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The solutions architect's mission: to build complex offers and customized technical solutions, as well as detailed content for deployment-ready products. They are thus involved in all technical areas necessary for the deployment and operation of solutions sold to the client. Both a technical expert and functional consultant, they also perform technology watch in their field of activity, always with the aim of fulfilling their mission: mastering architectures, optimizing processes, reducing costs. They are thus qualified to advise clients in the transformation of their information system, both in terms of feasibility and project risks. The solutions architect can progress towards management positions or roles in sales engineering.

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Lead Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
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£72,664-99,836
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Lead Technical Architect Pay of up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for Lead Technical Architects experienced in application design, who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role You'll be working on products, services and systems which are important to lives of millions of people. We're a massive organisation, and we work in a complex landscape of users, stakeholders, and legacy and modern technologies. We need you to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. Your role as our Lead Technical Architect is design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, including at governance boards, and providing expert advice which informs major technology choices. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at their most effective. You will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,735per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Lead Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£72,664-99,836
United Kingdom

Lead Technical Architect Pay of up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for Lead Technical Architects experienced in application design, who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role You'll be working on products, services and systems which are important to lives of millions of people. We're a massive organisation, and we work in a complex landscape of users, stakeholders, and legacy and modern technologies. We need you to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. Your role as our Lead Technical Architect is design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, including at governance boards, and providing expert advice which informs major technology choices. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at their most effective. You will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,735per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Lead Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£72,664-99,836
City of Bristol, United Kingdom

Lead Technical Architect Pay of up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for Lead Technical Architects experienced in application design, who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role You'll be working on products, services and systems which are important to lives of millions of people. We're a massive organisation, and we work in a complex landscape of users, stakeholders, and legacy and modern technologies. We need you to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. Your role as our Lead Technical Architect is design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, including at governance boards, and providing expert advice which informs major technology choices. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at their most effective. You will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,735per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Lead Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£72,664-99,836
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Lead Technical Architect Pay of up to £99,836, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for Lead Technical Architects experienced in application design, who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role You'll be working on products, services and systems which are important to lives of millions of people. We're a massive organisation, and we work in a complex landscape of users, stakeholders, and legacy and modern technologies. We need you to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. Your role as our Lead Technical Architect is design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You will collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, including at governance boards, and providing expert advice which informs major technology choices. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at their most effective. You will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £99,836, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,735per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Senior Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£55,557-83,917
The Humbers, England, United Kingdom

Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) Pay of up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role We're looking for skilled architects who are confident working on products & services in a complex digital environment. These are roles where you need to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at the most effective. You will will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Senior Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£55,557-83,917
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) Pay of up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role We're looking for skilled architects who are confident working on products & services in a complex digital environment. These are roles where you need to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at the most effective. You will will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Senior Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£55,557-83,917
United Kingdom

Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) Pay of up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role We're looking for skilled architects who are confident working on products & services in a complex digital environment. These are roles where you need to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at the most effective. You will will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Senior Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£55,557-83,917
City of Bristol, United Kingdom

Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) Pay of up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role We're looking for skilled architects who are confident working on products & services in a complex digital environment. These are roles where you need to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at the most effective. You will will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

Permanent

Job Vacancy
Senior Technical Architect (Solutions)

DWP Digital
Published on

£55,557-83,917
The Humbers, England, United Kingdom

Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) Pay of up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role We're looking for skilled architects who are confident working on products & services in a complex digital environment. These are roles where you need to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at the most effective. You will will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

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£55,557-83,917
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Senior Technical Architect (Solutions) Pay of up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment. Our teams use fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, the architectural problems we have to solve are rich and complex, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us. What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Architecture design across on-prem, cloud and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects. Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards. Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live. Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders. Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent. Microservice and API-led architecture and integration design tools, techniques and best practice. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards, across multiple domains in private data-centres and public clouds. You and your role We're looking for skilled architects who are confident working on products & services in a complex digital environment. These are roles where you need to be a skilled technical expert, as well as a good communicator and leader. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will design, implement and oversee the architecture of IT solutions that improve services for millions of DWP users. You'll work the design, oversight and architecture governance of IT solutions that support DWP customers and help our colleagues be at the most effective. You will will work collaboratively with engineers and other experts in multi-disciplinary teams, to create efficient solution designs that meet user needs. You'll ensure technical quality and make sure product designs to DWP's Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. Details. Wages. Perks. Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you. Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and sometime collaborating face to face in a hub. Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917, comprised of salary and Government Digital & Data allowance. Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £16,094 per year. Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days and rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays. We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Process: We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process is just two stages: Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through. Interview: a single stage interview online. CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

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Frequently asked questions about working as a Solutions Architect

What is the role of a Solutions Architect

The solutions architect intervenes when the challenge is to ensure performance regarding the company's services. Their involvement is essential in the current digital transformation context. From design to implementation of software solutions, they are involved in each step, taking care to properly meet the client's needs. They must be able to propose complex solutions and customized offerings.

How much does a Solutions Architect charge

The Daily Monthly Rate (DMR) of the solutions architect is around £650/day and this rate can vary depending on the profile and experience of the professional. The salary of a solutions architect ranges between £45K and £50K per year, on average.

What is the definition of a Solutions Architect

The solutions architect is an expert whose role is to design, explain and implement solutions adapted to client needs. For each problem, they must find answers and successfully lead the technical vision to success. They always work on IT projects. They are responsible for the overall architecture and implementation of the defined solution. The solutions architect is generally called upon to build complex offerings and advise clients in the transition of their information system. They inform them about project feasibility as well as risks. In an ever-evolving technological context, the solutions architect is the ideal person to enable companies to keep their information system up to date and remain competitive. Their role is crucial for implementing appropriate software solutions. From the preparatory phase to the deployment of the new information system, the solutions architect must have a complete and general vision of the client's technological organization.

What type of mission can a Solutions Architect handle

The solutions architect's responsibilities are varied. First, they analyze project environment issues. They must oversee all activities and handle the costing of solutions. They will also need to manage the development team. The solutions architect must analyze the overall solution and application architecture. They are also required to support sales teams in writing technical responses and define a solutions strategy adapted to the company. For each company, there must be an established information system, an informational context, and integration requirements. The solutions architect's proposals must align with the company's expectations and operations. Compliance with constraints is also part of the IT architect's main responsibilities. Through specific implementation and particular tools, they will need to build effective solutions, refine the project's allocated budget, and respect various managerial constraints.

What are the main skills of a Solutions Architect

The solutions architect position requires excellent technical knowledge to propose an effective IT strategy. They must also have perfect mastery of operating systems and database management, analytical skills, and a systemic vision of information systems. Additionally, the ability to present ideas well is also essential and they must know how to communicate, given that they will have to negotiate with different stakeholders in the company. Therefore, the solutions architect will be able to identify their true needs and analyze risks. The solutions architect must be able to advise, listen, and explain. Their ability to create group dynamics will allow them to achieve their objectives more quickly.

What is the ideal profile for a Solutions Architect

To become a solutions architect, you must have at least a master's degree from engineering schools (networks and IT). You can also complete a master's degree in networks, telecommunications and IT. A solutions architect is also expected to have experience in architecture roles within an operator environment. Therefore, this profession is only accessible to experienced managers with acquired project management skills. It is through this journey that the profile acquires a good understanding of how the company operates, its business activities and workflows. A good solutions architect must above all have a very strong technical knowledge of operating systems, network equipment, and database management systems. Solutions architecture is also a profession that offers opportunities for growth within a constantly evolving and equally complex environment.
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