Technical Architect
| Posting date: | 19 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,198 to £57,400 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Please note that the base salary for the role is £44,198. An additional allowance of up to £13,202 may be awarded, dependent upon experience. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 405515/1 |
Summary
Do you have experience designing and reviewing complex technical delivery projects?
Do you have the ability to cope in a technically complex and transformational environment?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
This is an exciting time for the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), and a great opportunity to be getting involved in.
This job role is within Digital Services and Technology in VCA. The Lead Technical Architect provides technical leadership and architectural design and expertise on all aspects of applications and infrastructure design ensuring technology solutions support the business need. Alongside this, the Technical Architect works with multiple projects on problems that require broad architectural thinking. This role reports into the Chief Digital & Information Officer.
About Us
Our work is focused on improving vehicle safety and environmental protection by providing robust testing and certification to national and internationally recognised standards. We are a part of the Department of Transport as the designated UK Vehicle Type Approval Authority. With more than 40 years’ experience, we have become one of the largest and well-respected approval bodies around. This position has been built on a reputation for technical expertise and quality, which is at the heart of everything we do, and what you could be a part of.
Do not just take our word for it, here is Paul Taylor, Chief Digital Information Officer to tell you more. Please also refer to our Candidate Pack and VCA website for more information.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lFp2y8HH1bQ?si=n5_x1c0k9UVGB5ZQ
Responsibilities
Your main duties will include but will not be limited to:
- Accountable, and provide assurance, to the CDIO on the technical and security products and solution designs produced by VCA and 3rd-party suppliers
- Produce technical and solutions architecture that are complaint with the digital strategy, roadmap, principles, systems and service levels. Consider wider government strategy and principles within the VCA architecture and solutions
- Define & prioritise non-functional requirements and ensure that solutions are assessed against them
- Understand business requirements and support business analysts in assessing how different solutions meet or do not meet requirements
- Provide options analysis and recommendations to support the selection of new technology and solutions
- Identify technical and security risks and issues and ensure these are formally documented. Identify and implement appropriate mitigations to reduce risk
- Liaise and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure the successful translation of technical designs into business solutions
- Be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, and you will justify and communicate design decisions
- provide mentoring and develop the architect profession within the Digital Services team at VCA
- Develop, document and establish architectural principles, policies, standards and reference architectures
- Design and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap.
To see the full role information, please see the attached role profile.
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