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Lead Technical Specialist x3
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £62,000 - £69,105 a year
- Part-time
- Azure
- AWS
- Presentation skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Admiral Slots —Gateshead
- £42,000 a year
- Full-time
- Supervising experience
- Travel
- Computer networking
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FIND. —Sunderland
- £90,000 - £100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Annual leave
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Insolvency Technical Lead
HM Revenue and Customs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £71,725 - £87,612 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Work from home
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Lead Technical Expert: Medical Physics
Health Research Authority —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £66,582 - £77,368 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AI
- Leadership
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Manufacturing Engineer
Rolls-Royce —Washington
- Full-time
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible schedule
Technical Architect (Network)
IT Professional Services Ltd. —Chester-le-Street
- £50,000 - £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer networking
- IT
- In-person
- Free parking
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Technical Support Engineer
Atlas Copco Group —Washington
- Microsoft Word
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- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
ITSM Problem Manager
NHS Business Services Authority —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £49,387 - £56,515 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Maintenance
- IT
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
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Technical Director - Regulated Utilities
GHD —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Hybrid work
- Leadership
- Annual leave
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Handbag Clinic Ltd —Burnopfield
- £26,500 a year
- 8 hour shift
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- Maintenance
- In-person
- Employee discount
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Senior Technician
Durham County Council —Durham
- £32,597 - £36,363 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- IT
- Annual leave
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Production Supervisor
Esterpet Ltd —Seaham
- £35,271.60 a year
- 12 hour shift
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Leadership
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Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water —Washington
- £35,955 - £42,300 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Operational Reporting and Insights Officer
Worldpay (UK) Limited —Gateshead
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Organisational skills
- Financial services
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Technical Service Analyst
Care Quality Commission —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £30,373 a year
- Full-time
- Annual leave
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Technology Delivery Lead - Newcastle
Accenture —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Agile
Shift Team Leader
Fornax Environmental Solutions LTD —Newton Aycliffe
- Up to £53,000 a year
- 12 hour shift
- Heavy lifting
- Supervising experience
- Computer skills
- Free parking
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Education and Events Manager
TREAT-NMD —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £37,000 - £47,500 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- No degree
- Travel
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Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water —Horsley
- £29,325 - £34,500 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Lead Technical Specialist x3

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs -
Newcastle upon Tyne

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£62,000 - £69,105 a year
3 hours ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

Azure
Cloud architecture
Procurement
LAN
Enterprise architecture
DHCP
AWS
Presentation skills
Mentoring
Computer networking
DNS
ServiceNow
Leadership
Active Directory

Full job description

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Reference number

463823

Salary

£56,375 - £69,105

National: National: £56,375 - £62,830 London: £62,000 - £69,105, plus industry leading pension and benefits. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading Salary.

This post offers successful candidates the opportunity to be considered for an additional Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Skills Supplement. The level of the awarded supplement is determined following a separate skills assessment process, the outcome of which has no impact on the decision to make a job offer. This digital capability supplement ranges from £0 to £26.608 and you may be awarded a pay supplement within this range based on results of your additional skills assessment. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading Salary.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DEFRA - DGCS - Digital, Data, Technology & Security

Type of role

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

Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, York

About the job

Job summary

Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) is the trusted team for digital across the entire Defra Group.

We have around 1000 colleagues across DDTS and our ambition is to make it easier and faster than ever for people to interact with Defra. If you are ready to drive innovation and push boundaries, we want to hear from you. Join us and together we will create a great place for living, and a green and healthy future for all.

Find out more about DDTS:

Defra digital, data and technology blog

Defra Jobs

We are Government Digital and Data Candidate Information Pack V3 - 1

Job description

Defra is delivering large-scale transformation across its digital, data and technology estate, including the Future Network Procurement Project (FNPP), identity modernisation initiatives, and hosting and cloud transformation.

Within the Digital, Data and Technology Services (DDTS) function, the Architecture and Governance team provides technical authority, design leadership, and assurance across enterprise services.

We are recruiting multiple Lead Technical Specialist Architects to provide domain leadership in:

Network & Connectivity (FNPP)
Identity & Access (Active Directory)
Hosting, Cloud & Service Architecture

These roles operate at the centre of complex, multi-supplier programmes, ensuring designs are secure, operable, aligned to strategy, and deliverable at scale.

As a Lead Technical Specialist Architect, you will act as the technical authority within your domain, providing leadership across programmes and services. You will shape strategy, assure complex designs, and guide delivery teams and suppliers in a federated environment.

You will work across security, operations, and delivery to ensure coherent end-to-end architectures, balancing strategic direction with hands-on design leadership.

Please note these posts require Security Check (SC) clearance. To gain (SC) clearance all applicants are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years. If this requirement is not met, the individual will not be able to progress their application further.

Person specification

Across all roles, you will:

Act as the technical authority for your domain, supporting critical architectural decisions
Lead and assure technical designs across the full lifecycle (HLD, LLD, transition and implementation)
Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and operational requirements
Challenge supplier designs and drive technical quality and consistency
Identify, manage, and communicate architectural risks and dependencies
Represent your domain in governance forums, providing clear recommendations to senior stakeholders
Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, operable, and supportable
Contribute to domain standards, patterns, and architectural roadmaps
Support knowledge transfer to internal teams to build long-term capability

Domain Focus Areas:

Network & Connectivity (FNPP)

SD-WAN, DIA, LAN, Wi‑Fi and network foundation services (DNS, DHCP, NTP)
Secure access patterns (e.g. internet/private access)
Supplier-led delivery and transition (including WITO)

Identity & Access (Active Directory)

Active Directory architecture (legacy and target state)
Domain consolidation and identity modernisation
Identity dependencies across applications and services

Hosting, Cloud & Service Architecture

Hybrid and multi-cloud (on-prem, Azure, AWS)
Hosting and storage strategy and datacentre migration
CMDB/CSDM modelling and service architecture governance
Technical input to procurement and supplier evaluation

Person Specification

Responsibilities

You will:

Define and maintain domain architecture (principles, standards, patterns, roadmaps)
Lead technical design for high-impact, complex services and programmes
Guide and assure architects, delivery teams, and suppliers
Use governance and assurance to support decision-making and manage risk
Contribute to the architecture community through mentoring and leadership

Skills and Experience

Essential

Significant experience in enterprise architecture within a large, complex organisation
Proven ability to act as a technical authority across programmes or services
Strong experience of architectural governance, assurance, and risk management
Experience working in multi-supplier environments, including design challenge
Ability to lead complex design decisions across the delivery lifecycle
Strong stakeholder engagement, including influencing at senior levels
Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Domain-Specific Experience (one or more)

Network & Connectivity

Enterprise network architecture (WAN/LAN/Wi‑Fi)
SD-WAN and modern network/security architectures

Identity & Access

Active Directory architecture (including legacy environments)
Identity modernisation and dependency management

Hosting, Cloud & Service Architecture

Hybrid/multi-cloud architecture (Azure, AWS, on-prem)
Service modelling (CMDB/CSDM) and enterprise service architecture

One or more of the following:

Experience of large-scale transformation, transition, or procurement programmes
Understanding of secure-by-design and government security expectations
Experience mentoring and developing architects or technical specialists
Experience of ServiceNow or equivalent platforms (for hosting/service roles)
Experience of modern identity platforms (e.g. Entra ID)

Selection process

The Civil Service marks each element of the selection process on a merit basis. You can visit the gov.uk website for further information on the Civil Service rating scale.

Ensure you have tailored your CV and Personal Statement to the 'skills and experience' section of the job advert by providing examples on how you are suitable for the role using the STAR method.

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your personal statement, how you meet these requirements, as the information you provide will form a key part when the panel is scoring your application.

For further information on STAR, you can check out our Hints and Tips document.

Application process

As part of the application process, you will be assessed on your experience. This will be evaluated by looking at your CV and personal statement, so please provide the following and ensure your experience is clearly demonstrated:

A CV
A 750-word Personal Statement: Referring to the 'skills and experience' sections of the job advert, please demonstrate how you are suitable for the role by providing relevant examples.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

Sift will begin shortly after the advert closes.

Should there be a large number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted using your personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment or interview.

Interview

If successful at sift, you will be invited to an interview where you will be assessed on the Behaviours and Technical Skills listed below, as well as Experience,

Interview dates are to be confirmed. Please note that these may be subject to change.

Interviews will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams.

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to do a presentation. Full details will be provided later within the process.

For further information on Success Profiles, you can visit the links below and watch our videos on DefraJobs.

Behaviours

Experience

Technical Skills

For further information regarding the technical framework you will be assessed on please see the capability framework.

Behaviours

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

Leadership
Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

Architect for the whole context.
Architecture communication.
Community collaboration.
Making architectural decisions.
Strategy design.
Technical design throughout the lifecycle.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,375, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £16,331 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

25 days leave (rising to 30 days over 5 years) plus bank holidays.
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
A day off per year for the King's birthday.
Access to a range of retail discounts (these include supermarket, tech, gym, holiday, phone and more).
Flexible working options such as condensed hours, part-time and flexi time.
3 paid volunteering days per year.
Funding for professional membership of a recognised professional body.
Learning and development tailored to your role and budget for training or qualifications.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
Cycle to work scheme.
Health cash plan to help you manage health costs for a reduced monthly fee.
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme open 24 hours, 7 days a week, that provides support to you during any times of stress or difficulty.
Free access to Headspace for wellbeing.
Season ticket loan for public transport.

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.

For further information on the selection process for this role, please refer to the person specification section of the job advert.

Location

As part of the pre-employment process for this post, successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. The agreed contractual workplace is then the substantive and permanent place of work for the successful candidate(s).

Where the location is National the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defras location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.

The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home. Working time spent at a workplace may include time spent at other organisational locations including field-based operational locations, together with supplier, customer or partner locations. This is a non-contractual agreement which is consistent with common Civil Service expectations.

Travel costs to non-contractual workplaces will be subject to departmental travel and subsistence policies. Travel costs to contractual workplaces are the responsibility of the employee.

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location, and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

Reserve list

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Near miss

Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in Defra which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.

Merit Lists

Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.

Salary

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Reasonable adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

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 Assistance required 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.

Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Visa Sponsorship Statement

Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

Criminal Record Check

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

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 .

Apply and further information

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).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: [email protected]
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: here

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