Cloud Architect

The Department for Business and Trade "DBT" are seeking a Cloud-focused Technical Architect to help shape and advance the department's cloud capability across AWS and Azure. This is an opportunity to influence how modern, resilient and secure cloud services are designed, governed and adopted across DBT. Salary range £67,867 to £81,793 plus excellent Civil Service benefits and 29% employer pension contribution. Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford.

About role

DBT are seeking a Cloud-focused Technical Architect to shape and advance the department's cloud capability across AWS and Azure. This role will focus on designing modern, resilient and secure cloud services, while helping define best practice, architectural standards and long-term platform direction.

You will work closely with platform teams, cyber security colleagues, architects and delivery teams to ensure cloud technologies are adopted effectively across DBT. The focus is not legacy migration; DBT is already cloud-based, so this role is about designing for the future, improving resilience, supporting cross-cloud design and helping cloud services deliver long-term value for the department.

Responsibilities

• Define and champion the technical strategy for services, ensuring alignment with user needs, business goals and DDaT standards.
• Lead technical specialists across multiple projects, solving complex architectural challenges and owning the technical design of services.
• Design and assure secure, open-source and user-centred systems, including integration, interoperability, cloud quality, security and performance.
• Provide technical governance, present designs to boards such as the Technical Design Authority, and collaborate with architects across DBT to ensure alignment.
• Horizon scan for emerging technologies, contribute to the architecture community, mentor peers and support capability development within the profession.

Essential skills

Core Technical Architecture skills:

• Strong technical architecture experience, including designing secure, scalable and user-centred digital services.
• Experience producing high-level designs, translating them into practical delivery plans and taking them through governance or assurance boards.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work across agile, multidisciplinary teams.

In addition to core Technical Architecture skills, you should also have experience of the following:

• Designing secure cloud solutions using AWS and/or Azure.
• Working in cloud or multi-cloud environments, including cloud networking, platform design and integration.
• Building resilient, scalable and performant cloud architectures, with an understanding of cloud standards, patterns and best practice.

Benefits

• Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%
• Learning and development tailored to your role with expensed accreditations and study time aside
• Flexible, hybrid working environment with options like condensed hours
• Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Annual leave starting at 25 days rising with each year of service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Employee benefits programme including cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans
• Bonus and Discount Schemes: In year rewards and vouchers as well as My lifestyle discounts
• Family friendly policies including maternity, adoption or shared parental leave
• Job satisfaction: making a positive contribution to the UK's economy

Additional information

• Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview. London based range: £71,590 to £85,413. National range: £67,867 to £81,793.
• Hybrid working includes 40% in-office working / month (typically 2 days/week), hours are flexible and condensed hours are an option. Office locations are: London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford.
• Please apply with a CV that shows evidence against the listed 'Essential criteria' above.
• DBT does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
• This role requires SC clearance, a condition of which is to have been present in the UK for 3 out of the past 5 years.

Why join DBT

This is an opportunity to work on modern, varied and meaningful technology programmes that support trade, business and economic growth across the UK. DBT offers the chance to work in a cloud-first environment, contribute to emerging AI capability, support major digital services and be involved in large-scale transformation across government.

You will join a collaborative architecture community where your experience will help shape technical direction, improve services and support teams to deliver well-designed, secure and resilient solutions. For someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, influencing strategy and working closely with delivery teams, this is a strong opportunity to make a real impact across a broad and important digital estate.

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