Chief Architect
3 days ago
Bristol
Become part of a mission-driven digital team helping to build secure, resilient services used by millions across the UK. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working with Inspire People to recruit a Chief Architect with strong enterprise architecture leadership, target architecture design, governance and large-scale digital transformation expertise. Hybrid working with minimum 60% office-based in your designated office in either Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Oldham, Newcastle, Swansea or Yeading. Salary up to £98,061 (base pay of £69,501plus an additional Digital and Data Profession allowance up to £28,560) plus plus £20,134 employer pension contribution per annum plus excellent Civil Service benefits. This role requires a minimum continuous UK residency of 10/10 years for DV vetting. Shape the Future of Digital Services at DVSA:As a Chief Architect you will: • Provide technical leadership in the development, operation and continuous improvement of complex, transformational digital services serving millions of users, • Direct the development of long-term enterprise-wide business design, information architecture and processes, • Own and promote enterprise architecture strategy, governance, principles, standards and tools, • Lead target architecture design aligned to organisational strategy, • Chair and support enterprise architecture governance ensuring compliance and quality, • Oversee architectural design across complex systems, ensuring documentation is timely and accurate, • Provide specialist architectural advice influencing senior stakeholders across the organisation, • Evaluate supplier proposals and make recommendations to senior leadership, • Oversee budgets and delivery from external partners ensuring scalable, secure and reusable solutions, • Lead the evolution of enterprise architecture across the organisation and wider government landscape, • Build capability, develop teams and promote best practice across the architecture community, • Strong track record of hands-on enterprise architecture leadership in complex, multi-service environments, • Significant experience defining and delivering strategic target architecture and business design, • Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills at senior level, • Experience working in matrix organisations aligning technology with business strategy, • Proven experience delivering large-scale technology transformation, • Deep knowledge of modern architectures including cloud, infrastructure, data and software delivery lifecycle, • Experience establishing and governing architecture frameworks, standards and controls, • Strong understanding of commercial, procurement and supplier delivery environments, • Experience developing high-performing technical teams and capability, • Degree in a Digital, Technology or related discipline (or equivalent experience), • TOGAF, Zachman or equivalent enterprise architecture certification, • Azure or AWS cloud architecture certification, • Salary up to £98,061 (base pay of £69,501, • plus an additional Digital and Data Profession allowance up to £28,560), • £20,134 employer pension contribution per annum, • Excellent Civil Service benefits, • Hybrid working with flexible arrangements, • Access to learning, development and career progression opportunities