Senior Infrastructure Architect (Platform) (£54,857 - £80,400)

apartmentGovernment Recruitment Service placeBirmingham calendar_month 
As a Senior Technical Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architectural vision and strategy both for future projects and day to day operations. You will lead the design, development, and implementation of high-quality technical solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements.

Your expertise will guide the technical direction of projects, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.

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This role will be within the platform team and the key area of responsibility will be the Azure Infrastructure that supports our Microsoft power platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 environments. This role will there for require experience within these technologies and within a technical Dev Ops role.

Currently this workload is outsourced, and we will be looking for the new role holder to work as part of the platform team alongside another Senior technical Architect define the team with the aim to look at opportunities to insource

  • Develop, secure and improve the current Dynamics and Power Platform Infrastructure.
  • Conduct Infrastructure reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and standards.
  • Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance existing systems.
  • Develop and maintain architectural documentation.
  • Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of complex technical issues.

For further information please see the attached Role Profile.

Additional Information

This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham, Leeds or Birmingham, your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work.

Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.

Government Digital and Data Profession Pay Framework

This role is part of the Government Digital and Data profession and utilises an enhanced Capability–Based Pay Framework which provides access to a Digital and Data allowance.

The base pay is £54,857. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £25,543.

The value of allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated through the selection process.

Here are more details on the pay framework.

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