* Excellent opportunity to cement a move into Cloud Architecture
* Hybrid (3 days in office) - Open to Software, Data, Cloud Engineers
About Our Client
The Department for Transport and their agencies employ around 15,000 staff working in locations across the country, and are recruiting for a Lead Technical Architect to join their growing team.
Shape the future of transport with DfT's Digital Services team! Perhaps you are currently a software, data or cloud engineer looking to learn new skills or a technical architect looking to move over to Cloud? Are you a passionate tech-savvy person who thrives on solving complex problems? Do you aspire to use cutting-edge cloud technologies to revolutionise the UK's transport system? Then this is the role for you!
Join our talented, experienced, and cross-disciplined architecture team and be at the forefront of DfT's digital transformation. You will develop robust, flexible solutions that support our innovative transport policies, leveraging the latest cloud technologies in Azure and Google Cloud. You will support the business in developing new ways of solving problems and you will have driven and implemented digital, cloud, software or data development in some capacity and are keen to look at technology from a holistic perspective.
Job Description
Package up to £80,400 DoE - Hybrid (3 days on-site) - Leeds, Birmingham or Hastings 18m FTC
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.
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.
The Successful Applicant
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
* Demonstrable experience as a Software Engineer, Data Engineer, Cloud Engineer or other technical role in Digital
* Understanding of Architecture principles and guidelines
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Communicating and Influencing
* Leadership
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
* We want to see where your work has gone beyond your immediate goals or remit, and benefitted the wider teams you work with.
* How have you been able to communicate the complex and technical solutions you have developed across a range of non-technical stakeholders with differing user needs?
* When you have made decisions that define the development and implementation of products, demonstrate how you have considered business needs and security risks.
What's on Offer
The base pay is £54,857. In addition to this the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £25,543, which would equate to £80,400.
Benefits
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
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.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is: security check
Deadline for application with supporting statement in one document:
13.1.25
Shortlisting will take place:
17.1.25
Interviews will take place the week commencing 27.1.25
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