Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect – DWP Digital

We are a leading digital partner for the UK's largest government department. We help people into work and make payments worth over £195bn a year to support and empower millions of people.

Pay up to £83,917, plus 28.97% employer pension contributions. Hybrid working, flexible hours, and a great work‑life balance.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

• Data Architecture Design & Standards – Demonstrates expertise in data architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards, including event‑based architecture and pub‑sub/data streaming approaches.
• Technical Governance & Communication – Experienced in presenting data architecture designs to technical governance forums, ensuring alignment with organisational standards and strategic objectives.
• Data Management & Governance – Skilled in data modelling, master data management (MDM), metadata management and data governance to ensure consistency, quality and compliance across enterprise systems.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Design – Strong knowledge of public cloud technologies and hosting patterns, including containerisation and networking best practices across platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Agile & Dev Ops Delivery – Demonstrates experience applying Agile delivery methodologies and best practices, alongside Dev Ops principles including Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.
• Strategic Technology Leadership – Proven ability to shape and support technology initiatives, projects, programmes and portfolios, ensuring architectural integrity and alignment with organisational goals.

You and your role

We're looking for a Senior Data Architect to help design modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformation programmes in Europe. This is an exciting opportunity to work on data‑focused products and services in a complex digital environment, supporting major initiatives across DWP Digital. You'll collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to deliver solutions, provide expert advice and influence technology choices that shape the future of our data strategy.

In this role you will work across multiple projects, applying broad architectural thinking to design data models, metadata systems and data dictionaries. You'll provide oversight and guidance to other data architects, ensuring standards are met and solutions align with organisational principles. You will also work closely with technical architects to make sure systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture.

Location: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon‑Tyne or Sheffield.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model – spend some time working from home and some time collaborating face‑to‑face in a hub.

Pay

We offer competitive pay of up to £83,917.

Pension

You'll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%.

Holidays

A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time. You can also take up to three extra days off a month on flexi‑time. You will also receive all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work‑life balance which includes:

• Flexible working including flexible hours and flex‑friendly policies.
• Time off volunteering and charitable giving.
• Bring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'.
• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more.
• Interest‑free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, making it easier to get to work and start making a difference.
• Sports and social activities.
• Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And we have an award‑winning environment and culture:

• DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards.
• Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards.
• Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025.
• Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Digital Awards.

Process

• Apply: Complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There will be full instructions when you click through.
• Interview: A single stage interview online.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Data Infrastructure and Analytics, Technology, Information and Internet, and Technology, Information and Media

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