Senior Technical Architect - Companies House - SEO

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Companies House architecture team as a Senior Technical Architect, an important role in a small, high performing team within an organisation that truly values its staff.

The team is responsible for developing technical architectures that deliver business objectives, while supporting and encouraging one another to create the most effective designs with a focus on delivering value. Team working is highly valued along with a willingness to challenge established thinking and ways of working.

This is an opportunity to advance your knowledge and technical understanding in a high-profile role which has an impact across the organisation, developing systems that are used nationally and at high volume. We're currently fulfilling around 14 million search requests per day with users including the general public, businesses, the police and other government organisations. In this role you will work with the wider Digital and Technology Directorate, working closely with business stakeholders and other technical architects to develop technical designs that address business priorities and guide the development teams in creating robust, secure solutions. This is an opportunity to work with the latest cloud technologies, develop microservice architectures and shape the technical direction of the organisation. You will have excellent technical skills, a background in software engineering, and a willingness to pick up architectural design skills. 

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work.  We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.   

Find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Architect whose  responsibilities  will include:

• Assisting lead technical architects with technical guidance and architectural designs to help shape the future digital services at Companies House.
• Helping establish and maintain architectural principles, strategy, governance and technical direction for Companies House services. 
• Working closely with the architecture team to ensure designs are consistent and fit for purpose.
• Working closely with development teams, ensuring their output adheres to the architectural designs.

This is an exciting opportunity in digital services, designing and delivering quality services to our users. By helping us to shape our services, you’ll have the opportunity to be at the forefront of digital transformation in government.

Person specification

We are looking for someone to be part of our team in a time of great change and to play an integral part in shaping the architecture and design of future digital services that are used worldwide, help tackle economic crime at a national level and provide confidence to the UK economy. We want someone keen to improve their skills using new and exciting technologies and develop their career working on diverse projects with a focus on continuous improvement, while being part of a supportive high-profile team. We are seeking a talented individual who not only excels in architectural design but also possesses exceptional communication skills to effectively engage with colleagues and stakeholders across the business.

Experience

We are looking for the following experience, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the bullet points in bold below when writing your personal statement.

• Proven experience working with scalable, distributed services within a production environment.
• Technical leadership experience.
• Experience of building microservice architecture patterns.
• Experience of public cloud service offerings, especially IaaS / PaaS.
• Demonstrate experience of translating user requirements to solution designs.
• Demonstrate ability to think strategically whilst having a strong focus on technologies and operational service delivery.

Technical experience

We are looking for the following technical experience, which will be assessed at sift and at interview. Please refer to the bullet points in bold below when writing your personal statement.

Our current technology stack primarily comprises: node.js, Java/Spring, Kafka and MongoDB running in AWS and some exposure to these technologies would be beneficial.

Proven commercial experience of a selection of the following technologies/skills:

• Microservices Architectures
• API Development
• Cloud Computing Platforms
• Distributed Event Streaming
• NoSQL Databases
• Relational Databases

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Microservice architectures