At the heart of digital evolution in DfT, you will join a talented, experienced, cross-disciplined architecture team imagining and shaping the delivery of the next wave of digital and data services. You will support and shape various areas within the business which delivers an innovative transport policy agenda. As DfT is a cloud-only enterprise, you will develop the latest cloud solutions meeting complex digital, identity and data needs.
This role will give you the opportunity to learn and improve your skills every day as you work on new and exciting projects with highly advanced technologies. We provide a supportive and constructive learning environment where your career growth is important.
You will develop robust, flexible solutions that support our innovative transport policies, leveraging the latest cloud technologies in Azure and Google Cloud. Your leadership and experience will support the business in developing new ways of solving business problems.
We want to hear from proactive people who are eager to grow their skills and advance their careers. You will work with other lead architects in the team, supporting each other to deliver across team's areas of focus, such as Security, Data and Infrastructure using Azure or Google Cloud.
Responsibilities
As a Technical Architect you will be:
Leading the development of secure serverless solutions and build them in cloud environments.
Identifying ways of more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable ways of managing the cloud and the services hosted within it.
Working with our engineering and analysis teams to build, maintain, and scale digital solutions using new tools in Google and Azure environments.
Develop a tooling plan for cloud management and support the engineering team in identifying new opportunities for automation.
In this role we will give you the opportunity to:
Continuously grow and develop yourself through exposure to training in the latest emerging technologies.
Work on a range of varied projects developed in a cloud-first environment.
Have exposure to wider challenges across the transport sector and knowledge of the latest transport data initiatives.
Access flexible and hybrid working supporting a healthy work-life balance.
Opportunity to collaborate with multi-disciplined teams and suppliers across the country.
Person specification
Previous experience as a Software Engineer, Data Engineer, or other similar technical role with a strong want to learn and continuously develop new skills and gain qualifications and can evidence this. Or as a Technical Architect, with a desire to move towards being Cloud-focused and at the cutting-edge of advanced cloud technologies.
Experience
Ability to communicate complex technical information, ideas and concepts to non-technical people effectively.
Excellent problem-solving, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Experience as a Software Engineer, Data Engineer or other similar technical role - OR
Experience as a Technical Engineer or Cloud Engineer.
Additional Information
A minimum of 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Please take note that DfT does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
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