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Technical Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Falcon Smart IT (FalconSmartIT)
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Technical Architect role involves producing architectural deliverables and managing risks related to architecture, technology, and security within a contract position based in Guildford. The position requires providing technical leadership, ensuring design assurance, and aligning client technology with enterprise targets. The role also emphasizes stakeholder communication and the integration of various technologies, including legacy systems. This position is on-site and focuses on both architectural design and governance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce all architectural deliverables under the development methodology.
- Identify and manage risks related to architecture, technology, and security.
- Communicate and agree on architecture, divergences, and risks with stakeholders.
- Provide technical leadership to other solution architects.
- Drive alignment of client technology landscape with enterprise targets.
- Provide design assurance for solution architecture implementation.
Key Skills:
- Experience in defining, documenting, and architecting solutions across hybrid and on-premise cloud estates.
- Architectural support and assurance experience for DevOps teams.
- Experience with technical selection and RFI/RFP processes.
- Leading architectural design authorities and working within governance frameworks.
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills at various levels.
- Ability to convey architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Broad knowledge of IT technologies and architectural styles/patterns.
- Applied knowledge of the Open Agile Framework is desirable.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Guildford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Technical Architect
Job Location: Guildford Business Park Guildford Surrey GU2 8XG (Guildford, UK)
Job Type: Contract/FTC (6 months duration)
Is it Onsite/Remote/Hybrid: Onsite
Job Description: Produces (or ensures production of) all Architectural deliverables under our development methodology. Identify all areas of risk, including Architectural, Technical and Security, and to manage with the cooperation of the appropriate Stakeholders, defining appropriate work to address these or escalation as necessary Ensures that the Architecture, any Divergences and Risks are both clearly communicated and agreed by all Stakeholders Provides Technical Leadership to other solution architects. Drives alignment of Client Technology landscape with the enterprise target picture, including system retirement. Provides Design Assurance for Solution Architecture to ensure they are implemented as designed, and to the correct standards and quality
Skills & Experience: Experience defining, documenting, and architecting solutions across a hybrid and on-premise cloud estate, potentially requiring integration with legacy technologies and products for large projects/programmes Experience of providing architectural support and assurance to DevOps team and an application of Agile practices would be advantageous. Experience with Technical Selection and RFI/RFP processes and undertaking supplier assurance of third party products. Experience leading architectural design authorities for projects and working within Enterprise Architectural Governance and Enterprise Portfolio Management frameworks. Stakeholder management and the ability to influence at varying levels (e.g. C-Suite, Developers, Testers, Project Managers, etc) Ability to convey Architecture decisions through the use of a variety of communication techniques to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Broad knowledge of IT technologies and architectural styles/patterns (e.g. Event Driven, Serverless, Microservices Architectures as well as SOA, layered). Applied Knowledge of the Open Agile Framework (Open.org) would be desirable but not necessary.