Senior Technical Architect

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need experience in architecture design across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, including networking, security, presentation, middleware, database, and integration aspects.
• We need experience of architecture design informed by principles, patterns, technical radars, practices, and standards.
• We need experience working with project delivery teams in agile, waterfall, and hybrid environments throughout the lifecycle from concept to go-live.
• We need the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions with traceability that can be demonstrated to stakeholders.
• We need experience using architecture modelling techniques and tools to devise and represent solutions.
• We need experience in microservice and API-led architecture, including integration design tools, techniques, and best practice.
• We need experience in event-based architecture design, including pub-sub and data streaming patterns, modelling techniques, tools, and standards.

Responsibilities:

• We lead the design of complex systems and services.
• We provide expert guidance and shape technical solutions.
• We ensure alignment with wider government strategy.
• We work collaboratively across teams and stakeholders.
• We develop architecture options.
• We govern technical quality.
• We mentor others.
• We help deliver user-focused, accessible digital services.

Technologies:

• API
• Architect
• Cloud
• Security

More:

We are DWP Digital, working with purpose to build and maintain digital solutions used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives. We are growing our Architecture practice to design contemporary, secure, and scalable solutions using the latest engineering approaches. This Senior Technical Architect role supports major digital transformation programmes and modern IT architecture for millions of users. You will join us in one of our hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, or Sheffield, with hybrid working, flexible hours, competitive pay up to £83,917, and employer pension contributions worth 28.97%. Our benefits include generous holiday entitlement, flexi-time, volunteering time, charitable giving, wellbeing-focused flexible policies, discounts, loans for travel or bikes, sports and social activities, and professional development, coaching, mentoring, and career progression. We are proud of our award-winning culture and inclusive environment.

last updated 31 week of 2026