Lead Technical Architect, Home Office Biometrics

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 377546**Salary**:

- £64,300 - £70,730- You may be eligible for an additional non-pensionable allowance, pending a Capability and Skills assessment, with a value of up to £16,100 (Location dependent). Please note, this allowance is not permanent and will be reviewed annually.- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Digital Data and Technology**Type of role**:

- Digital
Information Technology**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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- CroydonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Team members have specialised knowledge and a calling to build on it. We want the best people to come to the Home Office and work in the diverse roles and communities they’re passionate about. This is how we produce exceptional outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity in Home Office Biometrics supporting; Police and Public Protection Technology (PPPT)** **portfolio, Homeland Security Group and Migration & Borders Technology Portfolio (MBTP). PPPT works in partnership with Police Forces, the Fire Service, agencies, and arms-length bodies of the Home Office, involved in law enforcement to cut crime and prevent abuse and exploitation. An increasing dependency on technology is at the heart of the ongoing reform and modernisation of the Police and Fire Service and its uses are varied. MBTP design, build and run the systems underpinning the immigration system, borders and passports.

Due to business requirements this post is available on a Full Time/Job Share/Flexible Working basis. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of** 60% of their working time in the office**. Queries can be raised to the address at the bottom of the advert.

**Job description**:
As a Lead Technical Architect working in the biometric domain, you will assure services and system quality, making sure the technical work fits into the broader strategy for government. You will be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, including detailed plans for integration.

Architects in the biometrics domain work with customers, business analysts and operational users to design, implement and assure the biometric specialist elements of a solution. Biometric architects are engaged in the full engineering life cycle. They support the business analysts in the capture of business requirements, project managers in the development of business cases and the execution of delivery including the management of risk, they collaborate with the Quality Assurance and Test function to ensure robust test plans and execution.

Architects will be involved in some of the following areas of biometric specialist skills and should be interested in developing skills in these areas further:

- Biometric capture equipment and process design.
- Biometric accuracy testing.
- Biometric quality assessment specification and testing.
- Biometric standards covering capture, data exchange and quality assessment.
- Application of biometric technologies to verification, identification, intelligence and crime solving use cases.

**Person specification**:
Your** main day to day activities** will be:

- Creating optimal technical designs for biometric systems through an iterative process, aligning such factors as the user need within the system requirements, security and organisational objectives.
- Supporting consumers in the optimal use of biometrics and the Home Office biometric services.
- Leading the design and review processes for new solution and services, evidencing the inclusion of ‘Secure by Design” in the technical designs you produce, oversee and approve.
- Developing and documenting the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of any solution, working with and across other areas of DDaT and the business.
- Presenting recommendations for technologies or improvements to enhance systems to support project goals clearly to senior management, based on knowledge of IT and analysis of systems’ needs.
- Contributing to the overall technical strategy and biometrics road map for the department.

**Essential skills**

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Technical Architecture, with the following skills or strong experience in:

- Evidencing strong technical leadership qualities, with a passion for delivering leading edge designs, and inspiring a culture of technical excellence and innovative solutions.
- Navigating the complex landscapes of technologies, 3rd party suppliers, internal and cross-government teams across multiple projects.
- Anticipating and advising on future technology that present opportunities for the produ