arrangements and tooling​ Ensuring that the delivery and business impacts of all digital decisions are aligned to the organisations and wider government digital standards​ Building strategic, collaborative and constructive relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers to drive maximum success​ Improving core technical competencies such as enterprise, solution, data, cyber security and business architecture

As the Deputy Director Data Assets & Contracts you will manage contracts worth over £1bn on behalf of the whole public sector – notably the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA), National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), Aerial Photography GB (APGB) and Postcode Address File (PAF) Public Sector Licence. You will oversee The operational delivery of the PSGA - a contract with Ordnance Survey that provides trusted national mapping data to the entire public sector, ensuring it meets user needs, realises its intended benefits, and evolves in line with changing government priorities. The transition of NUAR from the build to operational phase, ensuring realisation of its benefits, and advising Ministers on additional opportunities through wider access. It includes managing the closure of the Major Projects Portfolio programme, providing strategic oversight of the geospatial contract portfolio to maximise value and mitigate risks, and maintaining supplier performance. Collaboration with policy, finance, and commercial teams is essential to align delivery with government priorities. Subject to the Spending Review, the role may also involve overseeing new contracting related to subsurface data. The successful candidate will be a confident, collaborative leader experienced in managing complex contracts, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring effective contract management, assurance, and accountability of delivery partners. Key Responsibilities: As Deputy Director Data Assets & Contracts, your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Lead a multidisciplinary team within the Geospatial portfolio, fostering a positive, inclusive culture and enhancing capability across the division. Provide operational leadership for the delivery of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA), ensuring value for money, high-quality services, and alignment with user needs and policy objectives. Oversee the management of the Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) programme and the Public Sector Licence for the Postcode Address File (PAF), ensuring effective delivery and robust supplier performance. Lead the innovative NUAR programme, recognised with multiple awards, to: - Achieve the projected £461 million annual benefits through the effective operation of the service by Ordnance Survey and the development of necessary secondary legislation. - Collect evidence to advise Ministers on the potential expansion of access to NUAR to realise additional benefits. Identify, assess, and mitigate delivery risks within the geospatial portfolio, driving continuous improvement and ensuring contracts support overarching government objectives. Deputy Director for Geospatial Data Programmes As Deputy Director for Geospatial Data Programmes within the Government Digital Service (GDS), you will lead the UK's strategic initiatives to enhance the geospatial data infrastructure. You will oversee programmes related to earth observation data, address data interoperability, and subsurface datasets, ensuring effective procurement and utilisation across the public sector. You will collaborate with government departments, industry, and research partners to develop policies that maximise the value of location data, supporting sectors such as environmental monitoring, infrastructure, public safety, and economic growth. Your leadership will drive innovation, streamline programme delivery, and foster a collaborative, high-performing team. You will shape national geospatial policy, oversee large-scale procurement strategies, and ensure operational excellence, contributing to the modernisation of government data infrastructure and advancing the UK’s position as a leader in geospatial innovation. Your strategic vision will support government priorities, optimise public services, and align with broader digital transformation objectives. Key Responsibilities: As Deputy Director, Geospatial Data Programmes, your main responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Lead and deliver high-profile geospatial data programmes, including remote sensing (earth observation), subsurface, and addressing Unique Property Reference Number - (UPRN), aligned with the Government’s Digital Blueprint. Oversee the strategic procurement and utilisation of earth observation data, driving its adoption across government and supporting AI integration. Promote the uptake and interoperability of UPRNs across the public sector, improving data consistency and operational efficiency. Enhance access to subsurface data, notably from the British Geological Survey (BGS), underpinning government missions related to land use, risk management, and infrastructure development. Develop and oversee policies that optimise the procurement and licensing of geospatial data, ensuring data accessibility, reusability, and compliance with government standards. Manage a multidisciplinary team of approximately 20 policy, technical, and specialised roles, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture. Act as the ‘customer’ in complex procurement processes, working closely with commercial and legal teams to design requirements, monitor supplier performance, manage risks, and ensure programme benefits are realised. Contribute to the broader Data Group strategy, aligning geospatial initiatives with wider government digital and data objectives. Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including government departments, data providers, and international partners.

Lead the strategic direction and delivery of ’s portfolio, ensuring alignment with ministerial priorities and emerging technologies. Inspire and manage a multidisciplinary team of around 80 staff, including AI engineers, product managers and designers. Champion innovation methods and best practices in rapid prototyping and technical delivery. Represent at senior levels across government, including with Ministers and senior officials. Build partnerships with UK AI companies, academia and the wider public sector to scale impact. Ensure responsible and ethical AI development, embedding fairness, transparency and public trust in all products.

Job description As a Lead Technical Architect, your main responsibilities will include: Defining, maintaining, and championing the technical strategy for a service or group of services - keeping up to date with the latest technologies and trends, whilst delivering working software early and often. Leading technical specialists in multiple projects and services, on problems that require broad architectural thinking. Defining how to build and operate user-centred, open source web systems in an agile environment, to serve a variety of citizen and government needs. Being responsible for the technical design and development of your service(s), including how they interact with their surroundings, and how they evolve over time. Challenging entrenched practices and influencing decision-makers, looking for deeper underlying problems to solve, and larger opportunities for digital transformation. Communicating the vision for government services to developers and non-developers alike, working in multi-disciplinary teams that bring policy and delivery together. Playing an active role in the DfE architecture community, where you will share knowledge of tools and techniques, as well as joining related communities of practice and events where appropriate, such as product, user research, design, platforms, security, etc. Helping to build a diverse, inclusive culture across the architecture community. Working with the Head of Profession, colleagues and peers on profession-based activities (and cross-profession), such as defining standards and guidance around best practice.

Job description Coordinate daily tasks to uphold vital secure operations In this varied and hands-on role, you’ll be a key part of the Rosa Management Team, supporting secure service delivery across the organisation. Reporting to the Senior Rosa Specialist, you’ll carry out essential audits on Rosa accounts and locations, working closely with users to ensure compliance and accuracy, and recommending actions where needed. You’ll be monitoring shared Rosa mailboxes, coordinating requests and tasks to the right team members, and keeping service responses on track. Day to day, you’ll take ownership of important admin functions, from distributing IT security procedures for sign-off to maintaining inventories, tracking laptop assets, and managing password governance. Whether you’re handling Rosa queries, organising office supplies for the London team, or escalating more complex IT issues, your work will help keep everything running smoothly. Clear communication is key in this role. You’ll regularly liaise with colleagues, customers, and wider FCDO Services, keeping everyone informed and aligned. And with a proactive approach to your own development and a strong understanding of Rosa processes, you’ll be ready to adapt to changing needs and support the ongoing success of the service. Bring your technical expertise where it matters You’re organised, detail-driven, and comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment. With strong admin experience and excellent Microsoft Office skills, you’re confident handling data, managing reports, and keeping processes on track. You communicate clearly at all levels and know how to get things done, whether that’s liaising with stakeholders, supporting users, or chasing down key actions. You’ll bring a user-focused mindset and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Experience working with service levels, prioritising tasks, and supporting secure services would be a real plus, especially if you understand government security policies. Most importantly, you’re a reliable team player who’s ready to learn, grow, and make a real contribution to the Rosa service. Discover the support you need to grow your career further But we’re always looking to improve – just like you. That’s why when you join us, expect to receive a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and a Civil Service Pension. Along with this, you’ll also have access to training and other development opportunities to help grow your career with us. Our offices have an on-site gym, nursery, café, and restaurant, and we offer interest-free loans on season tickets and bikes to help you get there. It's a great set of benefits made to support all you do, and all you need. Every single colleague must be security cleared before joining us. If you’re successful in your application, we’ll ask you to undergo our vetting process to achieve Security Check (SC) clearance. You can find out more about vetting on our website: To find out more about our benefits and our organisation, please visit Closing date: 31/08/2025 It takes a diverse team to protect a diverse world The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why we’re recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’ workplace. And it’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation.

Digital and Delivery within Digital, Data Technology and Security (DDTS) are looking for Lead Test Engineers. Take on the role of Lead Test Engineer and be a part of the team who deliver transformative change across the Defra group. In Defra, you will have the opportunity to influence delivery at a strategic level on some of the most exciting IT transformations cross-government as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET). We can offer you a position in our established test function with a supportive team, learning and career pathways and the opportunity to develop your skills. We are recruiting for two Lead Test Engineers. In this role you will be working on several digital services in a challenging environment which continues to evolve as an exemplar in the Quality Assurance and Test (QA&T) profession. Working in a supportive, diverse and user-focused culture our flexible working arrangements mean you can maintain a healthy work-life balance. You will play an important part in building a digital future for Defra and our customers. Person specification Responsibilities Working in a multidisciplinary agile team on a wide range of digital projects, you will use Government Digital Service Standards (GDS) and software testing tools. You will ensure the right level of quality is built into services throughout the lifecycle of a delivery by engineering automated and functional and non-functional tests. As a Lead Test Engineer, you will provide professional software test engineering leadership and influence the automated testing approach. You will contribute to the team community, coaching and mentoring team members, promoting knowledge transfer and a culture of continuous improvement. You will assess, and own escalated risks raised by other QA&T engineers at the programme and project level. Challenge timelines where appropriate and ensure quality of services is in line with standards. Driving improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of test processes. Helping recruit testers including sifting and interviewing

Our Digital and Data technology team are at the forefront of digital innovation. They provide best in-class solutions for our clients, helping to shape and support a data driven future for UK government. Whether it’s creating bespoke, secure software, offering programme and application support or moving an entire embassy’s servers to a Cloud platform. No matter the task, they are on hand to support. Now, you’ve got the opportunity to join them. Providing innovation to government partners. Delivering best-in-class solutions. Working at the cutting-edge of technology It all matters. Make a vital contribution to the success of our international IT operation Our highly collaborative teams of IT engineers, analysts and managers help to keep the UK safe and secure, and when you join us in this role you’ll make a vital contribution to the maintenance and installation of our complex software and operating systems. Carrying out routine maintenance and administration tasks to ensure applications are available correctly, you’ll identify any operational problems or faults, use all your expertise as you contribute to their resolution, and provide our specialists, users and managers with proposals for improvements to our operations. Documenting information about assets across their life cycle, and preparing high and low-level technical and operational process documentation, you’ll engage with our users and stakeholders to gather evidence relating to incidents and problems, and keep them informed of progress. Coaching, mentoring and sharing your expertise with your associates and colleagues, you’ll have plenty of time to keep up to speed with the latest technologies while maintaining your own professional development. In addition, we’ll expect you to contribute to the delivery of on-call services, and you may also be asked to support some out-of-hours work. Use all your expertise as you help defend the UK’s security interests With relevant Agile and ITIL Foundation level experience, you should have Microsoft Associate certification and a strong technical understanding of the hardware, software and systems supported by our organisation. It’s essential that you have significant experience working as a member of a high-pressure, fast-paced team in a similar role – this should include working with complex technologies in secure enterprise environment, for example with the MOD. Also working at practioner level with Linux, MySQL, PostGreSQL. Also experience working with MS Azure and AWS Cloud. You should have a Level 3 Information Communication Technician or IT Computer Science qualification, or relevant experience, and the ability to use relevant tools, such as ServiceNow would be desirable. Strong numerical and analytical skills are important, and working knowledge of relevant components, devices, processes and protocols would be a plus. Discover the support you need to grow your career further But we’re always looking to improve – just like you. That’s why when you join us, expect to receive a competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement and a Civil Service Pension. Along with this, you’ll also have access to training and other development opportunities to help grow your career with us. Our offices have an on-site gym, nursery, café, and restaurant, and we offer interest-free loans on season tickets and bikes to help you get there. It's a great set of benefits made to support all you do, and all you need. Want to see your future team’s work in action? Step into our Virtual Embassy and select a guide to take you round to see how we deliver for government customers and how you could help. Explore the embassy now at Every single colleague must be security cleared before joining us. If you’re successful in your application, we’ll ask you to undergo our vetting process to achieve Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. You can find out more about vetting at To find out more about our benefits and our organisation, please visit Closing date: 27/08/2025 It takes a diverse team to protect a diverse world The vital work we do takes an incredible community of colleagues, with different skills, backgrounds, cultures and identities. We support every individual, so that you always know you’re welcome and valued. It’s what makes us a Disability Confident employer. And why we’re recognised as a ‘Carer Confident’ workplace. And it’s how you know you’re joining an inspiring, inclusive organisation. Candidates who are judged to be close to meeting the criteria may be considered for other positions in FCDO Services which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.

You will support and develop systems providing real-time data to operational Numerical Weather prediction (NWP), products and research. Contributing to the delivery of exceptional science, technology and operations. Your key duties : Monitoring and dealing with any problems which occur. Process improvement. Developing Software as part of maintaining the current system as well as part of future projects. Benefits Alongside your salary of £33,794, Met Office contributes £9,790 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Job description Creating high level solution designs, service designs and technical roadmaps, underpinning our Modern Workplace architecture, and supporting HMRC’s IT strategy. Providing technical governance for new or updated solutions utilising the existing Group platforms, the introduction of new services or removal of end of life services. Delivering technical consultancy throughout the service lifecycle from project to service delivery and defining best practice and standards for the platform. Communicating the vision and working with customers to ensure business needs are represented in the technology roadmaps.

We are seeking developers and senior developers to join the following teams: Cloud Platform Team (1 Senior, 1 Mid) - working alongside Site Reliability Engineers you'll develop and manage our core AWS cloud platform Developer Experience and Finops team (1 Senior) - you'll build and maintain automations to effectively manage our core engineering tooling, and act as a custodian and advocate for great engineering practice across GDS Engineering Access Operations team - (1 Senior, 1 Mid) - you'll build and maintain automation supporting our core identity and access management system based on Microsoft Entra ID. All of the roles will involve being working across a range of technologies and being willing to understand the whole system you work on. We use terraform to manage our infrastructure as code. We primarily use Python and GitHub Actions for automation, but also have some Ruby and Golang code. Check out our for more about being a developer at GDS, and join our candidate open call on 12 August, 12:30 to 13:30 on to hear from the hiring team and have a chance to ask us questions. As a Developer in the Technology programme, you’ll: work as part of a multi-disciplinary agile team, getting involved with every part of the lifecycle of a service, from user research to continuously deploying code to production in our AWS environments build robust automations and services in Python or Ruby to support our internal engineering operations, taking responsibility for the quality of code you produce implement tooling and automation to support development, operation, reliability, security and continuous improvement of the systems you work on support the live operation of the services we run, and participate in out-of-hours support rotas where necessary - you'll be paid an allowance, and a further hourly payment, for any duties you perform when on call share your work and the things you’ve learned through blog posts and show and tells, with the option of presenting at conferences and meetups use your learning and development budget to develop your career help recruit other developers and, where appropriate, get involved with sifting and interviewing

The Technical Architect will play a crucial role in shaping and delivering our Agency’s technology vision, focusing on the strategic transition from on-premise to cloud services while ensuring business continuity. This senior position will be responsible for designing and overseeing complex technical solutions that align with public sector requirements, security standards, and modernisation initiatives. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust Technical Architectures that protect the Agency’s systems from threats and vulnerabilities. Your primary goal is to ensure that all IT services and solutions are secure by design and compliant with government security policies and standards. This role requires a strategic thinker with deep technical knowledge, an understanding of emerging threats, and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders to embed security principles throughout the IT landscape. You will maintain relationships with relevant suppliers, making sure services and products are delivered and aligned to industry best practice and regulatory and contractual requirements. Key responsibilities: Technical Architecture Design Support the development and maintenance of the technical architecture roadmap, with particular emphasis on cloud migration strategies and hybrid infrastructure to support wider Agency objectives Support the development and maintenance of the Technical Architecture Reference Model to ensure it aligns with the IT strategy, government policies, and best practices Provide technical governance and oversight across IT projects, ensuring solutions meet security, scalability, and compliance requirements specific to UK public sector standards (including GDS standards and Technology Code of Practice). Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, cloud services, and architectural patterns that could benefit the Agency, maintaining awareness of technology trends and best practices Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration Act as the Senior Technical Architect for project teams, providing expert guidance on requirements, design considerations, and risk management. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure technical architecture is integrated into all aspects of the Agency’s digital transformation initiatives. Influence and educate technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organisations, using architecture communication techniques Mediate between people in difficult architectural discussions Innovation and Continuous Improvement Proactively identify opportunities to improve the Technical Architecture and reduce risk through innovation, new technologies, and process improvements. Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in Technical Architecture, bringing forward recommendations for improvement.