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Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Provide technical leadership in the development, operation, and continual improvement of complex, transformational digital services serving millions of users. Direct the development of enterprise-wide business design and information architecture, embedding the strategic application of technology into DVSA’s organisational management. Develop and communicate the organisation’s enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring robust governance, audit, control, and compliance across DVSA’s technology landscape. Lead the development of architectures for complex systems, ensuring quality, documentation, and alignment with both internal and external customer requirements. Oversee work delivered by external partners to ensure DVSA’s reference architecture is robust, scalable, open, secure, and delivers a high-quality user experience through effective system design and API integration. Champion and manage an evolutionary architecture approach, communicating architectural direction across the Department for Transport family and wider government. Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Job description As a GDS Technical Architect, you’ll share the responsibility for the digital transformation of government. You’ll ensure a project’s overall technical design meets user needs and acceptance criteria, whilst conforming to time and budget constraints. You’ll thrive using agile methods and enjoy working collaboratively with departments and multidisciplinary teams. Above all, you’ll want to make government better, which may sometimes involve challenging the status quo. As a Technical Architect, you'll: design technical services or plan system integration, selecting necessary platforms and technologies to meet project requirements and user needs provide technical leadership and consultancy to both internal and external development teams, ensuring designs & solutions are fit for purpose, whilst meeting time and budget constraints build and maintain technical roadmaps, looking ahead for future opportunities or blockers, and ensuring decisions by development teams align with the strategy encourage communication across multiple development teams to identify strategic requirements and dependencies help develop services by contributing code, testing technologies and producing rapid prototypes be involved in the wider software engineering community, including cyber security and operations teams, identifying good practices to adopt and sharing your experiences, eg through blog posts, tech talks at conferences etc enable a positive technical culture, applying agile methods to development and completing quality assurance practices ensure delivery is aligned with the and work with others across GDS to keep that up to date and relevant advise product managers on the estimated effort and technical implications of current user stories, as well as those in the backlog be involved in helping recruiting technical architects and other technologists, where appropriate, helping sift and interview help colleagues with their career development, coaching and managing more junior staff members

DBS DIT provides digital capability that supports corporate services across the Ministry of Defence, including Finance, Commercial, Payroll and Human Resources for Military Personnel, Civilian Personnel and Veterans. Our digital solutions comprise enterprise resource planning systems, performance management, analytics, automation, low code applications and public facing services through . As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be at the heart of managing and optimising our development processes. Your responsibilities will include overseeing tools and testing environments, managing central code control, maintaining development standards, and writing software that automates systems. You will design secure solutions and deliver complex projects using modern development standards. Your role will also involve troubleshooting and resolving complex service faults and designing efficient systems with medium levels of risk and complexity. You will actively collaborate with user researchers to champion user-focused design, as well as with technical and solutions architects and software developers. In addition, you will underpin the development of both internal user services and public-facing services. You will deploy and manage applications on OpenShift and third-party PaaS solutions and manage CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, effective communication, decision-making skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement and development. Responsibilities A Senior DevOps Engineer delivers and integrates software to form a complete DevOps toolchain. They are responsible for planning and designing large groups of stories. At this role level, you will: Transform technical requirements into an effective DevOps toolchain to enable product delivery Ensure that deployment strategies for products are repeatable, scalable and highly available Have deep technical knowledge, providing support to delivery teams and solving complex problems Manage service components and optimise development processes to ensure they meet business needs and performance indicators. Design secure solutions and services with controls specifically engineered to mitigate security threats. Use modern development standards to design, code, test, and document programs or scripts of medium-to-high complexity. Identify, locate, and fix complex service faults while advising others on different methodologies and types of service support. Design systems with medium levels of risk and complexity, ensuring the selection of appropriate technology and efficient resource use. Collaborate with user researchers to champion user research, prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story, and offer recommendations on the best tools and methods to use. Deploy, manage, and scale applications on OpenShift and third-party Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions, while setting up and managing continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines. Provide coaching and mentoring to more junior colleagues

Job description Provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and challenges across one or more Enterprise Architecture domains. Assist with requests of new Digital Transformation work and support in the building of business cases. Responsible for the design and communication of high-level structures to enable and guide the design and development of solutions that meet current and future business needs, encompassing changes to service, process, organisation and operating models. Assess how trends in society and industry practices might impact the organisation. Work with people outside of your organisation to inform to inform policies, strategies and standards. Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through your architecture work. Coach others in identifying important trends. Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public. For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Information Security Analyst – 3-month contract – Northampton My Customer is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Information Security Analyst to join their team. This role focuses on two critical areas: operational support for GDPR compliance , particularly handling Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs ), and ensuring day-to-day adherence to their Information Security Management System (ISMS). Key Responsibilities of the Information Security Analyst: 1. GDPR Compliance & DSAR Handling Act as the main point of contact for receiving, investigating, and responding to Subject Access Requests (SARs) and other GDPR-related requests. Liaise with internal teams to gather the required data, ensure accuracy, and meet legal timeframes. Maintain clear records of request handling in line with regulatory and audit requirements. Provide input on GDPR matters where necessary, without being responsible for policy creation or process design. 2. ISMS Oversight & Compliance Support the ongoing maintenance of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) . Conduct regular checks and reviews to confirm that existing security policies and processes are being followed. Identify gaps in compliance and follow up with internal stakeholders to ensure corrective actions are taken. Assist with evidence gathering and tracking actions for internal audits and external certification reviews (e.g., ISO 27001). Skills from the Information Security Analyst: Proven experience managing GDPR-related activities, especially actioning Subject Access Requests . Familiarity with data protection regulations and handling sensitive information securely. Hands-on experience working within an ISMS framework , ideally in environments aligned to ISO 27001. A methodical and structured approach to compliance verification and policy adherence. Excellent communication skills with the ability to follow up effectively with stakeholders. The Information Security Analyst is required onsite in Northampton, 2 days per week. Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Connor Smal via the VIQU IT website. Do you know someone great? We’ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment.

The Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit in CGI is a true IT Systems Integrator. We work, build, and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission-critical systems which help our clients keep us all safe and secure. We bring innovation to our clients using proven and emerging technologies, agile delivery processes and our deep expertise across the breadth of space, defence, intelligence, aerospace and maritime, all underpinned by our end-to-end cyber capability. We work collaboratively with global technology companies, cutting edge SMEs and academia to deliver the optimal solution for each client. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go. Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This position will be working out of our site in Cheltenham.

Job description As the Interaction Designer, you'll: design clear, accessible, usable digital interfaces that meet user needs and follow the Design System create wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to communicate design ideas and test assumptions collaborate in agile teams with product managers, user researchers, and developers to iterate services based on research, analytics, and feasibility participate in design critiques and reviews, giving and receiving constructive feedback contribute to user research activities and use findings to inform design decisions facilitate design workshops with teams, stakeholders, and users champion accessibility and inclusion, ensuring designs meet standards and legal requirements maintain and contribute to design systems, style guides, and component libraries to ensure consistency

The role of the Associate Data Governance Manger is to acquire and manage the supply of administrative and/or commercial data for the functions of the Office for National Statistics including, but not limited to: the transformation of key ONS programmes; Census; Economic Statistics; Surveys; and making data available across government and externally for research in the public good through Trusted Research Environments and supporting the Devolved Governments with access to data for their own statistical and research needs. You will also be responsible for the implementation of the ONS data strategy, either through having a direct lead on implementation, or through linking areas of your work to the outcomes of the strategy, including developing and contributing to an end-to-end data governance framework (the processes, operational policies and standards needed to support data management) and ensuring that the organisation can demonstrate standards for data governance accreditation. Job description The Data Acquisition Division supports ONS, Government and Academic analysts answer the questions of the day by working with data partners to negotiate and enable access to sustainable data sources, putting in place, maintaining and managing data governance frameworks for safe data sharing and usage, and implementing and supporting the data strategy. It involves understanding and consolidating analysts’ requirements for producing and developing their statistics, matching these with the available data, negotiating access to these data for statistical and research purposes, and making tactical recommendations on the creation of data assets. Successful delivery will put in place robust processes and documentation, working closely across Data Acquisition, the directorate and the rest of the organisation. It also involves implementing the data strategy both directly and indirectly, ensuring that all Data Acquisition activity contributes to the wider aims of the Office for National Statistics. Ensuring and demonstrating compliance with Data Governance frameworks, standards and accreditations. Data Acquisition lead and support on the negotiation and development of agreements with external parties and enable bringing these data into ONS, working to deliver mature data governance processes that deliver sustainable data for ONS’ needs. You will apply relevant data and ethical frameworks and standards to your work, understanding data governance good practice. Specifically, providing advice to users on the technical, ethical, data protection and security, and legal aspects (e.g. GDPR) of using administrative data, and the benefits of using it. You will be able to grasp economic and social statistical concepts quickly, identifying common needs for administrative data and communicating appropriately and clearly between technical and non-technical audiences. You will understand data and how they can be prepared for, and used in, statistics and research and how they can benefit policy and decision making, as well as understanding the economy and society better. You will need to build and demonstrate a good understanding of administrative data and how it is used in the production of official statistics and research. Responsibilities Support the process of capturing stakeholder needs, assessing, defining and justifying those needs to arrive at a definitive set of user requirements that are reflected in the required documentation. Support the stakeholder engagement activity of acquisitions within your remit. Support the preparation of documentation for data sharing and governance, for example memorandums of understanding and business cases, and play an instrumental role in standardising this documentation. Develop a good understanding and application of data sharing legislation to get maximum return for ONS. Have a broad understanding of data use and be able to explain this to a non-technical audience. Identify, understand and communicate factors that influence and shape data and present in a way appropriate to the audience. Maximise the use of administrative data for statistics through your understanding of the value of these data, including what is already available to use in ONS and what the wider landscape of data can provide. Develop and maintain the data acquisition project plan to capture all requirements, deliverables and risks that are associated with the project. Proactively identify your own development needs, ensuring that you deliver your responsibilities to the highest possible standard. Contribute to activity that benefits the strategic aims of the division or directorate, ensuring it is the best possible place to work.

Security Analyst Our Client is recognised brand in London. They are looking to recruit a Security Analyst with at least 5 to 7 years proven track record as a Security Analyst. Main Accountabilities • Technical leadership for all the Clients security solutions, including all the 3rd party managed services • Maintain the overall security of Company network, systems, and data • Monitor security access and manage IDS/IPS configurations • Establishing and implementing security best-practice standards as well as departmental policies and procedures • Responsible for Security scanning and the efficient remediation of vulnerabilities • Responsible for analysing all security incidents to determine root cause • Determine, recommend, and implement upgrade security measures and controls • Delivery security responses for customer and client compliance requirements • Developing and managing security plans with vendors • Audit activities of administrators and conduct Security awareness training Must have: • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent experience • Demonstrable skills and capability in Security leadership and 3rd party management experience • CISSP certification preferred. Compliance knowledge required in ISO27001, PCI and GDPR. Possibly a certified ethical hacker • Knowledge of Security technologies is essential, such as network appliances, firewall administration, AD, IAM, PAM, SIEM, UEBA, AV, IDS/IPS and MDM solutions • Understanding of common frameworks, such as ITIL or LEAN is preferred • Good exposure of user environment management, including desktops/laptops, profile management, access control methodologies • Must be very proactive in understanding and staying up to date with current security technologies and industry technology trends The Client is based in Paddington London. The salary for this role is in the range £65K - £75K plus benefits. Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Senior Analyst Programmer with RPG4 RPG400 or RPG4 and Misys Equation We require an RPG4 or RPG400 Analyst Programmer experience of working Misys Equation with at least 5 years’ experience. You must have at least 5 years experience of developing and supporting financial banking applications written in RPG4 and/or RPG400 particularly with Misys Equation. Must have at least 12 to 18 months experience of working with Misys Equation. Additionally, you must have experience of SQL Server and SSIS SSRS. The Client will consider banking systems experience if you don’t have experience of Misys Equation. The position is based in the City London. The salary for this position will be circa £50K - £70K. Please send your CV in Word format along with your salary and availability.

Job description As a software developer in the Defence Business Services (DBS) Automation Garage you will be responsible for developing and maintaining live public-facing services on . In this role, you will write clean, secure, and test-driven code that adheres to modern standards and design patterns. You will create open solutions that are easy for others to reuse and extend. You will integrate APIs such as One Login and Notify ensuring services align with the Government Digital Service Standard. You will test and document code releases and support the team at GDS Service Assessments. Work with JavaScript, TypeScript, TypeORM, Postgres, Nunjucks. Develop backend services using Node.js with frameworks like Express and NestJS. Maintain and support open GitHub repositories, following robust branching and commit strategies to ensure clarity and traceability. Support DevOps activities in a Kubernetes environment on OpenShift, leveraging Docker for containerisation. Support live services by investigating incidents and resolving issues to minimise downtime. You can design, code, test, and document using modern standards and tools, working closely with users and stakeholders to gather requirements. Collaborate with others (service manager, technical architects, design team) to understand and review software requirements. Work in an Agile environment ensuring service and project managers are informed of the status of development and service support. Proactively learn and develop skills on the job while delivering software components. Find ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability

This post will be part of the Defence Intelligence (DI) Data Office (DO) leading the Architecture Team and responsible for delivering the vision of the Architecture and Engineering Principal and Chief Data Officer (CDO). As a Grade 7 Senior Data Architect you will use your knowledge to help design data models and metadata systems. Working closely with the Architecture and Engineering Principal you will help interpret the organisation’s needs. You will provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts and design and support the management of data dictionaries and data catalogues. You will be responsible for ensuring that teams are working to the data standards set for the organisation by the Architecture and Engineering Principal and CDO, working with other technical architects to make sure that an organisations systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The current responsibilities of the role include: Oversee the governance of Air’s Digital Portfolio, serving as the primary lead for digital input into RAF Force Development and Capability processes. Own, develop, and enforce digital, data, and information architectures for Air and Space Commands, directing the RAF Digital Design Authority and collaborating closely with the Defence Digital architectural community and the Integrated Design Authority. Lead the RAF’s in-house Digital Services delivery activities. Establish, enforce, and assure digital and data technology standards across the RAF, aligning with MOD Chief Information Officer Defence standards and extending them to the Air domain, while maintaining awareness of equivalent industrial and civilian sector standards. Shape and align the RAF’s future digital and data requirements with wider Defence, influencing Defence-level investment priorities and delivery strategies to meet the RAF’s critical digital needs. Coordinate digital and data innovation and experimentation across the RAF, including initiatives such as the Rapid Capability Office, while serving as a member of the Air Command Technology and Innovation Board. Lead RAF Digital’s Business Engagement function, encompassing Digital Relationship Management, the RAF Digital ‘Front Door,’ and the RAF Digital sub-Portfolio Office. Act as Co-Chair of the Air Digital Working Group and a member of the Digital Steering Group. Lead the creation and enforcement of a consistent digital architecture across all Air Command and Space Command programmes and projects—not limited to those delivered by RAF Digital. This ensures Air and Space capabilities are fully integrated into the broader Integrated Force. The CDTO will head the Digital Design Authority to deliver, enforce, and assure this architecture. Oversee the delivery of a diverse portfolio of RAF Digital projects, many involving innovative commercial constructs. The CDTO will have overall responsibility for this portfolio, including securing external approvals and assurance from Defence Digital and the Government Digital and Data Office, as required.. Shape Defence-level digital standards and delivery to ensure Air and Space requirements are met, enabling Air and Space Commands to effectively exploit Joint capabilities. The CDTO will act as the principal liaison with Defence Digital and the Integration Design Authority. Directly oversee the output of 164 personnel. Manage and approve an annual budget exceeding £50M. Given the high demand for RAF Digital outputs, the CDTO, alongside the Deputy Director Digital, will chair the Air Digital Working Group, making data-driven prioritisation decisions aligned with Air’s strategic objectives. Balancing competing priorities to deliver maximum value is a critical aspect of the role. Direct the development of Air Command’s digital strategy and delivery plan, ensuring alignment with operational and business outcomes. The CDTO will set long-term priorities for technology exploitation and development, providing specialist advice and recommendations to the Air Executive Committee and the Air Force Main Board.

The Test Coordinator works with the Test manager to ensure that quality is built into development of all solutions at all stages within the programme development lifecycle. The Test Coordinator is accountable for providing expert practice advice and guidance as well as practical advice on complex technical testing issues. The role is accountable for driving forward the quality agenda in the development of VBSE solutions and devising and monitoring progress using a range of quality metrics. The Test Coordinator is responsible for developing capability within the test discipline and increasing knowledge & understanding of the importance of building in quality across the wider VBSE community. Key accountabilities and decision ownership: * Responsible for managing and executing the test strategy for projects incorporating the involvement of 3rd party partners/suppliers and internal teams. * Review, evaluate and turn acceptance criteria into detailed test plans with test cases that have clear scope, quality criteria and deliverables. * Ensure issues are identified, tracked, reported and resolved in an effective manner, assisting in the investigation and resolution where needed. * Ensure traceability back to the original requirements and subsequent execution of the relevant tests including reviewing 3rd party test exit reports to achieve the quality outcome for the business, including payment milestones. * Responsible for developing capability and skills within the test discipline. Core competencies, knowledge and experience: * Experience of designing test plans to deliver test cycles (SIT, UAT, Non Functional Testing) for multiple releases/projects. * Experience in all testing levels (from Unit to Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)). * Experience of upskilling others in test techniques and best practice * Experience of managing multiple workstreams. * The ability to manage risk and implement mitigation plans. Must have technical / professional qualifications: * ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing; Or Proven track record in Testing and leading digital teams * Must be able to maintain DV security clearance Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.

As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the Department for Education you will work within a user centred, agile environment leading and directing Infrastructure Engineers. You will provide technical leadership and support to build, operate and maintain the Department’s cloud infrastructure services which underpin all internal business services and services to the public, predominantly within Microsoft Azure environments and landing zones. Under direction, you will provide technical leadership to deliver improvements to modernise how cloud resources are deployed and managed, remove legacy ways of working, and deliver initiatives to help mature the Department’s cloud computing platform including implementing solution architectures to enable cloud users to work in a consistent manner. You will: Work with technical architects to translate architectural designs into operable solutions. Transform technical requirements into automated processes using modern standards approaches such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Act as an advocate of cloud computing including Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) so that the Department and its partners can embrace the government’s Cloud First policy. Create and sustain modern deployment and management standards, practices, and techniques for our cloud resources. Lead, support, coach, and mentor less experienced Infrastructure Engineers in managing, supporting and maintaining the Department’s infrastructure. Advocate user-centric, agile approaches which focus on rapid, effective delivery of high-quality digital services.

Customer service management- You can manage customer service functions, including responding to issue reports, information requests and access. You have a successful relationship with customers. Continual service improvement- You can identify and explore opportunities for service and business improvement. You know how to drive analysis and identify, prioritise, and implement improvements and efficiencies, ensuring that the organisation derives maximum value from services This includes recognising the potential for automation of processes, determining costs and benefits of new approaches and managing change or assisting implementation where needed. Ownership and initiative- You can take ownership of problems and proactively resolve technical problems, ensuring that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements. You know how to take full accountability for actions taken and decisions made. Relationship management- You can identify, analyse, manage and monitor relationships with and between stakeholders. You know how to clarify mutual needs and commitments through consultation and consideration of impacts. For example, you know how to coordinate all promotional activities for one or more customers to achieve satisfaction for the customer and an acceptable return for the supplier. By helping the customer, you can ensure that maximum benefit is gained from products and services. Technical understanding- This knowledge underpins your ability to deliver the responsibilities and tasks for the role and ensures that you can apply the breadth and depth of technical knowledge you need. You stay abreast of industry developments to make cost-effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.