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Technical Architect - DfT - G7

Government Digital & Data -

Full-time (Permanent)
£54,857 plus up to £25,543 Digital and Data allowance depending on capability
Published on
14 November 2024
Deadline
25 November 2024

Please apply via the Civil Service Jobs link for your application to be considered. 

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.

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.

Find out more about what it's like working with us

Job description

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

  • Strong communication and technical skills
  • 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.

To see the full job description, requirements, candidate pack and apply button please click the link.

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