Senior Data Domain Architect

Scale: G7

We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

DWP has been undertaking an ambitious technology transition over the past few years, and there is still a long way to go.

Join us as a Senior Data Domain Architect, to deliver and promote architecture patterns and solutions for our data domain. You provide Solution Architects within delivery project teams expert advice and leadership on data design elements of solutions.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support some of the most vulnerable people in our society.

You'll help change the face of public services used by nearly every person in the UK, at key moments in their lives. The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

Delivery. Work. Projects.

You'll be our Senior Data Domain Architect, working on DWP's core data architecture and digital strategy. You will have the ability and agency to advise, steer, and influence decisions at the centre of DWP's digital transformation.

You will govern solution designs, approving architecture decisions and technology choices.

You will share your data domain knowledge and experience to drive IT strategy, including defining the tools and techniques most appropriate for the environment.

You will deliver and promote architecture patterns and solutions for the data domain, including:

Solution designs, approving architecture decisions and technology choices.
Supporting the delivery of a data technology roadmap.
Understanding industry trends and research in the data domain.
Supporting the data design elements of solutions.
Assist in defining the strategic IT data architecture.
You will have no line management responsibilities. You will work closely with our Lead Data Domain Architect.

You will need the skills to:

Govern architecture design of business-critical IT projects/services in a large, complex UK central government or private sector organisation.
Develop data strategies, blueprints, reference architectures, and design patterns.
Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
Understand database design, technologies, design patterns, tools, and best practices (including RDBMS, NoSQL, and Open Source).
Work with public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, and best practices.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield. whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Work: We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model, with some time at home and some time in a hub with the team.

Pay: We offer competitive pay from £55,557 to £70,000

Pension: You'll be eligible for a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%, worth up to £19,000 a year.

Holidays: You'll get a generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31, plus all the usual bank holidays, and the option to take extra days off on flexi leave.

Our broad benefits package is built around your work-life balance and includes:

Flexible working, flexi hours and flexi days
Hybrid working: some time in a hub with the team, some time at home
Family-friendly policies
Time off volunteering and charitable giving
Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
Working in an award-winning environment and culture
Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

Process.

Stage 1: Application

Stage 2: Interview

We know how valuable your time is. We have a clear and succinct hiring process with only TWO STAGES.

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