Infrastructure Design Coherence Lead

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counterterrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

Homeland Security Group’s (HSG) mission is to reduce homeland security risks to the UK’s people, prosperity, and freedoms. This includes risks from terrorism, state threats, economic crime, and cyber-crime. We provide systems leadership across government and deliver strategic initiatives, working closely with operational partners, the Intelligence Agencies, and other external organisations to protect the UK.

Within the Homeland Security Group, you will join the Digital Communications Capabilities Unit (DCCU) whose mission is to develop, deliver and operate those national services that enable law enforcement and the intelligence community to investigate and prevent crime as well as counter terrorism through means set out in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

DCCU coheres the delivery of operational services to drive access to, and value from, digital communications-related data to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The services and capabilities are delivered by a Partnership of organisations including the Home Office, the National Crime Agency (NCA), UKIC, and other law enforcement agencies.

Partners have design responsibility for elements of the large end-to-end system, and each have their own functions to set design direction within each delivery area. The Communications Capabilities Design Assurance and Advisory Team (DAAT) ensures that design activities meet strategic objectives agreed by a Director- level Strategy Board, and managed by a Deputy Director-level Design & Delivery board.

As lead for technical communications networking and infrastructure components of the Design Assurance and Advisory Team (DAAT) you will:

Build relationships with Design Authority areas from across the Partnership and wider Digital Data and Technology community.

Be a trusted independent advisor to Governance Boards, providing the technical infrastructure and communications networking design information to take decisions (demonstrating strategic fit of proposals , and the implications on the end-to-end enterprise).

Provide infrastructure and communications networking Subject Matter Expertise. This includes shaping technical and business visions, and contribution to future structural designs. SME knowledge covers an understanding of technical capabilities in the delivery of IPA data and services.

Identify the requirement for, and run SME groups to bring together experts from the Partnership and wider community to solve technical coherence issues and/or support governance boards.

When required, manage a small team to undertake the technical design coherence activities.

Working Pattern

This role is suitable for full-time working hours only. It involves in-person engagement with colleagues with varied working patterns.

Applications from job share candidates are welcome, but any job offer is conditional upon a viable job-sharing arrangement being available.