DAC-033- C8366 Data Quality Technical Architect

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Who Speclialist Work With A multi-disciplinary agile team including UX designer, front-end developers, back-end developers, content designer, dev ops, architectures, product and delivery managers, business analysts and service manager What Specialists Work On Provide technical leadership and consultancy to internal and external development teams; collaboratively design and encourage communication across multiple development teams to identify strategic requirements and dependencies; identify and drive improvements in our processes for integration with third parties; apply agile methods to development and completing quality assurance practices; set standards and ensuring delivery targets are met; advise product and delivery managers on the estimated effort and technical implications of current and backlog user stories; form relationships with external suppliers; help enable the reuse of patterns, tools, and components across the whole government service landscape. Where the Work Takes Place Main location for the work will be at Bedfont Lakes Business Park for 4-5 days a week, with occasional other locations being central London and Croydon. Early Market Engagement Working Arrangements The supplier is expected supply a resource working within a feature team made of up of the specialist skills required to deliver the outcomes. We expect the supplier to be flexible to our needs and can make working with a mixed team across multiple sites effective. Off site and remote working can be accommodated, however due to security considerations this would need to be discussed. Travel to regional sites to be agreed, expenses incurred from travel outside of the M25/Greater London will be subject to Home Office Travel and Subsistence Policy. Work Location Main location for the work will be at Bedfont Lakes Business Park for 4-5 days a week, with occasional other locations being central London and Croydon. Security Clearance All staff must be SC cleared. We will ask bidders for details of key personnel, if successful the bidder will be asked for confirmation of security clearance or we will initiate clearance process. Additional T&Cs Short-listing will take up to 5 working days. CV will be requested after short-listing of responses has been completed. Details for CV formatting will be sent to suppliers which are successfully short-listed. Skills & Experience Minimum 4 years experience of providing technical leadership and consultancy to both internal and external development teams – 7% Proven ability to identify and drive improvements in our processes for integration with third parties (examples of previous experience and success expected) – 3% Minimum 4 years experience of collaboratively designing and evaluating data matching strategies – 6% Encouraging communication across development teams to identify strategic requirements and dependencies (examples expected) – 3% Awareness of emerging security issues (examples expected) – 3% Experience in advising product and delivery managers on the estimated effort and technical implications of current user stories, as well as those in the backlog – 4% Evidence of successfully forming relationships with external suppliers – 3% Proven ability to read and understand solution design documentation (examples expected) – 6% Proven experience in understanding of how to influence senior management and communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences (examples expected) –6% Proven experience of presenting projects to Technical Design Authorities and Security Working Groups and gaining their buy-in to development and delivery options – 6% Proven knowledge and experience of using specific technologies: – 8% Docker; Kubernetes; Drone; Greenplum; Tableau; AWS; Terraform; Demonstrable knowledge of working with aviation data from a data quality perspective – 10% Nice to Haves Understanding of the relevant legislation pertaining to information management within the Government/Public Sector – e.g. Government Data Standards / Data Protection Act / General Data Protection Regulation Understanding of data quality stands relating to ISO 8000-1 A view of technology as an enabler of great digital services An eagerness to influence how digital services are delivered, both at GDS and across government Evidence of successful knowledge sharing with technical staff and managing stakeholders Experience working in a dynamic organisation with rapidly expanding users and changing requirements Interest in forming government best practices, standards and policies Understanding of how to prioritise work in a fast, customer centric, environment Understanding of agile environments, continual delivery techniques and DevOps cultures No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria Commitment to excellence – 2% Open and collaborative team approach – 1% Shares skills and knowledge– 1% Commitment to team working– 1% Assessment Method Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 5% Price 30% Questions from Suppliers Budget range £800 ex-vat