Lead Technical Architect
Posted 5 days ago by ARCA
£625 Per day
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Lead Technical Architect role is a remote position focused on providing strategic technical direction and architectural leadership for cloud-native services within a UK government department. The position emphasizes the design and evolution of modern platforms, ensuring best practices in scalability, resilience, and DevOps across AWS and Azure environments. This is an initial 6-month contract, classified as outside IR35, with a daily rate of £600-£625.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead cloud architecture strategy and design across Government and AWS / Azure platforms
- Define and assure technical standards, patterns, and reusable components
- Collaborate with engineering teams to embed DevOps, automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Drive alignment and integration between dependent systems and shared services
- Provide architectural governance and assurance across multiple delivery streams
Key Skills:
- Experience in cloud architecture, specifically with AWS and Azure
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to define technical standards and reusable components
- Experience in providing architectural governance
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Salary (Rate): £625 daily
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Lead Technical Architect – Remote | Outside IR35
I’m working with a business delivering into a UK government department and we’re looking for an experienced Lead Technical Architect to join on an initial 6 month contract. The role is remote and sits Outside IR35. This position involves providing strategic technical direction and architectural leadership across multiple cloud-native services. You’ll guide the design and evolution of modern platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience and DevOps best practices across both AWS and Azure environments within government.
Key Focus:
- Lead cloud architecture strategy and design across Government and AWS / Azure platforms
- Define and assure technical standards, patterns, and reusable components
- Collaborate with engineering teams to embed DevOps, automation and CI/CD pipelines
- Drive alignment and integration between dependent systems and shared services
- Provide architectural governance and assurance across multiple delivery streams
Details:
Outside IR35 £600-£625 per day Fully Remote Initial 6 months (start within 2 weeks)
If you would like to know more a details about this contract, please apply for immediate consideration.