On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect for a 6 months Inside IR35 contract based Hybrid Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, , Blackpool , Sheffield
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.
Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:
- Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation
- Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now
- Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society
- Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.
As a Senior Solutions Architect, your main responsibilities will be:
- Lead the architecture, design and implementation of large-scale Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions.
- Define end-to-end solution architectures that align with business needs and technical standards.
- Produce and maintain clear architecture artefacts and solution views for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Design integration solutions leveraging microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures and file-based data exchanges.
- Support delivery and engineering teams throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Develop technology roadmaps that support long-term business and digital transformation goals.
- Present and defend architectural decisions at governance and design authority forums.
- Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve value for money.
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders across business and technology functions to achieve successful outcomes.
- Ensure solutions are aligned with public cloud best practices and modern architecture patterns.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience working as a Solutions Architect on complex enterprise programmes.
- Strong track record of SaaS product selection, implementation and integration.
- Experience designing solutions using microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture and enterprise integration patterns.
- Ability to create comprehensive architecture documentation and solution views.
- Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Knowledge of public cloud technologies and architecture best practices.
Highly Desirable
- Previous experience working within a UK Government department or public sector organisation.
- Experience operating within organisations of 100,000+ employees.
- Background delivering solutions across functions such as HR, Finance, Commercial or Estates.
- Familiarity with government governance, as