Methods Business and Digital Technology Limited

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK.

Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, digital delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems.

Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio. Methods Technical Delivery and Software Engineering portfolio has achieved significant growth year-on-year. Our mission is to make Methods a go-to' for technical delivery across Government.

We're building our delivery capacity and capability by recruiting more permanent staff as the foundation for delivering sustained, profitable growth.

We work in-line with Government and industry standards, and are platform-agnostic in our approach, working with our Clients' adopted technologies, and recommending the best tools to meet business and user needs.

As a Technical Architect, you'll be involved in projects during all parts of the life cycle from initial reports or proposals (including pre-sales support) through to transition (where we take-on projects from others), design, delivery, and knowledge transfer; defining technical and solution approaches for digital services, and engaging with stakeholders.

From the technical perspective, you will be responsible for the architecture across many domains and engineering outcomes across the full service and project life cycle from design/inception through to BAU and Service Management across a portfolio of work.

and the remainder includes growing and improving our architecture and engineering capability (supporting recruitment, assurance and general management), participating in our communities of practice (thought leadership and mentoring), and contributing to pre-sales (solution approach/estimates for bids, and presentation support).

details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.
Have you travelled outside of the UK for more than 28 days in the last 12 months?

Have you had any extended periods of travel over 3 months in the last 5 years?

Dates, location, reason for travel

You will define, lead and assure the delivery of architectural artefacts on client projects, including technology roadmaps, vision statements, applying policies to high-level solution designs (HLSD), low-level designs (LLD), estimations (capability, capacity and time) and solution options reports (SOR), across multiple views (conceptual, logical, physical, etc) across several domains and aligned to the appropriate sector and industry frameworks eg NCSC, Technology Code of Practice, Well Architected/Cloud Adoption Frameworks, TOGAF, etc.

This means knowledge and experience with modern public cloud platforms and software engineering techniques essential

You will be responsible for owning and producing designs/documentation to help drive key business decisions, and presenting them to clients, resulting in positive outcomes

You can evolve and define the governance landscape within a project, client and internal environment obtaining both technical and business approval at the appropriate stage to support delivery of the outcomes eg TDA, DDA, EAB etc

You can build and sustain strong working relationships with senior technical and delivery individuals within our customer organisations, building trust and advocacy for our services, helping promote us as a go-to' vendor for technical delivery

You can influence how teams' work in-line with the delivery methodology, coach and mentor more junior colleagues and customer staff whilst providing technical leadership and assurance

You can make decisions characterised by high levels of risk and complexity. You can recommend mitigations and changes, as risk and complexity increase

You can assure your current projects (ensuring we operate efficiently, innovate appropriately, and build a reputation for engineering excellence).

You will actively participate in and help lead our Communities of Practice (with emphasis on Cloud and Technical Architecture), including mentoring more junior colleagues

You will actively support recruitment and general management, including interviewing, leading, and mentoring more junior colleagues

Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society

Development - access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and technical training

Wellness - 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme

Flexible Working - including home working and part time

Social - office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes

Time Off - 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year

Volunteering - 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation

Pension - Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution

Discretionary Company Bonus - based on company and individual performance

Life Assurance - of 4 times base salary

Private Medical Insurance - which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Worldwide Travel Insurance - which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Travel - season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme

For a full list of benefits please visit our website.

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