Lead Technical Architect in Birmingham

Job Description

Lead Technical Architect – Data & Analytics (D&A) – DWP Digital. The role involves designing, delivering and evolving the data platforms that unlock insight for services used by millions across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for data products and services within the Data Enablement Layer, collaborating with engineers, product teams and other architects to deliver solutions that meet user needs and DWP standards.
• Drive architectural coherence across the entire D&A landscape – ingestion, storage, processing and consumption – ensuring all layers work together seamlessly.
• Identify technology gaps, enforce consistency in patterns and technologies, and maintain alignment with cross‑government data standards.
• Provide technical guidance, mentor team members and coach peers, fostering capability across the architecture team.
• Represent data architecture at senior stakeholder level, influencing strategic direction and decision‑making.
• Support delivery teams to adopt best practice and emerging technologies, while ensuring solutions are secure, scalable and user‑centric.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience integrating data from diverse sources, including real‑time and batch processing.
• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT tools and how data is extracted, transformed and loaded into platforms.
• Expertise in data warehousing, data lakes, reporting and analytics tools and how they interrelate.
• Ability to design architecture across cloud, on‑premises and hybrid environments, considering security, networking and integration.
• Experience applying architecture principles, standards and reusable design patterns.
• Track record of working with delivery teams across the full lifecycle – from early design through to live services.
• Skill in turning business needs into clear, structured technical designs that stakeholders understand.
• Proficiency in creating architecture models or diagrams to explain and shape solutions.

Benefits

• Up to £99,836 salary: £75,026 base plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £24,810.
• Employer pension contributions at 28.97%, worth up to £16,786 per year.
• Generous holiday package: 26 days (rising to 31 days over time) plus 3 extra days off per month on flexi‑time.
• Hybrid working model – a mix of remote and office time in any of the following hubs: Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.
• Flexible working hours, flex‑friendly policies and the ability to volunteer or give back on time off.
• Professional development opportunities: coaching, mentoring and career progression support.
• Interest‑free loans for bike or season tickets, sports and social activities, discounts on shopping and leisure, and other standard civil‑service benefits.

Location & Working Arrangements

The role is based in one of the digital hubs listed above. A hybrid model balances remote work with face‑to‑face collaboration in the hub.

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