Job summary
Are you an Enterprise Architect ready for a change?
Dstl Digital
is growing!
Your new role will see you take responsibility for the design governance across the Dstl Digital Estate. You will work at a strategic level to influence and contribute to the overarching Digital direction. As a leading architect, you will provide technical design solutions to problems appreciating the needs of customers, the business, and risk.
Why join Digital? It’s simple – the people, Dstl
benefits
and the variety of work!
You will join a team essential to the day-to-day running of Dstl who enables the delivery of our science and technology. You will go to work every day proud to contribute to the success of Dstl which ultimately saves lives.
Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.
In this role you will:
Maintain and develop design principles, policy and standards, authoring sub-strategy and related documentation.
Listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and interpret them to make decisions based on risk and complexity.
Turn business problems into technical design.
Design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact and business or technical complexity. Work across multiple services or a single large or complicated service.
Leadership
As a leader in Defence, you will help shape, role model and bring to life the ‘One Defence’ mindset that will enable us to deliver our vision and strategic objectives. Your leadership style must be inspiring, confident and empowering. Working at every level of our organisation to break down silos, unite teams and create a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive.
About you:
You will be an established architect working within ITIL and having TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) or ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board).
You will be an effective communicator, problem solver and leader.
You will have worked within a governance/assurance role.
You will have experience in writing architectural strategy, policy, processes as well as writing and reviewing technical design documentation.
A full list of the experience required and accountabilities is available on the job profile attached to CS Jobs.
Important Information
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role.
This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles, Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.
Qualifications
TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board) And one of the following – ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Certification IT4IT Certification COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) Certification
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Leadership
Seeing the Big Picture
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:
Financial : An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution. In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
Flexible working : Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours.
Working hours : Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
Where you work : Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team.
Annual leave : 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
Family : Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid.
Learning and Development : Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree).
Facilities : Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.
Things you need to know
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so if at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team.
Interviews will consist of a technical and behavioural interview to include a 10 minute presentation, details of which will be given in the invite to interview.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only. This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.
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Are you an Enterprise Architect ready for a change?
Dstl Digital
is growing!
Your new role will see you take responsibility for the design governance across the Dstl Digital Estate. You will work at a strategic level to influence and contribute to the overarching Digital direction. As a leading architect, you will provide technical design solutions to problems appreciating the needs of customers, the business, and risk.
Why join Digital? It’s simple – the people, Dstl
benefits
and the variety of work!
You will join a team essential to the day-to-day running of Dstl who enables the delivery of our science and technology. You will go to work every day proud to contribute to the success of Dstl which ultimately saves lives.
Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.
In this role you will:
Maintain and develop design principles, policy and standards, authoring sub-strategy and related documentation.
Listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders and interpret them to make decisions based on risk and complexity.
Turn business problems into technical design.
Design systems characterised by medium levels of risk, impact and business or technical complexity. Work across multiple services or a single large or complicated service.
Leadership
As a leader in Defence, you will help shape, role model and bring to life the ‘One Defence’ mindset that will enable us to deliver our vision and strategic objectives. Your leadership style must be inspiring, confident and empowering. Working at every level of our organisation to break down silos, unite teams and create a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive.
About you:
You will be an established architect working within ITIL and having TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) or ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board).
You will be an effective communicator, problem solver and leader.
You will have worked within a governance/assurance role.
You will have experience in writing architectural strategy, policy, processes as well as writing and reviewing technical design documentation.
A full list of the experience required and accountabilities is available on the job profile attached to CS Jobs.
Important Information
Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role.
This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles, Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.
Qualifications
TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board) And one of the following – ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Certification IT4IT Certification COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) Certification
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Leadership
Seeing the Big Picture
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:
Financial : An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution. In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.
Flexible working : Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours.
Working hours : Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.
Where you work : Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team.
Annual leave : 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.
Family : Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid.
Learning and Development : Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree).
Facilities : Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.
Things you need to know
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
We want you to have your best chance of success in our recruitment process, so if at any stage of the application process you would like help or assistance please contact the Dstl Recruitment Team.
Interviews will consist of a technical and behavioural interview to include a 10 minute presentation, details of which will be given in the invite to interview.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only. This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.
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