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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is hiring a Lead Test Manager to shape how quality engineering is delivered across a complex, cloud‑first digital environment. This is a senior leadership role at the heart of major transformation programmes, including modernising how services like Vehicle Excise Duty are delivered, ensuring systems are reliable, scalable and built to serve millions of users. About the role You’ll lead the strategy for testing and quality engineering across multiple delivery teams, ensuring services are built and delivered to the highest standards. Working across a modern, agile environment, you’ll influence how testing is embedded throughout the software lifecycle, driving a culture where quality is built in from the start. What you’ll be doing Leading the testing and quality strategy across large, complex digital programmes Providing clear assurance on quality, risk and delivery readiness Working with squads, suppliers and stakeholders to drive best practice in testing Embedding continuous and early testing across the development lifecycle Influencing how quality is delivered in cloud-first, agile environments Identifying risks and challenging delivery approaches to improve outcomes Leading and developing test engineers and quality teams Supporting major transformation programmes and legacy system improvements

This Lead Data Engineer role sits within DVLA’s data platform team, working on modern, large-scale data systems that drive better decisions, insights and digital services. Why this role stands out Lead engineering for high-impact data products across DVLA Work with modern technologies including Databricks, Spark, and lakehouse architectures Shape standards and best practice across a growing data function Collaborate with product teams, analysts and data scientists Play a key role in improving digital services at national scale What you’ll be doing Leading the design and build of data pipelines and data products Developing robust data models and integrations across systems Ensuring data is processed efficiently for analytics and business intelligence Driving best practice and standards across data engineering teams Supporting performance optimisation and balancing cost, scalability and reliability Working across teams to enable reuse of data and improve delivery

Why this role? As a Lead Technical Architect , you’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering the technology that supports customer‑facing and internal services at scale. This is a senior, influential role where your architectural decisions will directly support DVLA’s future direction. If you enjoy setting technical vision, guiding delivery teams and influencing senior leaders , this role offers real scope and impact. About the role You’ll work within DVLA’s IT Services (ITS) Directorate , collaborating across: Engineering squads Architects and technical leads Business directorates You’ll develop architectural patterns and solution designs , working closely with delivery teams to ensure solutions are robust, secure and operationally ready. What you’ll be doing As Lead Technical Architect, you will: Lead the technical design of systems and services , clearly justifying and communicating architectural decisions Assure solution quality, ensuring consistency with DVLA, DfT and government‑wide strategies Explore opportunities for cross‑government architectural alignment Work collaboratively with engineering squads to transition new solutions into live operation Set standards and provide architectural governance and assurance Mentor and support architects and engineers across teams Provide leadership to the wider architecture community Line manage and develop colleagues, creating an environment where people can thrive