Lead technical architect Work, Jobs in Birmingham, Eng (with Salaries)

Lead Technical Architect
Department for Work and Pensions —Birmingham
- £75,026 - £99,836 a year
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Network Technical Architect
Government Property Agency —Birmingham
- £56,500 - £62,554 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Computer networking
- IT
- Annual leave
Manager, Lead ServiceNow Solution Architect, Global
Deloitte —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Azure
- AWS
Manager, Lead Specialist, ServiceNow Solution Architect
Deloitte —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Azure
- AWS
Business Architect & Org Design Lead
AECOM —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Leadership
Project Architect - Interiors
Gensler —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Team management
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Profit sharing
6d
Project Architect
Gensler —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Team management
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Profit sharing
6d
Enterprise Architect
M Group —Warwick
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Mentoring
- Leadership
- Employee discount
5d
Architect
Gensler —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Master's degree
- Presentation skills
- Construction experience
- Profit sharing
6d
Lead Data Architect
National Highways —Birmingham
- £47,410 - £54,210 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Leadership
20h
Application Architect (AI)
SCC —Birmingham
- £85,000 - £95,000 a year
- Monday to Friday
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- AWS
- Analysis skills
11d
Architect - WSP Architecture
WSP —Birmingham
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Management
- Construction experience
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Integration Development Lead, IT Business Services
Deloitte —Birmingham
- Hybrid work
- Salesforce
- Mentoring
- APIs
14d
Technical Design Lead- Data Centres
AECOM —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Project management
- Presentation skills
Project Architect or Senior Architect
AtkinsRéalis —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Time management
Technical Lead
Version 1 —Birmingham
- Full-time
- DevOps
- Java
- AWS
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Data Architect
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Birmingham
- £44,241 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
6d
Infrastructure Architect ALM/PLM
Siemens —Solihull
- £82,200 - £143,700 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Azure
- Oracle
- SQL
Architect - Retail
Gensler —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Master's degree
- Presentation skills
- Construction experience
- Profit sharing
6d
Technical Director of Architecture (Nuclear Facilities)
AECOM —Birmingham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Negotiation

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Lead Technical Architect

Department for Work and Pensions -
Birmingham

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£75,026 - £99,836 a year
7 days ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Pay rise

Qualifications

Management
Cloud architecture
Presentation skills
Leadership
Communication skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

468733

Salary

£75,026 - £99,836

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 6

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DWP - Digital

Type of role

Architecture and Data
Digital
Information Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

This role may be located in one of the following locations; Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.

Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.

About the job

Job summary

This is an exciting architect career development opportunity to join the DWP Corporate Centre Services (CCS) team, part of succession planning within CCS senior leadership.

The role offers wider architecture strategy, design and management experience across the range of GDD technical skills.

CCS manages the implementation of typically Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) systems (including platform build, and integration) for Finance, Commercials, People & Place, DWP Estates and Workplace Transformation.

As the Lead Technical Architect, you will be accountable to the Deputy Director to continue to drive the design and implementation of services.

This is a key leadership role, working alongside the Senior Leadership Team. We are looking for an experienced leader that is passionate about delivering impactful solutions that touch everyone within DWP.

Job description

A lead technical architect leads at the highest level and is responsible for making sure the strategy is agreed and followed.

At this role level, you will:

Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations.
Provides technical leadership and architectural design.
Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation.
Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies.
Inspire other architects and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation.
Be responsible for governance, solving complex and high-risk issues or delivering architecture design.
Design and issue specification of end-to-end services spanning multiple service providers.

Person specification

When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:

Architecture design across on-prem, cloud [including SaaS] and hybrid environments involving networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects.
Architecture design informed through use of principles, patterns, technical radars, practices and standards.
Architecture design working with project delivery teams within agile, waterfall and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle - from concept to go-live.
Translating business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders.
Architecture design through use of architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent.
Mentoring and/or leadership of architects, providing oversight and technical leadership across multiple projects.
Vendor and/or technology evaluation and selection exercises, and involvement with proof of concepts.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact [email protected].

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Leadership
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Architecture Communication (Expert)
Architect for the whole Context (Practitioner)
Community Collaboration (Practitioner)
Making Architectural Decisions (Expert)
Strategy Design (Practitioner)
Technical Design throughout the life cycle (Expert)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,026, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £21,735 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 25 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 wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
Health and wellbeing 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.

Hybrid Working

This 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.

If a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for the role and for you, you will normally be required to spend a minimum of 60% of your contracted working hours from your DWP office.

If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the minimum office attendance requirement, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.

Salary Information

The role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Government Digital and Data Pay Framework linked to capability which provides access to a Government Digital and Data allowance.

Pay for this role is £75,026 to £80,267, subject to candidate type. In addition to this, the role can attract a Government Digital and Data allowance of up to £24,810. Please see additional info below regarding candidate type. The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills as demonstrated in the selection process. Government Digital and Data Allowance is a discretionary non-consolidated, non-pensionable allowance.

External applicants

Pay for this role is £75,026 plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810, subject to our assessment of capability at interview.

Our offer to successful candidates will be based on our assessment of your capability based on the evidence you provide at interview against the listed Technical Skills for the role. There is no negotiation at offer stage.

Internal and OGD applicants

Pay for the role is from £75,026 to £80,267, you may also be eligible for a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810, subject to our assessment of capability at interview.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current base salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion should either move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or receive a 10% increase to their base salary; whichever would be the greater.

In addition to your base salary a Government Digital and Data Allowance may be payable based on our assessment of your capability. Our offer to successful candidates will be based on the evidence you provide at interview against the listed Technical Skills for the role. There is no negotiation at offer stage.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Stage 1: Application

Your application will consist of three parts:

1. A Personal Details application form.

2. Employment history - this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed based on the essential criteria.

3. Personal statement - up to 1250 words. This statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Person specification.

Ensure that all examples provided in your statement are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. If you choose to use gen-AI to support your statement, you must follow the guidelines outlined in the Artificial intelligence and recruitment guide.

The sift panel will use the information in your employment history and personal statement to assess your experience, skills and knowledge against the essential criteria.

You will be provided with one combined overall assessment score for both your CV and Personal Statement.

For Hints and Tips on completing your application visit Applying for jobs at DWP Digital.

Important Information

You will be asked to complete your employment history. Any information that you would customarily share on a CV should therefore be entered onto the application form.
Personal details that could be used to identify you including your name, contact details and address must be removed for your application to be considered.
If your employment history/personal statement contains any personal details your application will be withdrawn.

Stage 2: Interview 1

If youre successful at sift stage you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams.

You will be asked to do a 10-minute presentation to further assess your experience and to assess the technical skill of skill "Architecture Communication (Expert)". Your presentation should focus on the following:

Present an example of a cloud-based architecture design that youve defined and delivered, explaining how you (i) translated business requirements into technical solutions including your key decisions, (ii) applied architectural standards, patterns and modelling techniques, and (iii) worked with delivery teams through the full lifecycle. Your presentation should include at least one suitable architectural view or diagram to support your example.

Stage 3: Interview 2

If you are successful at Stage 2 you will be invited to a video interview via Microsoft Teams. There, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours and Technical Skills:

Behaviours:

Leadership
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing

Technical Skills:

Architect for the whole Context (Practitioner)
Community Collaboration (Practitioner)
Making Architectural Decisions (Expert)
Strategy Design (Practitioner)
Technical Design throughout the life cycle (Expert)

Interviews will take place from early August 2026. Interview dates to be confirmed.

Other information:

If high application volumes are received, the benchmark for candidates to proceed to the next stage may be raised. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to advance all candidates applying under the DCS who meet the minimum standard. However, we may only progress those candidates who best meet the required standards.

All successful candidates and those placed on reserve will be posted in merit list order by location.

For these vacancies, we strongly recommend that applicants consult with an immigration specialist or qualified advisor to assess their eligibility for Visa Sponsorship before deciding to apply. Please note that while we consider sponsorship requests in accordance with current DWP guidance and Home Office policy, sponsorship cannot be guaranteed.

Find out more about Working for DWP

A reserve list may be held for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made.

Reserve list candidates will be posted in merit order by location.

Reasonable Adjustment

At DWP we value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including those that are underrepresented in our workforce.

We consider visible and non-visible disabilities, neurodiversity or learning differences, chronic medical conditions, or mental ill health. Examples include dyslexia, epilepsy, autism, chronic fatigue, or schizophrenia.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the Reasonable Adjustments section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.

For further information on reasonable adjustments, terms and conditions and how we recruit visit the How we recruit page.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

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)
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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .

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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Mark Harbottle
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles. If you wish to make a complaint, please find further details here: https://careers.dwp.gov.uk/how-we-recruit/.

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