Senior Data Architect - Department Transport - G7

Senior Data Architect - Department for Transport - G7

National Salary: £57,515 London Salary: £62,034 Plus an additional DDaT allowance up to: £22,885
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Full-time (Permanent) National Salary: £57,515 London Salary: £62,034 Plus an additional DDaT allowance up to: £22,885
Published on 27 February 2026

Birmingham, Hastings, Leeds, London

Can you turn complex data challenges into clear, innovative solutions that shape a smarter, more connected future for transport?

Do you thrive on collaborating with diverse teams to design flexible data architectures that drive meaningful digital transformation?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

The Department for Transport (DfT) is a high-profile department at the heart of government. We plan and invest to make journeys better.

At the heart of digital evolution in DfT, you will join a talented, experienced, cross‑disciplinary architecture team imagining and shaping the delivery of next generation digital and data services. You will lead on developing the data architecture for an organisation which has data at its core, and uses this to deliver innovative transport policy agenda. In recent years DfT’s digital and data teams have implemented a range of advanced data services, making use of the latest cloud technologies to deliver the services and platforms that our users need.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work‑life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

You will work as part of our talented Architecture team, and collaborate closely with our Data Engineering team, as an ambassador for the best in flexible data architecture in Digital Services and across DfTc. As part of this, you will:

• Be responsible for all data architecture within DfT providing designs for a number of data solutions and understanding the interdependencies between different data stacks.
• Shape and deliver DfT’s data architecture strategy, roadmap and plans ensuring the underlying data architecture supports the goals of the organisation and government overall.
• Lead and develop DfTc’s data architecture to support a growing data eco-system with multiple analyst users and third‑party builders.
• Influence data decisions throughout policy life cycles through demonstrating technology value, risk and opportunity.
• Develop data solutions aligned to business need, business capability, and the DfTc digital and technology strategy.
• Manage a range of staff and 3rd parties to design repeatable data solutions aligned to your vision for data architecture ensuring an enterprise approach is adopted.
• Supporting key business stakeholders by providing technical assurance/governance at boards such as the Architecture Change Board.

In return, we offer you:

• an inclusive and welcoming working environment so you can feel comfortable to be yourself at work
• a chance to work in a high‑performing team at the leading edge of government digital service design
• industry‑leading pension and employee benefits package

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

You are an experienced data professional; with a background in data architecture, data engineering, or a blend of the two, and you bring deep technical foundations alongside the confidence to influence, guide and collaborate across a complex organisation. You are highly proficient in Google Cloud Platform, or an expert user of AWS or Azure who is keen to apply your skills within a new cloud environment.

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