Overview

Technical Architect role at Gespreksleider Jacobs on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).

Join a team at the heart of the global economy. The DBT is looking for experienced Technical Architects to shape the future of digital services that serve citizens, businesses and government. You will oversee services and their design from inception to completion at portfolio level, with a primary tech stack of Python/Django, Node.js/React and cloud platforms including AWS and Azure. Salary range £67,867 to £85,413 plus Civil Service benefits and 29% employer pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford.

Role Summary

You will join a growing, collaborative team helping to shape the technical direction of digital services from discovery through to live operations. You will lead the overall technical design, ensuring services are user-centred, secure, scalable and aligned with organisational goals. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, apply agile methods and contribute to portfolio-level strategy and governance. Technology stack includes Python/Django, Node.js/React within cloud services such as AWS and Azure.

They aim to optimise architecture for change, enabling continuous improvement and innovation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing technical direction and fostering inclusive, high-performing teams. You will be motivated by the opportunity to improve public services and challenge the status quo where needed.

Main Responsibilities

• Define and champion the technical strategy for services, ensuring alignment with user needs and business goals
• Lead technical specialists across multiple projects, solving architectural challenges
• Design and assure open-source, user-centred systems in agile environments
• Own the technical design and evolution of services, including integration and interoperability
• Provide technical governance and present designs to boards such as the Technical Design Authority
• Build cloud solution designs and ensure they meet quality, security, and performance standards
• Collaborate with architects across DBT to ensure alignment and coherence
• Horizon scan for emerging technologies and assess their relevance to DBT

Essential Skills

• Track record designing and delivering secure cloud solutions using AWS and/or Azure with API-driven architecture
• Skilled in producing high- and low-level designs, presenting to governance boards and ensuring alignment with standards
• Experience developing web services using Python/Django and/or Node.js/React with knowledge of cloud technologies, open-source technologies and secure system design
• Proven leadership in guiding technical teams, delivering user-focused services in agile environments and communicating complex concepts to varied stakeholders

Desirable Skills

• Interest in shaping government best practices, standards and policies
• Willingness to learn new technologies and select appropriate tools, viewing technology as an enabler
• Background in software/web development progressing into Technical Architecture

Benefits

• Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%
• Learning and development tailored to your role with expensed accreditations and study time aside
• Flexible, hybrid working environment with options like condensed hours
• Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Annual leave starting at 25 days, rising with service
• Three paid volunteering days per year
• Employee benefits programme including cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans
• Bonus and discount schemes, My lifestyle discounts
• Family friendly policies including maternity, adoption or shared parental leave
• Job satisfaction: contributing to the UK's economy

Salary

Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview. London-based range: £71,590 to £85,413. National range: £67,867 to £81,793.

Additional Information

• Hybrid working includes 40% in-office per month (typically 2 days/week). Office locations: London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford.
• Please apply with a CV that shows evidence against the listed essential criteria above.
• HMLR does not sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
• This role requires Security Clearance; candidates must have been present in the UK for 3 of the past 5 years.

If you are a Technical Architect with a development background who enjoys influencing technical direction and improving public services, apply now or contact Keesha Paulsen at Inspire People for more information.