Senior Enterprise Architect (Data Analytics) - Bristol[Urgent]

Senior Enterprise Architect (Data Analytics) - BristolAbout the jobJob summaryDiscover a career in your hands at HMRC.
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Working in the Data Analytics Platform team you will play a key role in developing HMRC's Enterprise Analytic platform strategy.
Championing the adoption of modern technology, whilst pushing HMRC's hugely complex IT estate towards a smaller set of strategic systems.
You will also be responsible for ensuring alignment with business strategies and requirements, managing and influencing senior stakeholders both within HMRC and wider UK government.
Job descriptionThe role is also plays a major part in supporting HMRC's IT governance process.
As a subject matter expert, you will offer advice and guidance to solution architects to ensure designs conform to HMRC's IT strategy.
Taking a strategic view across all architectural domains, portfolios and programmes you to guide the organisation to make accurate technology decisions, promoting reuse, sustainability and scalability to achieve value for money.As part of the Enterprise Architecture team you will engage at a strategic level, influencing policy, and setting direction for technical and business change.
You will also play a key role in ensuring that HMRC develops and maintains a strong IT Architecture capability.Person specificationEssential Criteria As a member of the EA Team responsible for the Enterprise Analytics Platform you will be specifically responsible for the strategy and architecture of:Enterprise reporting, analytics, AI/ML end user tooling including technology roadmaps and product selection.
Data pipelines including data acquisition, ingestion, transformation, quality and matching.
Data storage including technology roadmaps, product selection and compliance.You will need to demonstrate within your application the following essential skills and experience:A broad IT and Enterprise Architecture (EA) background, with experience in architecting enterprise scale applications or architecture roles where you will have gained experience of large-scale data platform deployments.The ability to develop, detail and establish architectural principles, policies, standards, roadmaps and reference architecturesAbility to carry out horizon scanning across industry, identifying advances in technology, emerging trends and their potential impact on the organisation.The ability to simplify complex and technical information by using appropriate and accessible language for non-technical audiences.Capable of guiding the decision-making process, explaining trade-offs and making a recommendation based on all the available information.The ability to look beyond the immediate problem and identify the wider implications across the enterprise.Desirable CriteriaThe following skills and experience are desirable:Understand and contribute to discussions about commercial contracts, procurement and sourcing strategies.Experience of designing data platforms systems for operational and analytical systems including Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence.Either have or want to work to achieve professional IT Qualifications such as TOGAF or CITP.Technical skillsWe'll assess you against your demonstrable knowledge and experience of one of the following areas:Data Lifecycle, Standards & ToolsCloud native Data analytics services.Data transformation and metadata management tools (e.g.
Talend, informatica etc.
)Analytical data exploitation tools (e.g.
SAS, PowerBI, Pentaho).Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to enable Customer Insights & Segmentation, Behavioural analyticsBenefitsAlongside your salary of £56,344, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £16,322 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments.
We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.
We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.
Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.Family friendly policies.Personal support.Coaching and development.
To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil ServiceThings you need to knowSelection process detailsHow to Apply As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following: A name-blind CV including your job history, qualifications and previous experiences.
When giving details in your CV you should highlight your experience in line with the essential criteria listed in the advert, including details of the work and projects that you have been involved in, and your role therein.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Sift At full sift your CV will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.
We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.
Interview During the panel interview, you will be assessed against the Essential Criteria and your Technical Experience.
Interviews will take place via video link.Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.
Eligibility Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form.
We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days(Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you.
If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: ****** - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - (insert vacancy ref) & vacancy closing date (insert date)'.To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.Reserve List A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles - if this applies to you, we'll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.
Criminal Record Check Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.Merit List After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for.
Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.Reasonable AdjustmentsWe want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process.
To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact the UBS Recruitment team via ****** as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the "Assistance required" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.
For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.Additional Security Information Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy.
You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application.
If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers.
Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need.
Please consider the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the 'location preferences' section that you can travel to.Terms and ConditionsCustomer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required.
Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.
HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK.
For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles.
The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.
Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.
Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD).
This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences.
This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued.
Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.SecuritySuccessful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirementsThis job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil ServiceThe Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities.
As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.Diversity and InclusionThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.
To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).