Software Architect
Posted Today by Guidant Global
£70 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Newcastle upon Tyne
Summary: The role of Software Architect involves designing robust software architectures for complex geospatial systems in a cloud environment. The architect will collaborate with various teams to ensure alignment with business goals and compliance requirements while providing hands-on support and guidance. This position is based in Newcastle and requires strong communication and strategic thinking skills. The contract duration is 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with System Architects to translate business goals and high-level requirements into robust software architectures, balancing performance, security, reliability, and compliance
- Design scalable, flexible, and maintainable architectures for complex geospatial systems using the latest modern cloud based technologies and tools
- Identify technical risks early and define pragmatic mitigation strategies
- Work in an AGILE scrum team, collaborating closely with software engineers, testers and the Product Owner, providing clear guidance and hands-on architectural support
- Collaborate with development teams to select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns
- Ensure delivered solutions align with the agreed architecture and meet both functional and non-functional requirements
- Produce clear, structured documentation covering architecture decisions and design rationale
- Contribute to and support technical and architectural reviews
Key Skills:
- Strong experience designing and owning software architectures for complex systems, preferably in a cloud environment with an awareness of DevSecOps
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery
- Confidence communicating architectural designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in environments with security, reliability, and compliance constraints, preferably in the geospatial domain.
- A collaborative mindset and passion for mentoring and supporting engineering teams
Salary (Rate): £70 per hour
City: Newcastle upon Tyne
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are looking for a software architect to join our team in Newcastle.
Responsibilities
- Work with System Architects to translate business goals and high-level requirements into robust software architectures, balancing performance, security, reliability, and compliance
- Design scalable, flexible, and maintainable architectures for complex geospatial systems using the latest modern cloud based technologies and tools
- Identify technical risks early and define pragmatic mitigation strategies
- Work in an AGILE scrum team, collaborating closely with software engineers, testers and the Product Owner, providing clear guidance and hands-on architectural support
- Collaborate with development teams to select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns
- Ensure delivered solutions align with the agreed architecture and meet both functional and non-functional requirements
- Produce clear, structured documentation covering architecture decisions and design rationale
- Contribute to and support technical and architectural reviews
Skill Set
Essential
- Strong experience designing and owning software architectures for complex systems, preferably in a cloud environment with an awareness of DevSecOps
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery
- Confidence communicating architectural designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in environments with security, reliability, and compliance constraints, preferably in the geospatial domain.
- A collaborative mindset and passion for mentoring and supporting engineering teams
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
