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Summary: We are looking for five Senior Technical Architects to lead a significant technology transformation initiative within the Government sector. The role demands extensive hands-on technical architecture experience and a solid software engineering background. Successful candidates will guide technical decision-making across various delivery teams, ensuring the development of scalable and secure digital services. Government experience is a prerequisite for consideration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop high-level and detailed technical architectures across complex digital systems.
- Provide architectural leadership and direction to agile delivery teams.
- Ensure proposed solutions align with technical strategy, standards, and best practice.
- Review technical designs, providing assurance around quality, scalability, and maintainability.
- Engage stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical designs.
- Participate in architecture governance and assurance processes.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Senior Technical Architect in large or highly regulated environments within Government.
- Strong software development background (eg, Java, .NET, Python, Node, etc.).
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, and containerisation.
- Experience delivering in agile and DevOps-focused environments.
- Ability to explain and justify design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Salary (Rate): £550 per day
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Senior Technical Architect (x5)
Duration: 16/03/2026 - 16/11/2026
Clearance: Active or Eligible SC
Location: Remote
Role Overview
We are seeking five Senior Technical Architects to support a major technology transformation programme. This role requires strong hands-on technical architecture experience underpinned by a software engineering background within the Government sector. You will guide technical decision-making across multiple delivery teams, ensuring the design of scalable and secure digital services.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop high-level and detailed technical architectures across complex digital systems.
- Provide architectural leadership and direction to agile delivery teams.
- Ensure proposed solutions align with technical strategy, standards, and best practice.
- Review technical designs, providing assurance around quality, scalability, and maintainability.
- Engage stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical designs.
- Participate in architecture governance and assurance processes.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Extensive experience as a Senior Technical Architect in large or highly regulated environments within Government.
- Strong software development background (eg, Java, .NET, Python, Node, etc.).
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, and containerisation.
- Experience delivering in agile and DevOps-focused environments.
- Ability to explain and justify design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Sadly, due to client requirements, candidates without prior Government experience cannot be considered at this stage.