Senior Technical Architect
| Posting date: | 19 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £57,946 to £83,971 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 February 2026 |
| Location: | LS2 7UA |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 444220/3 |
Summary
Do you want work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?
Do you want to help support millions of our claimants by designing user-friendly digital services?
If so, these roles may be perfect for you!
We are looking for experienced Senior Technical Architects who are confident working on products and services in a complex digital environment, where you’ll be supporting major initiatives within DWP Digital.
You’ll join our Data Enablement team, responsible for managing a variety of data products, including those related to welfare benefits, citizen journeys, and reference/meta-data services. These products are created by transforming raw data into curated, user-friendly data that can be easily understood and used by end users. The Data Enablement team also owns a data quality tool and a data analytics platform (SAS), which is currently undergoing a major migration from on-premises infrastructure to the cloud.
The role holder will transform business requirements into architecture designs, obtain approval from governance bodies, and work with agile delivery teams to exercise architecture assurance throughout the project lifecycle.
This is an exciting time to join us. You’ll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional products and services that work for everyone.
A Senior Technical Architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking.
At this role level, you will:
- Be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating design decisions.
- Assure other services and system quality, ensuring the technical work fits into the broader strategy for government.
- Explore the benefits of cross-government alignment.
- Provide mentoring within teams.
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