Technical Architect

Job Description

Technical Architect

Salary: up to £75,000

Clearance: BPSS

We are looking for a Technical Architect to shape the architecture of shared components that support app-based user journeys and digital credentials. You will guide engineering teams, take designs through technical governance, and work across several government departments and cloud platforms.

What you will do

• Advise on the technical architecture of common components supporting app-native journeys and digital credentials.

• Guide the team through technical design authority and governance forums.

• Advise on DevOps tooling best practice and review its implementation with engineers.

• Work across multiple tech stacks, including AWS, GCP and Azure.

• Deliver at scale in a multi-department environment.

• Produce architecture artefacts such as high-level designs, low-level designs and tech stack definitions.

• Work within strategic and enterprise architecture constraints, engaging the wider architecture community when the team needs to move outside them.

What you will bring

• Proven experience as a Technical or Solution Architect on large-scale digital services.

• Hands-on knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP or Azure), with exposure to the others.

• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD and modern engineering tooling.

• Experience producing HLDs, LLDs and architecture decision records.

• Confidence taking designs through governance boards and explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working in a multi-team or multi-organisation environment.

Desirable

• Experience with mobile app architecture, digital identity or credential services.

• UK public sector experience and familiarity with the GDS Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.