Senior Technical Architect (Ref: 9408)

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based Nationally

Job Description

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Lead Technical Architect to create a technical vision for Central Digital, develop our strategy, and be accountable for our technology estate.
• Communicate about our technology across teams and professions, both within our Digital unit and across all parts of the Ministry of Justice; seeing the big picture and bringing it to all stakeholders.
• Advocate for a diverse, inclusive culture across the engineering community, growing awareness, inclusivity, and balance, including being a champion for increasing women and minorities in our workforce.
• Collaborate and find agreement with senior stakeholders, providing both technical and non-technical direction and challenge, as well as pragmatic compromise to deliver value.
• Mentor, coach, line-manage, and recruit more great technical architects and engineering leadership, helping build a sustainable work force plan to deliver our strategy.
• Create structured analysis of technical concepts, providing insight for multi-disciplinary decision-making, whilst seeking opportunities to collaborate and reuse common components.
• Empower teams to make pragmatic and incremental change, through influence and inspiration, setting both a vision for the future and an empathetic path that people and teams will be able to follow.
• Guide and influence choices to align with strategy, and seek out opportunities for digital transformation, helping all understand the value of technical decisions.
• Engage with our portfolio, assurance, risk management, cyber, and information assurance leadership to ensure their priorities are represented alongside those of the business and other digital teams.

Our Tech Stack

This is our tech, both strategic and legacy. You don’t need to have experience with all of these, but we hope you see some familiar things.

Languages & Frameworks

• Ruby, Java, Python, Node.js
• REST and event-driven APIs, microservices

Development & Delivery

• Public GitHub repositories, with open-source style practices internally (inner-source)
• Agile methods, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), test-driven development (TDD)
• CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi)

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS as our primary cloud platform
• Containerisation and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway)
• Centralised management of our cloud estate using AWS Organisations and Azure EntraID

Data & Analytics

• S3 data lakes
• Athena, Glue, Lake Formation, Iceberg
• OpenSearch for analytics and search

Networking & Security

• AWS Transit Gateway and Network Firewall for secure connectivity
• Container- and network-level isolation
• Architectures designed to be secure by design, resilient, and scalable

Identity & Access

• AWS Identity Center, Auth0, Entra ID, GitHub SSO
• Automated identity and access governance

Devices & Tooling

• Mac laptops for day-to-day delivery
• Collaboration via Slack, Teams, and shared repositories

Want to find out more? On Tuesday 9th September , we are hosting an informational, virtual session, so if you would like to learn more about what it is like to work as a Senior Technical Architect in Justice Digital, if you would like to see if your skills are a match for what we are looking for, or if you are just curious about the Civil Service application process, please attend our session. More information below! During this event, you will have a chance to chat with one of our tech leaders, who will all be happy to answer any questions you have. Please register for the free, virtual event here. If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together we will collaborate to develop our strategy, connect people and build trust with clear communication, and provide empathetic technical leadership across diverse teams. Our Senior Technical Architects will work to understand our technology, our business, and our people (colleagues, stakeholders, and users of our services), and to create an ambitious and pragmatic vision for our teams, using their technical expertise to bring our challenges and opportunities into focus alongside the views of other professions in our leadership team. A Senior Technical Architect can see the big picture, understanding our complex technology landscape, and can clearly and effectively communicate that big picture by building trust, developing great relationships, and empathising with others. They provide mentoring and support to other architects and engineering leadership in their service area, and they have a good understanding of a broad range of technologies, with experience in both software engineering and commercial enterprise, as well as providing effective governance, both within our organisation, and across our suppliers. We are a flexible organisation, and we understand that people can't always work 5 days a week or might have responsibilities that sometimes clash with standard office hours. We work as flexibly as we can, including offering part time hours, so if in doubt please do get in touch. If you're the right candidate we will do our best to work around you. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Essential

• Proven experience in a technical or infrastructure architecture role, with a background in either software engineering or enterprise/cloud infrastructure, contributing architectural expertise to guide and support delivery teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly and concisely to a range of audiences, from developers and engineers to senior non-technical colleagues, and to build trust, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Ability to take a holistic view of services and systems, understanding how components interact across multidisciplinary teams, and to communicate this effectively to ensure shared understanding and trust.
• Experience in applying and championing best practices such as agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, test-driven development (TDD), infrastructure-as-code, and automation, contributing to a high-quality engineering culture
• Experience in designing and assuring secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-first architectures, addressing risks in public cloud and hybrid environments, such as: multi-tier web applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, or data persistence technologies; cloud and infrastructure services, including networking, platforms, and container orchestration.
• Experience in upholding and helping engineers to uphold standards of security, quality, and operational resilience, while meeting the needs of stakeholders and live service users.
• Ability to assess current systems and services, and to deliver iterative, outcome-focused improvements aligned with a wider strategic vision.
• Understanding of how to integrate modern and legacy technologies, supporting safe, incremental change and delivering value throughout service lifecycles.
• Proficiency with modern source control tools, specifically Git
• Depending on the role, willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor. Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk.

Senior Technical Architect

Location: National*

Closing Date: 12th September 2025

Interviews: w/c 29th September 2025

Grade: Grade 7 (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £61,201 – £78,225 (which may include an allowance of up to £17,024) National: £56,532 – £73,450 (which may include an allowance of up to £16,918)

Working pattern : Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: [Avature number]

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Senior Technical Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Central Digital and Platforms and Architecture teams. This role aligns against Senior Technical Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

Our Senior Architects are responsible for assuring, designing, and delivering digital services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives. Together