This post is eligible for a Digital Skills Allowance of up to £11,400 per annum.
About us :
The MOD's digital teams ensure we remain among the most technologically advanced Armed Forces in the world. We develop and lead in cutting-edge data science, automation, and cybersecurity solutions to protect the UK and its interests, at home and abroad.
Our mission goes beyond the battlefield, by leading humanitarian efforts and driving innovation, that impacts lives across the globe.
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About the role:
As a Technical Architect working on digital obsolescence management, you’ll work with stakeholders across Defence and wider Government, to drive out obsolescence in MOD’s technology estate.
Obsolescence and legacy IT management applies to all digital technologies in Defence. You’ll gather and analyse obsolescence risk data, contribute to defining how we manage legacy technology and communicate best practice.
Working in Defence Digital’s Chief Technology Office (CTO), our team provides digital obsolescence direction and assurance across MOD, in collaboration with other government departments.
What you'll be doing:
* Contribute to the development of frameworks, strategies, policies and standards relating to digital obsolescence management.
* Gather and report on obsolescence risk data.
* Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to understand obsolescence problems.
* Contribute to defining how MOD’s IT and digital asset data is structured, collated and viewed.
* Ensure proposed solutions comply with security, governance and regulatory standards.
* Provide technical guidance and communicate best practice to teams across the digital function in MOD.
* Engage with obsolescence management professional groups and organisations.
About you:
We would expect to see experience in technical architecture or a similar technical design role and of defining technical strategy or assurance activities, such as writing policy and standards or assessing and governing strategic risk.
You’ll be able to show experience of managing digital obsolescence or related experience gained in areas such as IT service management, asset management or through‑life support.
You'll need:
* the skills to collaborate with stakeholders, providing direction and challenging when required.
* the ability to identify problems and clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical teams.
* ability to create compelling communications for a diverse range of stakeholders, utilising different styles, languages and formats.
If not held already, opportunity will be provided to gain the following when in post:
* TOGAF certification
* Open Agile Architecture™ Practitioner Certification
* ITIL certification
* Membership of the International Institute of Obsolescence Management
What makes us great!:
Alongside your salary of £46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
* Learning and development tailored to your role with a dedicated minimum of 5 days per year.
* 25 days paid annual leave rising (by 1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of five years’ service.
* Ability to roll up to 10 days annual leave per year.
* In addition to eight public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday.
* A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
* Parental and Adoption Leave.
* Discounts on a range of services within and external to the civil service – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, Company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office.
* In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes such as vouchers and gift cards
* A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
* MOD Corsham has on site parking, staff restaurant, coffee shops, sports facilities including fully equipped 24/7 gym for a fraction of the cost of a commercial gym. Classes run daily by fully trained PT instructors. It is a modern building surrounded by countryside, perfect for lunchtimes walks.
* MOD Abbey Wood has very good rail links with a station next to the site. It has on-site parking, staff restaurants and coffee shops, many sports facilities including basketball and badminton, and has a fully equipped gym offering fitness classes. The site is within walking distance of a retail park with restaurants, shops and supermarkets.
* MOD Main Building is situated in a central London location.
Equality and Diversity
Our people are at the heart of everything we do at Defence Digital. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore.
For full details about this vacancy, please click 'Apply' or search Civil Service Jobs, ref. no. 453341.
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