Lead Solution Architect Join us as Lead Solution Architect to develop new digital services, using the latest cloud technologies, for our Health & Disability Team. You'll help us improve essential services some of the most vulnerable people in the UK. Salary between £69,869 - £89,995 p.a. plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. Location This role may be located in one of the following locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sheffield. We work a hybrid model - some time at home, some time in the office. DWP. Digital with Purpose. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) supports over 20 million people and is responsible for over 730 million benefit payments each year totalling £182.5 billion. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works. You will join a collaborative community of Solution Architects in DWP Digital to deliver our ambitious Health Transformation programme. DWP's Health & Disability Team manages essential services and digital transformation projects which will better support some of our most vulnerable customers. More about the position You're an accomplished leader and communicator as well as a technical Architecture expert. You'll partner with the Lead Product Manager and other Lead Architects to design the technical makeup of our programme's vision. You'll identify, capture, share, iterate and implement architecture patterns, working closely with an extensive stakeholder network, including internal and external supplier teams. You will explore the potential of relationships with engineers, policy, legal experts, and a range or multi-disciplinary practitioners from both within DWP and across government. Together you'll leverage the power of technology to design and build better services, used by millions of people. You'll be responsible for coaching and mentoring our engineering teams, developing the overall capability of our thriving architecture practice, as well as communicating progress to your wider stakeholder network. You'll ensure we are achieving Value for Money (VFM) across our solution designs, ensuring we resolve technical debt, and reducing the cost of DWP IT Services. We want architecture solutions that deliver better, more efficient services that really work for us and our users. Does that sound like you? Apply today. Your Essential Skills: Architecture design, modelling techniques and patterns Micro-service and event-based architecture design and patterns Relational, NoSQL and Open-Source database design/modelling, technologies and patterns Public cloud technologies and design patterns Presenting to technical governance forums Agile delivery methodology. Details. Wages. Perks. In return for your skills, we pay between £69,869 - £89,995 per annum . You will also receive a brilliant civil service pension, with employer contributions of 28.97% worth up to £22,500 each year. Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days , rising over time to 31 days . We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home Family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket Sports and social activities Working in an award-winning environment and culture Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs. JBRP1_UKTJ
Solution Architect: Up to £70,000, plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, and great work life balance. Includes flexi time with up 3 extra days off a month. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year, supporting millions of people on a daily basis. Join our dynamic team as a Solution Architect to develop user centric design solutions for services DWP provides to Children & Families across the UK. Your expertise will guide our innovative projects from conception to delivery, bringing together our organisational needs with cutting-edge solutions. Our DWP Digital teams are using fresh ideas and ground-breaking technologies to create innovative, scalable, and user-centric digital solutions that are changing how government works. If you're passionate about designing technical solutions for transformative change projects, with an important social impact, this could be the position for you. Designing World-Class Products You will join an experienced community of Solution Architects who work together to developing products and services for Children's and Families Services, which meet user needs, ensuring the technical quality of our solution designs. We're looking for someone to support our delivery teams, blending technical (development and architecture) and behaviour (leadership and communication) skills to achieve our collective goals. Security, verification and authentication are a big part of that. Users of our services need to prove who they are, so they can get the support they need. You will make sure that DWP digital services have the right Identity and Trust solutions in place. You'll ensure that the technical quality and adherence of solution designs align with DWP architecture principles, standards, patterns and practices, Enterprise Architecture and Product Roadmaps. You'll have experience of agile delivery methodologies, together with developing solutions for deployment into public cloud environments. If you're to be successful, we need skills, knowledge and know-how just like yours. Read on to find out more, and how to apply. Your Essential Skills: Experience with Application Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools, and standards. Micro-service and API-led architecture design. Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming). Public cloud technologies, design patterns, and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform). Presenting to technical governance forums Details. Wages. Perks. You'll join us in either Blackpool, Leeds, Newcastle or Sheffield digital hubs. In return for your skills, we pay £52,412 - £70,000 per annum. You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions to 28.9% - that could be worth over £17,000 in your pension pot each year. Plus, a generous leave package starting at 26 days, rising over time to 31 days. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes: An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women in IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100) Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policies Time off volunteering and charitable giving Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP' Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference Sports and social activities Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities. Click 'Apply' for more information and to start an application on Civil Service Jobs. JBRP1_UKTJ
IT Service Manager: Pay up to £36,545p.a. plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance. DWP. Digital with Purpose. This is an exciting opportunity for an IT Service Manager to join DWP's Fraud & Error Live Support team and be part of a huge government department supporting over 20 million citizens every day.DWP services cover everythin...
Solution Architect: Up to £70,000, plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, and great work life balance. Includes flexi time with up 3 extra days off a month. DWP. Digital with Purpose. DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year, supporting millions of people on a daily basis. Join our dynamic team as a Solut...
Lead Solution ArchitectJoin us as Lead Solution Architect to develop new digital services, using the latest cloud technologies, for our Health & Disability Team. You'll help us improve essential services some of the most vulnerable people in the UK.Salary between £69,869 - £89,995 p.a. plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and great work life balanc...
