Technical Architect

Summary: The role of Interim Technical Architect involves acting as a trusted advisor for public-facing customer applications, focusing on enhancing technical standards and frameworks related to Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs). Key responsibilities include defining and validating NFRs, advising on testing strategies, and ensuring the accuracy of technical documentation. The position requires collaboration with various teams to ensure quality and efficiency in technical implementations. This role is critical for supporting service delivery and improving overall application performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review existing NFRs across multiple technologies and address gaps in the end-to-end solution.
• Define entry and exit criteria for NFR testing and ensure alignment with quality standards.
• Ensure appropriate monitoring, alerting, and reporting of NFRs.
• Oversee the inclusion of key NFR-related metrics in service contracts.
• Identify and address gaps in existing technical documentation, including producing low-level design documentation where required.
• Provide technical assurance for CI tickets and project changes.
• Validate proposed implementations, ensuring front-end and back-end changes are aligned.
• Review and challenge the quality, efficiency, and robustness of code, particularly around UX.
• Support service delivery by contributing to incident root cause analysis and major incident reviews, advising on monitoring and long-term improvements.
• Support QA teams with expert guidance on testing strategies, including appropriate methods for APIs, bug resolution, and performance issues.
• Contribute to writing and reviewing test cases, ensuring outputs meet enterprise-level standards.

Key Skills:

• Experience in defining and validating Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Strong understanding of non-functional testing strategies.
• Ability to produce and review technical documentation.
• Expertise in technical assurance and advisory activities.
• Proficiency in monitoring and reporting metrics related to NFRs.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and project change management.
• Strong coding review skills, particularly in user experience (UX).
• Ability to contribute to incident analysis and service delivery improvements.
• Expertise in QA testing strategies and methodologies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Salary (Rate): £80.00/hr

City: London Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT