Senior Technical Architect

Graphicsunlimited; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - GBP 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A government digital services provider is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to join the Data Enablement team in Sheffield. This role offers a competitive pay of up to £83,917, including a generous pension contribution and flexible hybrid working arrangements. You'll lead technical architecture for impactful projects, ensuring alignment with government digital strategy while collaborating with diverse stakeholders. This position invites candidates eager to drive change and enhance public services through innovative data solutions.

Benefits

28.97% employer pension contributions

Flexible working hours

Generous leave package starting at 26 days

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Expertise in building enterprise data solutions.
• Strong knowledge in best practices for BI tools.
• Experience in data modelling and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design of systems and services.
• Influence major initiatives for exceptional product delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to unlock data power.

Skills

Data Warehousing (Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure Synapse, SAS Viya)

Analytics & Reporting

Data Architecture Design

Architecture design across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments

Translating business requirements into technical solutions

Architecture modelling techniques and tools

Job description

Pay of up to £83,917. Benefits include 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

We're looking for a Senior Technical Architect to join the Data Enablement team, providing architecture support to a variety of high-impact projects.

You'll be the expert voice, leading the technical design of systems and services to ensure alignment with the broader government digital strategy.

You'll influence major initiatives that will deliver exceptional products and services that work for everyone. Examples of the sorts projects you will work on include child benefit API's, housing benefit data products, data quality tools and more.

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We're using fresh ideas and leading-edge tech to build and maintain digital solutions that will be used by nearly every person in the UK, every day and at key moments in their lives.

DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

The scale of what we do is extraordinary, and our purpose is unique. We'd love you to join us.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Expertise in Data Warehousing (e.g., Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, Azure Synapse, SAS Viya) and building enterprise data solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Analytics & Reporting, Data Lakes, BI tools, and best practices.
• Experience in Data Architecture Design, including data modelling, MDM, metadata management, and governance.
• Architecture design across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Translating business requirements into technical solutions with clear traceability.
• Presenting architecture designs to governance forums and securing approvals.
• Using architecture modelling techniques and tools to represent designs.

You and your role

As our Senior Technical Architect you will work across multiple projects within Data Enablement, collaborating with a range of stakeholders like product owners, data scientists, engineers and other architects to deliver solutions that unlock the power of data. From enterprise data warehousing and analytics platforms to integration technologies and cloud-based services, you'll influence technology choices and set the direction for complex, high-profile initiatives. Your expertise will ensure that every solution aligns with DWP's broader strategy and meets the highest standards of quality and resilience. Beyond designing solutions, you'll play a key role in governance and assurance - you can present complex information like architecture designs so that DWP makes the right decisions, resolving challenges, and securing approvals that enable delivery. You'll mentor colleagues, share best practices, and champion architectural principles that drive innovation and consistency across the organisation. This is a role for someone who wants to make a difference, lead change, and leave a legacy in the way public services are delivered and experienced by our customers.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Blackpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you'll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer pay up to £83,917. That's £57,946 salary plus a Government Digital and Data Allowance of up to £25,971 subject to our assessment of your capability at interview.

Pension: You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth £16,786 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You'll also get all the usual public holidays.

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

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more
• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference
• Sports and social activities
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And We Have An Award-winning Environment And Culture

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards

Process

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There'll be full instructions when you click through.

Interview: a two stage interview online.

Click APPLY for more information and to start your application.