UK Home Office
Technical Architect
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Role Overview
A Technical Architect is responsible for shaping, documenting, and assuring technical architectures that support the delivery of digital products, platforms, and services. They analyse business and technical requirements, contribute to solution designs, and help ensure services are secure, scalable, supportable, and aligned with The Home Office objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Analysis and Design: Undertake structured analysis of business and technical challenges, translating requirements into clear solution designs and architecture artefacts.
- Risk Management: Identify risks, constraints, and opportunities for reuse.
- Communication: Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaboration: Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to support the delivery of secure and resilient services.
Daily Activities
- Service Analysis: Analyse existing services, platforms, and technical solutions to identify improvement opportunities, manage technical risks, and support the delivery of secure and sustainable outcomes.
- Architecture Contribution: Contribute to solution architecture by producing architecture artefacts, evaluating technical options, and documenting design decisions, risks, and dependencies.
- Integration Support: Support integration of new systems, platforms, and cloud services into existing environments, producing architecture diagrams, technical assessments, and design documentation to support delivery.
- Ownership: Take ownership of architecture activities for designated products, services, or technical workstreams, supporting their design, delivery, and continual improvement.
- Collaboration: Collaborate across teams and suppliers to identify reusable components, reduce technical debt, and drive consistent architectural practices.
- Review and Improvement: Review delivered solutions to assess whether architectural objectives have been achieved and identify opportunities for improvement and reuse.
- Governance Compliance: Adhere to governance requirements and assurance frameworks, ensuring solutions meet relevant policies, standards, and compliance requirements.
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Essential Skills
- Contributing to the design and assurance of secure, resilient, and supportable digital services.
- Producing architecture artefacts and technical designs that support the delivery of secure, resilient, and supportable services.
- Producing and maintaining architecture artefacts, including architecture diagrams, technical assessments, and design documentation.
- Driving innovation and continuous improvement in solution design.
- Working effectively across multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to develop practical technology solutions.
- Working within agile delivery environments and understanding how architecture supports delivery, operations, and continual improvement.
- Contributing to technical roadmaps, architecture standards, and reusable design patterns.
- Understanding security, resilience, data, accessibility, and operational requirements when designing technical solutions.
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Application Information
Your CV and Personal Statement will both be assessed. Your Personal Statement should clearly evidence your experience against the essential skills, using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Make full use of the word count to create a comprehensive and compelling application.
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Please note: 3+ years UK residency is typically required to be eligible for SC Clearance and unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship.
Benefits: Benefits - Home Office Careers
Recruitment Events
We are hosting online recruitment events on 08/09/2026 and 10/09/2026 from 13:00 to 13:45, where you can find out more about our roles, working for Home Office Digital, and how to apply.
Register your interest here:
- Home Office Digital: How to write a strong application - Tickets, Tuesday, September 8 • 1 PM - 1:45 PM GMT+1
- Understanding Home Office Digital interviews - Tickets, Thursday, September 10 • 1 PM - 1:45 PM GMT+1
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