Technical Design Authority Lead

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The Projects and Technical Architecture team form part of the Technology, Delivery, Strategy and Commercial team, which provides ownership and delivery of our technology strategy and is supported by Business Engagement and Commercial teams.

These teams exist within the wider Workspace, Information, Security and Technology Directorate (WIST) which provides strategic leadership on property, technology, information management and security services across the Department of Health and Social Care and its arm’s-length bodies.

The Projects and Technical Architecture team is responsible for the overall architectural control of the WIST digital and technology portfolio, providing hands-on technical leadership in the development, deployment, operation and ongoing improvement of services, working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture, and ensuring consistency of design.

This role will have a wide-ranging technical assurance responsibility across a broad portfolio of digital and technology operations, including M365 and Azure, as well as servicing a busy portfolio of projects and new integrations.

The role reports directly to the Head of Project Assurance & Technical Architecture and will contribute to all aspects of the team's assurance role and be active in advising and influencing a broad range of colleagues, suppliers, customers and other stakeholders.

This is an opportunity to lead an architecture practice for a key Department of State and as such will involve strategic road-mapping and collaboration with a wide variety of internal stakeholders, partner organisations and suppliers. This includes advising on and supporting a modern toolset with a wide range of integrations; benefiting both site-based and remote workers in a standardised, resilient enterprise digital and technology cloud first context.