Department advertises for two senior roles each paying about £85,000

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is seeking a new deputy director of technology services and a new deputy director of data and digital. 

Both full-time positions come with salaries of circa £85,000 and are based in London. 

BEIS recently moved to a cloud model, which it claims has given it flexibility and bandwidth “to be brave in the services [it] offers” staff. 

To continue the growth of the organisation, it wants to hire senior-level employees to build, lead and drive its digital and data offerings to colleagues and businesses. 

The key responsibilities of the technology services role include architecture and governance, service operations, service transition, infrastructure and service maintenance, and leadership and people management. The chosen candidate have to work with the deputy director of digital and data to ensure new and modified services meet the expectations of the business and are handed over effectively from the project phase to live operations. They will also have to work with the chief digital and information officer (CDIO) and other leaders within the digital, data and technology function on a regular basis. 

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BEIS wants applicants to have experience of successfully leading and developing technical teams of more than 40 technology professionals, as well as experience of delivering cloud services such as Microsoft Office 365, Azure and AWS. 

The deputy director for digital and data will have to develop a comprehensive digital and data strategy, aligned to the wider DDaT strategy, which supports the overall objectives of BEIS. 

They will be tasked with delivering high-performing digital services for customers and staff, and build digital and data capability addressing critical resourcing issues. 

Applicants must have experience of successfully leading and developing digital and technology functions, with significant experience and a track record of delivering digital and data-led services to business and consumers in complex environments. 

While knowledge of data science is essential, BEIS said that experience of DevOps, continuous integration and deployment and a range of testing approaches are ‘desirable’. 

Applications for both positions need to be completed by 22 October 2018.