Lead Technical Architect (Power Platform)

Detailed Description From Employer:

On behalf of FCDO we are looking for a Lead Technical Architect (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based remotely with occasional visits to London.

Note: DV clearance would be preferential, but SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (and speed at which we require a postholder in situ), preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance

The Lead Technical Architect is a senior technical leadership role initially reporting directly into the CTO and supporting them in developing and establishing architectural patterns and assurance.

As a Lead Technical Architect, you will assure other services and system quality, making sure the technical work fits into the broader strategy for the FCDO. You will be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, including detailed plans for integration. You will also explore the benefits of cross-government alignment of systems and services.

You will:

. Work across Digital Product Services managing the strategy for Power Platform and a Centre of Excellence. Supporting the governance of the Centre of Excellence and driving assurance for all Digital Product Services products (Radius, OSS, Nexus, CMP, Protocol etc.) in coordination with the Data Architects, Security Architects, colleagues across Architectural Design Forums and existing team members.
. Be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating design decisions.
. Assure other services and system quality, ensuring the technical work fits into the broader strategy for government.
. Explore the benefits of cross-government alignment.
. Provide mentoring within teams.
. Provide leadership to other architects

We are looking for someone with:
. Technical expertise in Power Platform.
. Experience working with scaled agile frameworks and implementations

And demonstrable ability in

. Communicating between the technical and non-technical (technical architect). You can mediate between people and mend relationships, communicating with stakeholders at all levels; communicating clearly in a language which meets the needs of different users, with a good understanding of different channels and formats for different audiences and can adapt to stakeholders' reactions with flexibility
. Governance and assurance. You can evolve and define governance. You can take responsibility for working with and supporting other staff in wider governance. You can assure services across sets of services. You can use tools such as standards, guardrails, and principles to effectively govern delivery. Demonstrable experience of monitoring, alerting, and reporting solutions. Experience of baking security decisions into recommended approaches
. Making and guiding decisions. You can make decisions characterised by medium levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. You can build consensus between services or independent stakeholders. Evidencing strong technical leadership qualities, with a passion for delivering leading edge designs and inspiring a culture of technical excellence and innovative solutions.
. Strategy. You can define and challenge strategies, patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements. You can provide proactive advice and guidance for their definition across the organisation. Defining, owning and contributing to the technical roadmap and strategy
. Turning business problems into technical design. You can design systems characterised by high levels of risk, impact, and business or technical complexity. Navigating the complex landscapes of technologies, 3rd party suppliers, internal and cross-government teams across multiple projects. Ability to design HLD for complex solutions
. Understanding the whole context. You can understand trends and practices within the broader organisation and how these will impact your work. You can look for deeper underlying problems and opportunities. You can anticipate problems before they occur. You can identify the impact of changes to policy. Anticipating and advising on future technology that present opportunities for the product or programme

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

FCDO guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".