Technical Architect (One Login) - GDS - G755,403 - 89,880 location dependant and including additional allowancesFull-time (Permanent) 55,403 - 89,880 location dependant and including additional allowancesThe Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:harnessing the power of AI for the public goodstrengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructureelevating leadership and investing in talentWe are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.Were part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, youll be working with some of the worlds most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.You''ll solve some of the nations highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.UK One Login Programme represents a once in a generation opportunity to simplify and widen access to all digital government services. Sitting at the heart of the government, we are building one simple, safe and secure way for users to log in and prove who they are that will work across all government services.Effective identity assurance is central to digital transformation and GOV.UK One Login enables people to prove who they are online, with the necessary level of confidence to access and use particular services. Our technology stack runs on AWS, using serverless compute and storage products. Backend services are written in TypeScript/Node.js and JVM technologies. Web applications also use TypeScript.As a GDS Technical Architect, youll share the responsibility for the digital transformation of government. Youll ensure a projects overall technical design meets user needs and acceptance criteria, whilst conforming to time and budget constraints. Youll thrive using agile methods and enjoy working collaboratively with departments and multidisciplinary teams. As a Technical Architect, you''ll:design technical services or plan system integration, selecting necessary platforms and technologies to meet project requirements and user needshelp develop services by contributing code, testing technologies and producing rapid prototypesbe involved in the wider software engineering community, including cyber security and operations teams, identifying good practices to adopt and sharing your experiences, eg through blog posts, tech talks at conferences etcenable a positive technical culture, applying agile methods to development and completing quality assurance practicesbe involved in helping recruiting technical architects and other technologists, where appropriate, helping sift and interviewhelp colleagues with their career development, coaching and managing more junior staff membersexperience designing and building secure and scalable user focussed systems and an awareness of emerging security issuesunderstanding of agile environments, continual delivery techniques and devops culturesunderstanding of how governance works in agile, multidisciplinary team environments and be interested in forming government best practices, standards and policiesinterest in forming government best practices, standards and policies