Job description
This is a senior architecture role at a time when DVLA is rebuilding services on a cloud‐first platform , using containers, serverless technologies and modern CI/CD tooling .
If you enjoy setting direction, shaping design governance, and influencing delivery across multiple teams, this is a great moment to join.
What you'll be working onYou'll work alongside service designers and agile software teams, defining and assuring solution architectures across multiple programmes, and helping DVLA deliver secure, scalable services at pace.
You'll also work across organisational boundaries (including DfT and wider government) to support alignment and interoperability where it adds value.
What you'll be doingAs a Principal Technical Architect, you will:
Provide technical design leadership and governance across a programme of work
Define and assure solution architectures, ensuring alignment to enterprise/reference architectures and strategic direction
Establish and maintain architectural governance so designs are robust, consistent, and supportable
Support multiple teams by sharing best practice and emerging technologies
Ensure security is designed in, working with security architecture and agreed standards
Inspire and mentor other architects, and provide leadership across the architecture community
Engage senior stakeholders confidently and communicate decisions clearly
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Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- London
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 26-05-2026
- Profession type
- Logistics jobs
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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