Contract

Data Solution Architect

Ref: BBBH68072_1787743741

Hybrid-remote in Shropshire

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Data Solution Architect.

This role will be Inside of IR35, so you will be required to use an FCSA Accredited Umbrella Company.

Key Requirements:

– The Data Solution Architect will lead technical discovery activities to assess the feasibility of acquiring, integrating, governing and presenting third-party and government data within future One Income Tax Service (OneITS) products.
– The role will provide architectural leadership throughout discovery, helping the Client understand the opportunities, constraints, risks and dependencies associated with pre-population of customer data, whilst ensuring alignment with OneITS strategic objectives, the MTD roadmap, Government Digital Blueprint principles, and enterprise architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities:

– Lead the technical discovery of agreed third-party and government data sources, assessing their suitability, availability, quality and integration feasibility.
– Define and document current-state and potential future-state architectural patterns for data acquisition, storage, management and consumption.
– Identify technical risks, dependencies, assumptions and constraints associated with pre-population capabilities.
– Collaborate with policy, security, legal and operational stakeholders to ensure discovery findings consider all relevant factors.
– Support the development of evidence-based recommendations to inform future Alpha investment decisions.
– Assess integration approaches including APIs, data sharing arrangements, event-driven architectures and batch processing models.
– Define target-state architecture principles aligned to OneITS strategic direction and enterprise reuse opportunities.
– Evaluate options for identity resolution, data matching, reconciliation and confidence scoring across multiple data sources.
– Identify opportunities to establish reusable capabilities that can support multiple income types and future services.
– Ensure alignment with existing platforms, strategic capabilities and future architecture roadmaps.
– Work with security and governance teams to identify requirements relating to data protection, consent, privacy and regulatory compliance.
– Support DPIA, security assessment and information governance activities where required.
– Assess architectural implications of customer consent models and management of third-party data.
– Provide guidance on data ownership, stewardship and governance responsibilities across participating organisations.
– Work closely with Service Designers and User Researchers to ensure architectural decisions are informed by user needs rather than technology constraints.
– Support exploration of customer interaction models relating to viewing, validating, correcting and authorising pre-populated information.
– Contribute to service design activities by identifying architectural opportunities, constraints and dependencies.
– Ensure proposed architectural approaches support joined-up customer journeys and future OneITS service ambitions.
– Produce high-level architecture artefacts, integration patterns and technical assessments.
– Support generation of the discovery roadmap, options appraisal and recommendations.
– Provide architectural input into future Alpha scope definition and delivery planning.
– Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
– Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Business Architects, Product Managers and Service Designers to maintain strategic alignment across OneITS initiatives.
– Engage with external organisations, government departments and third-party providers where appropriate.
– Support wider OneITS architectural activities, including capability mapping, dependency analysis and future-state planning.
– Promote reuse before buy before build principles across all discovery activities.

Key Experience:

– Proven experience as a Solution Architect within large-scale public sector or enterprise transformation programmes.
– Strong understanding of integration architecture, APIs, cloud-native solutions and modern data platforms.
– Experience assessing and designing data acquisition, data management and interoperability solutions.
– Knowledge of security, privacy and governance considerations associated with handling sensitive customer data.
– Experience producing architecture artefacts, technical assessments and options appraisals.
– Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and non-technical stakeholders.
– Experience working in Agile, product-centric and multidisciplinary delivery environments.
– Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.

Desirable Skills:

– Experience of public services, tax platforms or wider government digital services.
– Understanding of OneITS strategic objectives and Modernising Tax Delivery ambitions.
– Experience with identity resolution, data matching, reconciliation or master data management approaches.
– Knowledge of Government Digital Service standards and Government Digital Blueprint principles.
– Experience working with third-party data providers, data-sharing arrangements or regulated data ecosystems.
– Familiarity with event-driven architecture and enterprise integration patterns.
– Experience supporting discovery and Alpha phases within government programmes.

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.