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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’s 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’ 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?

We are currently looking to recruit four Architects across our Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast, Leicester , London , Wakefield or Warrington sites.

We are looking to recruit the following roles:

• Lead Applications Architect
• Lead Enterprise Architect
• Lead Infrastructure Architect – AWS
• Lead Infrastructure Architect – Azure

The roles sit within the Enterprise Design Authority – Technology (EDA-T) team of the Chief Technology Office (CTO) in Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT), which works across the Agency to develop and establish mechanisms for aligning the enterprise, technological solutions and technology architectures to the NCA’s strategic direction.

For further details or to apply, please contact Callum Randle, Matthew Doubtfire, or Daniel White via the following email addresses or 020 8253 1806

• Lead Applications Architect contact [email protected]
• Lead Enterprise Architect contact [email protected]
• Lead Infrastructure Architect – AWS contact [email protected]
• Lead Infrastructure Architect – Azure contact [email protected]

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.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

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For further details or to apply, please contact Callum Randle, Matthew Doubtfire, or Daniel White
Email :
[email protected]
Telephone :
020 8253 1806

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Email :
[email protected]