Senior Solution Architect

355978/ Senior Solution Architect
Pay

£52,412 to £70,000,

plus 2

8.97

% employer pension contributions worth over £17,000. Hybrid working, and

great work

life balance.

Includes

flexi-time

with up 3 extra flex-days off a month.
Location
Your choice of Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester,

Newcastle

or Sheffield. hybrid hub / home working, flexible hours, and

great work

life balance.
DWP. Digital with Purpose.
DWP is the UK's largest government department that helps people into work and makes payments worth over £195bn a year to support millions of daily users.
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 our community of Solution Architects in DWP Digital

.

We are looking for motivated Solutions Architects to take on the challenge of solving complex problems that

impact

the most vulnerable citizens in society.
Youll

help us build better services for

over 100,000 DWP colleagues and

millions of users.
Designing World-Class Products
Your first role will be with our

Technology Corporate Services

team. We

look after internal system

used across DWP -

t

heyre

typically not citizen-facing

services

but they help our people deliver better services to users across the UK.
Youll

be working closely with our

product manager and business analyst to put together

a viable

solution to resolve problem

s

from the

initial

shaping of the solution and scope

, through governance and into delivery.
Youll

take on the challenge of making sure solutions are complaint, on time and to cost.

Youll

need to be mindful of the Strategic Reference Architecture

we have a focus on re-use and minimising technical debt.
Were

a huge, complex organisation with lots of projects and programmes of work, so

youll

need to think about wider use of the product too, not just the

initial

implementation.
Typically,

in Tech Services

were

implementing Software as a Service solutions, rather than creating from scratch, although development of integrations is also

required

to link systems together.
To get the job done here

you

need to be an un-blocker, removing hurdles to implementation.
Youll

be temporary subject matter expert

,

getting under the covers of the needs and the solution, for this engagement and all the ones you work on in future.
And we need someone who considers both the business architecture and technical architecture. We want something that works, and that works for the people that use it.
Your Essential Skills:
Architecture design, modelling techniques and patterns.

Micro-service and API-led architecture design.

Event-based architecture design and patterns.

Public cloud technologies and design patterns.

Presenting to technical governance forums.

Details. Wages. Perks.
In return for your skills, we pay

£52,412 -

£70,000 per annum.
Youll

also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions

to 2

8.97

% - 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 its 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.
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