2683 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- A strong architectural and technical background, having worked in an architect or technical lead role delivering enterprise-scale solutions
- Experience designing and building cloud-native or hybrid solutions
- Strong understanding of networking concepts including LAN, WAN and WLAN
- Experience with identity and directory services, including Entra Active Directory, hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft 365
- Knowledge of cloud adoption principles, such as Microsofts Azure Cloud Adoption Framework
- Experience applying data security principles to protect sensitive data
- Experience creating and maintaining solution designs in an iterative and collaborative manner
- Strong experience of architectural governance and assurance
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience with unified communications and omni-channel contact centre solutions (desirable)
- Experience working in government or other regulated environments (desirable)
- Exposure to large-scale digital transformation programmes (desirable)
- Experience mentoring architects or senior engineers (desirable)
- Familiarity with Agile delivery and modern CI/CD practices (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design of systems and services, justifying and clearly communicating design decisions
- Define and assure solution architectures, ensuring alignment with enterprise and government architecture strategy
- Work collaboratively with engineering teams to deliver new solutions and transition them into live service
- Establish and apply architectural governance, ensuring consistency, quality and security by design
- Assure service and system quality, identifying risks, dependencies and cross-domain impacts
- Explore opportunities for cross-government alignment and reuse
- Provide leadership and mentoring to other architects and technical colleagues
- Engage with senior stakeholders, communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Description
We are the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), part of a mission-driven digital team dedicated to building secure and resilient services used by millions across the UK. Based in Swansea, we offer a permanent role with hybrid working, ensuring a minimum of 60% office-based presence. Our competitive compensation includes a base salary of £57,515, a Digital and Data allowance of up to £24,915, and a generous employer pension contribution of 29%. Join us to shape the future of digital services that support safe and lawful vehicle usage across the UK, while enjoying a flexible working culture and excellent Civil Service benefits.
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The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 85 different Software Architect jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Software Architects.