Technical Architect - Project Delivery (Networks)

Technical Architect - Project Delivery (Networks)

Government Property Agency

Salary - £56,500 - £62,554

GPA is also committed to recognising and rewarding where our staff hold the "Gold Standard' accreditation relevant to their Specialism and offer a £5,000 non-pensionable allowance to staff who have achieved this.

There is also a non- standard RRA of up to £20,000 that may be applied to attract an exceptional candidate

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham or Swindon

Job description

As well as the exciting UK-wide property agenda we are delivering a leading-edge technology programme. We're looking for an exceptional Technical Architect to ensure the successful delivery of this technology programme in the GPA's property portfolio. We want someone who will seize the challenge and own the role, with energy and a commitment to quality.

Our teams work on exciting projects to deliver new and refurbished Government Buildings across the whole of the country. You will work with colleagues who manage the construction project and with the GPA's technology specialists and suppliers to ensure the successful delivery of our services in these buildings.

Your role is to tailor our standard designs to meet the needs of the project, and to oversee and assure suppliers whilst they deliver to meet our standards.

We expect that you will have a strong background in IT Infrastructure with demonstrable experience in network implementation.

In particular we are seeking people with strong experience of Wi-Fi implementation and experience of integrating other IT systems onto a network.

Technical Architect - Project Delivery (Networks)

A Technical Architect is accountable for the delivery of network architecture in different GPA buildings and representing their business area.

At this role level, you will:

• Be consulted about network design and provide design patterns
• Identify deeper network issues that need fixing
• Look for opportunities to collaborate and reuse components, communicating with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Have a good understanding of most network technologies including LAN (local area network), WAN (wide area network), WIFI, data centre LAN, SD (software-defined) networks, telephony, mobile solutions infrastructure, unified comms, network management solutions, and network specific security and remote access technologies and approaches
• Champion new technologies and solutions
• Be a strategic thinker who can communicate network concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Key responsibilities

• Contributing to updating the network high level design (HLD) based on project experience
• Tailoring the HLD to meet specific project requirements
• Liaising with other technical specialists to understand requirements and integrate IT systems onto the shared networks.
• Assurance of supplier delivery throughout the project life cycle including coordination of all technical integrations for our customers.
• Facilitating the network handover, including overseeing early life support during transition to the IT support partner
• Ongoing support to problem solving and technical incident resolution of live services
• Working alongside other technical project managers and often across multiple concurrent projects.
• Frequent travel to different sites across the UK in order to carry out technical delivery assurance activities with our strategic partners and suppliers.

Person specification

We are looking for resourceful individuals, capable of working to hard project deadlines.

You should have a range of IT infrastructure engineering experience, with a focus on the delivery of end user networks.

Essential criteria

• Experience of multi-tenant network and IT infrastructure delivery
• Wi-Fi networking experience
• Experience of IT delivery in new build and refurbishment construction projects in accordance with RIBA stage life cycle.

Desirable criteria

• Good communication
• Documentation

Qualifications and Accreditations

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate level of experience as a Network Architect
• Experience in delivery large WiFi networks in multi-tenant buildings
• Good understanding of network technology including WAN, LAN, WLAN, Firewalls etc
• Experience with range of network equipment and vendor technologies
• Evidence of working with suppliers when delivering and supporting networks
• Strong customer engagement skills

Desirable criteria

• CCNA or similar experience
• CWNA or similar wireless network experience in multi- tenancy environment
• Meraki certifications : ECMS1 and/or ECMS2

Behaviours

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

• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

• Customer Perspective
• Commercial Acumen
• Property Market Knowledge
• Innovation

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,500, Government Property Agency contributes £16,368 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Generous annual leave

How to apply

The sift is due to take place week commencing 14th December 2025.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to include a CV and a 500-word personal statement aligning with the person specification. This statement should outline your skills and experience in alignment with the role and use the STAR technique to provide specific examples.

Additional 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.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.