As a Lead Technical Architect, you will lead, deliver and support the technical and architecture design and teams for the large and complex DWP MI programme. Roles & Responsibilities Work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders (engineers, policy, legal, other Digital colleagues including cross-government if necessary) to create solution designs that meet user needs for MI across DWP. Support the architecture design, development, delivery and maintenance of data products and services as part of multi-disciplinary teams. Work as part of a multidisciplinary product-oriented leadership team to lead the direction of the DWP MI programme, and line manage a small technical team to identify, define, deliver and support technical requirements. Provide expert advice on BI and MI tooling to other Technical Architects to drive technology choice proposals and decisions. Ensure that architecture design artefacts are produced to agreed quality and timescales, adhere to agreed and approved standards, and are presented effectively at governance forums; clearly communicate architecture design and decision making in order to gain approval to proceed with designs. Drive resolution of technical and data debt, to reduce the ongoing cost of DWP IT services. Ensure architecture best practice and reference architectures are shared across DWP Digital, and cross-government where appropriate. Support the development of the Architecture Practice. Represent DWP Digital at cross-government architecture events. Work alongside existing Technical Architects and engineers to implement solutions according to agreed and approved designs. Work with colleagues to identify, capture, and share architecture patterns. Contribute to high level solution architecture documentation and other architecture design artefacts. Support the existing Technical Architects on work assignments in their internal design governance, and help prepare for a deliver presentation to the Digital Design Authority. Person specification When giving details in your CV and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below: Lead criterion: Leading architecture design of data-oriented business critical IT projects/services in a large, complex UK central government or private sector organisation. Analytics & Reporting: Data warehousing, Data Lakes, business intelligence (BI) and analytics technologies, design patterns, tools and best practice. Presenting technical content to large technical and non-technical audiences. Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Database Design & Management. Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance. An initial sift will be conducted using the lead criterion stated above. Candidates who pass the initial sift will progress to a full sift. If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact akhtar.ali1dwp.gov.uk Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Communicating and Influencing Working Together Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Technical Breadth Turning Business Problems into Technical Design Benefits Alongside your salary of 72,664, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 21,050 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours. Generous annual leave at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave. Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme. Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly). Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 years continuous service. Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes. An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Womens Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more. This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Salary Information Pay for this role is from 72,664 to 89,995. The maximum salary for the grade is 77,740, however a Digital Allowance of up to 12,255 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed. Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary. Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. Stage 1: Application Your application will consist of three parts: 1. A Personal Details application form. 2. Your employment history detailing your responsibilities, skills, accomplishments, plus your qualifications and relevant training. Please copy this information into the box field provided. 3. Personal statement - up to 1250 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Person specification. The sift panel will use the information in your CV and personal statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria. You will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your CV and Personal Statement. An initial sift will be conducted using the lead criterion stated above. Candidates who pass the initial sift will progress to a full sift. For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital. Applications will be sifted at regular intervals from the date the posts are advertised. Please apply as soon as you can, do not wait until the end of the campaign. Important Information You will be asked to complete your personal statement any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form. Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered. If your CV/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn. We recognise that AI may be helpful when applying for this role, but it is important to use it in the right way. Read our guide here on how to make the best use of GenAI while ensuring your application remains authentic and effective. Stage 2: Interview 1 If youre successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be asked to deliver a 10-minute presentation based on the essential criteria listed under the Person specification heading. The use of visual aids such as PowerPoint is permitted. The session will be interactive, with questions probing the detail of your presentation. If you are successful at the interview 1 stage, you will be invited to a second interview. Stage 3: Interview 2 At this stage you will be assessed against the following Behaviours and Technical Skills: Behaviours Communicating and Influencing Working Together Technical Skills Technical Breadth Turning Business Problems into Technical Designs Further details will be provided to candidates invited to interview. Interviews will take place from early April 2025. Interview dates to be confirmed. If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards. For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website. Further Information: Find out more about Working for DWP A reserve list may be held for a period of 6months from which further appointments can be made. All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location. The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action. Reasonable Adjustment At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce. We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via DigitalRecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional. For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How We Recruit, page Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. 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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .