Lead Technical Architect (£51,997-£80,400)

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is embracing the practice of Enterprise Architecture, and we are looking to build a team of Architects who will support the Chief Architect to shape this exciting initiative. As part of our enterprise architecture practice, you will be at the forefront of digital transformation and joining our talented and experienced cross-disciplinary architecture community to drive business-led transformation with innovative solutions. Your work will help ensure the safety of citizens on Great Britain's roads and contribute to keeping Britain moving safely and sustainably. You will:

• Lead a team who architect cloud based digital services and who are responsible for the creation and maintenance of solution architectures that are coherent, solve complex and high risk challenges
• Responsible for the team that creates and maintains as-is, transition and to-be Solutions Architectures which meet the needs of DVSA, whilst delivering value for money for their designated business capabilities
• Be responsible for the solution architect team that lead technical designs of systems and services, and who articulate key design decisions effectively.
• Provide mentoring within teams and provide leadership to architects within DVSA architecture community., This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Birmingham or Leeds, and your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.