Job Description

There\'s no such thing as a typical NCA officer. We come from different backgrounds and cultures, speak many languages, and have diverse skills and experiences. What we have in common is dedication and a commitment to protecting the public from serious and organised crime. We are deeply committed to building our future capability, our people are proud to protect and enabling their future success is critical to our mission.

NCA officers work at the forefront of law enforcement. Building the best possible intelligence picture of all serious and organised crime threats, relentlessly pursuing the most serious and dangerous offenders, and developing and delivering specialist capabilities on behalf of law enforcement and other partners.

Digital, data and technology are at the heart of everything we do within the NCA, from operations to the back-office, enabling the agency to lead the UK\xe2\x80\x99s fight against serious and organised crime. The pace of change within the digital and tech world means we need to be agile and innovative in how we respond to threats while exploiting the opportunities this presents.

The Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) Directorate is responsible for creating a cutting-edge technology and information environment that connects, empowers, and enhances our officers\xe2\x80\x99 crime fighting capabilities.

We are responsible for defining and delivering our data and technology strategy, policy, and architecture, building and sustaining resilient services which are critical to our mission success. We work closely with our operational teams to help them do their job in the most effective and efficient way, understanding their challenges and combining this with emerging technologies/techniques to obtain and exploit data in innovative ways to ensure we stay ahead of the criminals who are committing some of most serious crimes and inflicting harm to our society.

Are you ready to join the team?

Lead Applications Architect

The role of Lead Application Architect sit within the Enterprise Design Authority \xe2\x80\x93 Technology (EDA-T) team of the Chief Technology Office (CTO) in Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT) Directorate, which works across the Agency to develop and establish mechanisms for aligning the enterprise, technological solutions and technology architectures to the NCA\xe2\x80\x99s strategic direction.

You will have experience in leading the design and development of applications, especially using open source and cloud-based technologies, employing a variety of tools & methodologies and assuring the overall solution in line with organisational standards.

You will have the ability to work with business and technology stakeholders at all levels to translate business problems into technical designs for systems characterized by high levels of risk, impact and business or technical complexity.

As Lead Applications Architect, you will:

• Provide strategic technical leadership and architectural design to drive forward the provision of capabilities and services that enable and enhance the business.
• Working to the Chief Architect, set the strategic direction for all IT related domains in the NCA and ensure coherence with the wider government approach to IT.
• Establish and maintain architectural principles, standards, blueprints, roadmaps and transitions states that underpin all IT design and delivery in the NCA.
• Take responsibility for evolving, working with and supporting other staff in wider governance; lead the work with projects to embed the architectural design gates with the overall governance process ensuring reference information is published, maintained and readily available.
• Maintain a broad and up-to-date knowledge of current state and emerging developments across technology areas including infrastructure, networks, applications and data; bring this knowledge and expertise to bear in the design of systems.
• Manage, coach and develop staff, work cooperatively with colleagues and stakeholders to promote high performance, and manage issues relating to the performance and conduct of officers in line with NCA principles.

The NCA offers a Recruitment and Retention Allowance currently set at \xc2\xa33000 for this post. The RRA is an enhancement to the role and reviewed annually.

For further details or to apply, please contact Callum Randle, Matthew Doubtfire, or Daniel White via or 020 8253 1806.

Global Resourcing