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Senior Solution Architect

Department for Work and Pensions, Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Solution Architect

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Department for Work and Pensions, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Part time
  • Temporary
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 8 Nov | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: e3a01209c883452993e5438d650bbacc

Full Job Description

  • Work with engineering teams, and other Digital stakeholders, to create value for money solution designs
  • Ensure technical quality and adherence of solution designs to the DWP Digital Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture and Product Road maps
  • Identify, capture, share, iterate, and implement architecture patterns
  • Drive resolution of technical debt, to reduce the ongoing cost of DWP IT services
  • Develop product road maps and represent product designs at DWP governance forums, providing clear communication of architecture design and decision making, to gain approval to proceed with designs
  • Support the development of the DWP Architecture Practice
    • Person specification When giving details in your employment history and Personal Statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:
  • Modern Analytics and BI architectures Data Mesh / Data Lakes / Data Lakehouse
  • Schema and data acquisition design
  • Able to assist in the development and implementation of Data Strategies
  • Modern event-driven distributed architectures, and the implications for acquiring and managing distributed data sets
  • Mastering and moving data in Domain Driven Design Contexts
  • Security technical controls for handling PI data both on prem and in the Cloud
    • If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact isaac.morrison@dwp.gov.uk. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
    • Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
  • Turning business problems into technical design
  • Technical breadth

    This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills., Communicating and Influencing
    • Working Together. Technical Skills Turning business problems into technical designs Technical breadth. You will also be assessed against the experiences listed in the essential criteria. Candidates will be asked to submit, prior to interview, a short presentation (5 minutes, 2-3 PowerPoint slides) on an architecture design you've been involved in, explaining the key architecture designs made, and their rationale., Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

    Alongside your salary of 55,557, Department for Work and Pensions contributes 16,094 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Alongside your salary, the Department for Work and Pensions contributes 28.97% towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:
  • Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
  • Generous annual leave at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (prorata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
  • Support for financial well being, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
  • Health and well being support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
  • Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 years continuous service.
  • Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
  • An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Womens Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.
    • This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Salary Information Pay for this role is from 55,557 to 70,000. The maximum salary for the grade is 66,058, however a Digital Allowance of up to 3,942 per annum is available for exceptional candidates. Digital Allowance is non-salary, and non-pensionable, and is classed as a temporary allowance. It is reviewed annually where it could be retained, amended, or removed. Our offer to successful candidates will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current salary. Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion may move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or 10% increase in salary whichever would be the greater.,
  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
    • Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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