Senior Technical Architect

Job Description

Here at HM Land Registry we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Architect – Modelling Specialist to join our team based at any of our 14 office locations.Joining on a Flexible working, Full-time or Part-time basis you will receive a competitive salary of £46,589 per annum (£50,585 Croydon). An IT allowance (non-pensionable) of £4,609 is also payableOur office locations are: Birkenhead, North West, CH41 6DU : Croydon, London, CR0 2AQ : Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 3BH : Durham, North East, DH1 5TR : Weymouth, South West, DT4 9TT : Gloucester, South West, GL1 1DQ : Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber, HU2 8JN : Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 5DR : Nottingham, East Midlands, NG1 7AU : Peterborough, Eastern, PE1 1QF : Plymouth, South West, PL6 5WS : Preston, North West, PR4 1TE : Swansea, Wales, SA7 9FQ : Telford, West Midlands, TF3 4LRDo you want to own and drive forward the approach to modelling and manage the technical models and content for the architecture practice to provide decision support to the practice and wider organisationIf so, we are looking to recruit a Senior Technical Architect - Modelling Specialist to join our award-winning Digital, Data and Technology Directorate,which is the in-house IT division at the heart of the move to a digital, data-driven organisation with the ambition to provide our customers with cutting-edge digital services.It is a very exciting time to join us as we continue on a major digital transformation programme. Our existing software systems form part of the critical national infrastructure, safeguarding land and property ownership valued at £7 trillion, enabling over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.Responsibilities of our Senior Technical Architect – Modelling Specialist include:As a Modelling Specialist you will manage the strategy and roadmap for architecture tooling and have an awareness of architecture and the architecture modelling tool market including direction, new features and upgrades. Acting as an advocate for architecture modelling across the organisation and an expert in our chosen architecture tool, you will take an active lead on training and development of architecture modelling and visualisation and provide support for users.Within your role, you will establish modelling standards, style guides and best practices based on government or industry standards and be responsible for the architecture repository content, working with the architecture community and other heads of practice to create, maintain and keep content up to date and aligned to standards.HM Land Registry are currently in the process of implementing an enterprise architecture modelling tool which the modelling specialist will be responsible for embedding in the organisation.What we’re looking for in our Senior Technical Architect – Modelling Specialist:- Demonstrable knowledge of architecture tooling and of architectural modelling languages and techniques and creation of meta-models.- Experience of using a modelling tool to model an organisation with disparate data sources and a complex technical landscape that has not been previously loaded into an architecture tool and of building, maintaining and managing relationships with modelling tool vendors.- Ability to understand use cases for modelling data and creating rich visualisations from data and an understanding of architectural domains.- Able to collaborate with stakeholders to interpret requirements and deliver value from the modelling content.- Experience in modelling all architecture domains and in architecture governance and assurance processes.Benefits of becoming our Senior Technical Architect – Modelling Specialist: We offer very competitive terms, conditions and benefits. We provide excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development. You will have access to Civil Service pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances, as well as flexible/remote working – exactly what you would expect from a progressive employer.It is a great place to work, where difference is celebrated and we’re committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Diversity fuels our innovation. Our shared values help us work together, to benefit the communities we serve. Our employee diversity networks support our culture of inclusion and contribute to our diversity action plan.To continue your application for our Senior Technical Architect – Modelling Specialist role, please click ‘Apply’ now.Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Monday 11th January 2021