Government Digital and Data

About the Company

Government Digital and Data is a community of experts leading digital transformation in government, delivering modern and efficient services. Together, we are a powerful force creating more efficient services that have a meaningful impact on people's lives.

The Government Digital Service leads the Government Digital and Data function for government.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Government Digital and Data

Job Title

Technical & Security Architect - UK Export Finance - G7

Job Description

**Job Title** Technical & Security Architect – Domain & DNS **Role Summary** Design, review and secure the architecture of the UK government domain space (.gov.uk) and related DNS services, ensuring resilience, compliance, and alignment with business strategy. **Expectations** - Deliver secure, scalable enterprise architecture blueprints. - Maintain trust and stability of public‑sector domain names. - Lead technical and non‑technical stakeholder interactions with a focus on risk‑managed decision making. **Key Responsibilities** - Create and review secure system architectures, patterns, and principles. - Analyze vulnerabilities, assess exploitability, and recommend mitigation. - Communicate complex technical concepts to business stakeholders and manage expectations. - Resolve technical disputes, recommend decisions with controlled risk levels. - Apply and challenge architecture strategies, policies, standards, and roadmaps. - Translate business problems into secure technical designs across multiple services. - Stay informed on DNS, cryptographic mechanisms, packet routing, and Internet protocols. - Manage large, distributed domain environments and develop tools that interact with domain records. **Required Skills** - In‑depth knowledge of DNS, naming/numbering systems, cryptographic mechanisms, and packet routing. - Experience managing domains for large federated organisations. - Expertise in domain‑based security, vulnerability prevention, and tool development. - Strong architectural design capabilities and familiarity with security frameworks (GDPR, PCI DSS). - Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills. - Risk assessment, strategic thinking, and dispute‑resolution ability. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. - Recognised architecture qualification (e.g., TOGAF, BCS). - Demonstrated knowledge of architecture policies, standards, models, and security regulatory requirements.

Westminster, United kingdom

On site

08-01-2026

Company Name

Government Digital and Data

Job Title

Test Engineer - MI5 The Security Service - HEO

Job Description

**Job Title** Test Engineer – HEO **Role Summary** Responsible for delivering high‑quality software products supporting national security operations. Designs, builds, and executes functional and non‑functional test suites, develops automated frameworks, and embeds quality engineering practices within agile development teams. **Expectations** - Produce thorough, accurate test plans and results. - Maintain proactive quality mindset; identify and resolve issues early. - Collaborate effectively with developers, product owners, analysts, and external partners. - Communicate test status clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders. - Participate in occasional travel for training or joint testing activities. **Key Responsibilities** - Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases (end‑to‑end, integration, regression). - Build and maintain scalable automated test frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium or Cypress. - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Git‑based). - Champion testing processes, advocate best practices, and mentor team members. - Coordinate joint testing efforts with vendors, partners, and third‑party tool providers. - Contribute to continuous improvement of testing methodologies and quality metrics. **Required Skills** - Proficient in at least one programming language: Java, C#, Python or TypeScript. - Hands‑on experience with UI automation tools (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress). - Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines. - Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities; detail‑oriented. - Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to convey technical information to diverse audiences. - Collaborative, team‑oriented mindset; comfortable working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD/BDD). - Awareness of emerging testing tools and practices. - Preferred (but not required): experience with cloud‑native applications, performance/security/accessibility testing, and knowledge of Agile testing frameworks. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). - ISTQB Foundation, ISEB, or comparable software testing certification is desirable.

London, United kingdom

On site

04-03-2026