Senior Data Architect

Job summary

Do you want work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?

If so, this role may be perfect for you!

We are looking for experienced Senior Data Architects who are confident working on data-focused products/services in a complex digital environment, where they’ll be supporting major initiatives across DWP Digital.

These roles will involve collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choice decisions.

This is an exciting time to join us. You’ll shape the future and support our mission to deliver exceptional Data products and services that work for everyone.

Job description

A Senior Data Architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking. At this role level, you will:

• Design data models and metadata systems.
• Help lead data architects to interpret an organisation’s needs.
• Provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts.
• Design and support the management of data dictionaries.
• Make sure that your teams are working to the standards set for the organisation by the lead data architects.
• Work with technical architects to make sure that an organisation’s systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture.

Person specification

When giving details in your employment history and personal statement you should highlight your experience in line with essential criteria below:

• Data Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards.
• Presenting data architecture design to technical governance forums.
• Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance.
• Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools and standards.
• Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Agile delivery methodologies and best practice.
• DevOps: Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) delivery methodologies, tools and best practice.
• Shaping and supporting technology initiatives, projects, programmes and portfolios.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact [email removed]

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Communicating data (Practitioner)
• Data governance (data architect) (Practitioner)
• Data modelling (Practitioner)
• Data standards (data architect) (Practitioner)
• Metadata management (Practitioner)
• Turning business problems into data design (Practitioner)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,946, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £16,786 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 25 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro–rata for part time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year’s continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women’s Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.

Hybrid Working

This role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work.

If a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for the role and for you, you will normally be required to spend a minimum of 60% of your contracted working hours from your DWP office.

If you have a disability, caring responsibilities, or other circumstances that may affect your ability to meet the minimum office attendance requirement, please discuss this with us using the contact details in this advert.

Salary Information

The role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Government Digital and Data Pay Framework linked to capability which provides access to a Government Digital and Data allowance.

Pay for this role is £57,946 to £68,205, subject to candidate type. In addition to this, the role can attract a Government Digital and Data allowance of up to £11,296. Please see additional info below regarding candidate type. The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills as demonstrated in the selection process. Government Digital and Data Allowance is a discretionary non-consolidated, non-pensionable allowance.

External applicants

Pay for this role is £57,946 plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £11.296, subject to our assessment of capability at interview.

Our offer to successful candidates will be based on our assessment of your capability based on the evidence you provide at interview against the listed Technical Skills for the role. There is no negotiation at offer stage.

Internal and OGD applicants

Pay for the role is from £57,946 to £68,205, you may also be eligible for a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £11,296, subject to our assessment of capability at interview.

Existing Civil Servants who secure a new role on lateral transfer should maintain their current base salary.

Existing Civil Servants who gain promotion should either move to the bottom of the grade pay scale or receive a 10% increase to their base salary; whichever would be the greater.

In addition to your base salary a Government Digital and Data Allowance may be payable based on our assessment of your capability. Our offer to successful candidates will be based on the evidence you provide at interview against the listed Techn