Principal Technical Architect -Department for Education-G6
Government Digital & Data -
Principal Technical Architect
Department for Education
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 16th June 2024
Details
Reference number
349404
Salary
£65,355
G6 London minimum - £68,744. 特殊候选人也可获得市场补充津贴, which would be non-pensionable.
Job grade
Grade 6
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
DFE - Schools Group - Standards and Testing Agency (STA)
Type of role
Architecture and Data
Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
Cambridge, East of England, CB2 8DR : Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2WT : Manchester, North West England, M1 2WD : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJ : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1P 3BT
About the job
Job summary
公务员队伍致力吸引、留住和投资于任何地方的人才. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy
The Post: The post holder will be responsible for creating STA’s strategy for building, integrating and supporting its technology estate. They will also provide leadership to make sure it is followed, 通过管理STA的小型开发团队和更大的顾问团队.
该单位是评估数字数据和技术(DDaT)司的一部分, 并向评估处副处长(数码数据及科技)汇报。.
The Division: 评估数字数据和技术(DDaT)司负责技术和数据管理，用于生产和交付符合部长们设定的目的的评估.
它还负责将允许更多地使用自动化的转换工作方案, data and technology in the way that STA carries out its functions. 这一激动人心的项目将改变利用技术实现高质量评估和学习的方式. 它有可能减轻教师的工作量，并为他们提供更多的数据来指导他们的实践. 我们热衷于让技术以有意义的方式支持教学, and we are looking for someone who shares this passion.
The Agency: 标准和测试机构(STA)是一个快节奏、富有挑战性和令人兴奋的工作场所.
Our work supports a core strand of the Department of Education’s strategy, delivering national curriculum assessments that support a high performing, world class, education system.
STA提供了一个难得的机会，将从政策开始的工作汇集在一起, right through to delivery and implementation in schools.
Assessment is one of the Department’s highest-profile areas, with far-reaching changes taking place in recent years and with more to come. 部长们将评估视为他们最重要的任务之一，工作节奏往往很快, 既要回应他们的要求，又要支持中小学实施改革.
Job description
- 制定和支持科技评审局的数码评估服务的技术策略-与评估行业的最新技术和趋势保持同步, whilst delivering working software early and often.
- 在STA的多个项目和服务中担任领先的技术专家, on problems that require broad architectural thinking.
- Defining how we build and operate user-centred, open-source web systems in an agile environment, 服务不同的利益相关者和政府的需求-制定STA和DfE的标准.
- Being responsible for the technical design and development of STA’s services, including how they interact with their surroundings, and how they evolve over time.
- Challenging entrenched practices and influencing decision-makers, looking for deeper underlying problems to solve, and larger opportunities for digital transformation.
- Actively engaging across Government, supporting and influencing cross-Government change in digital assessment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicating STA’s technology needs and expectations clearly to suppliers, 在可交付成果(架构设计和软件)的质量保证方面处于领先地位.
- 向技术社区传达数字评估服务的愿景, working in multi-disciplinary teams that bring policy and delivery together.
- 在STA和DfE Digital的治理和保证方面发挥积极作用, Data and Technology (DDaT), 建立控制和措施以确保体系结构符合相关的框架和标准.
- Leading the Technical Architecture community in DfE, setting the standards for tools and techniques, and be an active member of related communities of practice and events, such as product, user research, design, platforms, security, etc.
- Helping to build and maintain a diverse, inclusive culture across the Technical Architecture community, both in and outside DfE, growing awareness, inclusivity and balance.
- Working with DfE’s Head of Profession, colleagues and peers on profession-based activities (and cross-profession), such as defining standards and guidance around best practice.
- Supporting STA's procurement activities, by leading on specification and evaluation of technical aspects of tenders.
该职位持有人还将成为评估DDaT部门管理团队和STA高级领导团队的一员. 这意味着他们将在战略领域与这些团队的同事合作，包括:
- Developing the division and the agency’s overall strategy
- Managing strategic risks and implementing actions to mitigate them;
- Advising colleagues, Ministers and other policy-makers on technology capabilties; and
- 规划如何执行由部长优先事项产生的政策决定.
Person specification
It is required that you can demonstrate the following essential criteria at application and first stage interview:
- 在MS Azure(或类似)上使用云优先架构的经验，以及如何构建利用它们提供的机会的应用程序.
- Experience of software development in either Ruby, .Net (or similar) and open-source principles and technologies.
- Experience of introducing practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, automated deployment pipelines, version control with Git and DevOps.
- 在敏捷环境中领导技术团队并交付以用户为中心的服务.
In addition, the following essential criteria will need to be demonstrated at the second stage interview:
- Practical knowledge at many levels of the web stack, from front-end code, down to infrastructure and networking.
- 有RESTful API设计和松耦合微服务架构的经验.
- 拥有、制定和影响技术战略、标准、模式和政策的经验.
- An ability to build consensus between diverse and often conflicting interests, 与技术和非技术利益相关者合作，在计划和技术选择上达成一致.
- Experience working with technology used to administer assessments at large scale; or the ability and willingness to understand applications used for educational assessment (e.g., those used by awarding organisations or exam boards).
Benefits
目前担任公务员常额职位的申请人应注意这一点, if successful, 他们的任用薪金将由该部的调职/晋升政策决定.
As a member of the DfE, 你将有资格参加竞争激烈的公务员退休金计划, which many experts agree is one of the most generous in the UK, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
You will have 25 days leave, 服务满5年后，每年增加1天至最多30天. In addition, 所有员工都享有国王生日特权假期和8天的银行和公众假期.
We offer flexible working arrangements, such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
Most DfE employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending at least 60% of their time in an office or work setting. 在 特殊情况下可以更改这些工作安排，但必须征得 部门经理的同意，并符合职位要求.
Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DfE, 但出差到非主要办公地点的差旅费将包括在内.
As an organisation, which exists to support education and lifelong learning, we offer our staff excellent professional development opportunities.
