Technical Architect

Job Title: Technical Architect

Rate: £625 (Inside IR35)

Duration: 6 months

Location: Remote with 2 days onsite per month in Newcastle or Leeds

Clearance: BPSS

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end technical architectures for large-scale, mission-critical systems.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple delivery teams.
• Ensure solutions align with GDS, and cross-government standards.
• Define and document architecture using appropriate frameworks and tooling.
• Lead technical decision-making, including trade-offs and risk assessments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including product managers, delivery leads, and security teams.
• Oversee system integration across Legacy and modern platforms.
• Ensure compliance with security, data protection, and governance requirements.
• Support cloud adoption and migration strategies (primarily AWS/Azure).
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide assurance across programmes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect within large-scale government or regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure).
• Experience designing microservices and distributed systems.
• Expertise in API design, integration patterns, and event-driven architecture.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
• Familiarity with security standards (eg, ISO 27001, NCSC guidelines).
• Experience with Legacy system modernisation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work in agile delivery environments (Scrum/Kanban).