Fimatix are a leading Software Delivery Consultancy who specialise in providing services to HM Government. We have an Urgent requirement for a Senior Technical Architect to join a high profile HM Government programme. You should be current SC and NPPV3 cleared You will lead at the highest level, has the highest technical understanding of the broadest range of technologies used across the programme and works with the client to define technical strategy, making sure it is agreed and followed. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will network and communicate with senior stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, across the organisation and proactively seek out opportunities for digital transformation. You will manage diverse teams across multiple locations, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies and inspiring other architects, helping them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation. You will have a detailed knowledge of technical requirements to implement, design and manage associated technologies. Responsibilities Your main day to day responsibilities will be: owning the creation and delivery of the technical strategy for your area of work, include brokering decisions and bridging technical disputes by weighing up risk, complexity impact and deliverability presenting recommendations for technologies or improvements to enhance systems to support project goals clearly to senior management, based on knowledge of IT and analysis of systems’ needs leading the design and review processes for new solutions, translating technical concepts between engineering, delivery management and service management developing and documenting the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of any solution creating detailed plans for the integration of new systems architecture into existing infrastructure, considering the broader context and strategies of the organisation leading the development of the architectural practice, ensuring a coherent and consistent strategy across cyber, cloud, data centre, storage, network, mobile and the user experience of infrastructure Essential skills You’ll have a passion for Technical Architecture, with the following skills or proven experience in: evidencing strong technical leadership qualities, with a passion for delivering leading edge application designs and inspiring a culture of technical excellence and innovative solution design anticipating and advising on future technology changes that present opportunities for the product or programme leading the complex landscapes of technologies, 3rd party suppliers (leading the procurement process), internal and cross-government teams leading technology teams to adhere to good engineering principles from architecture through to development managing and delivering complex technology solutions within time, cost and quality targets, ensuring solutions are robust, resilient, and appropriately implemented, tested and documented Proven technical skills in the following areas: Microservice Applications Development Java / Spring Boot (plus frameworks), REST API skills, Hibernate Debezium SNS / SQS or other messaging technology AWS RDS / Aurora Postgres AWS Open Search AWS API Gateway ISTIO Front End Development Docker REACT GDS Design Kit Node.JS Storybook Reporting Architecture: Experience with AWS technologies like Redshift, S3, Athena, AWS Glue, Glue Catalogue, QuickSight, EMR, DMS, Kinesis, FireHose, Lambda, and IAM roles and permissions Enterprise Data Migrations from Legacy Oracle Databases to Microservices AWS Data Migration Service, Glue, SCT, Relational Databases Desirable Skills Ideally you will also have the following skills or some experience in: communicating clearly in a language which meets the needs of different users, with a good understanding of different channels and formats for different audiences and can adapt to stakeholders’ reactions with flexibility working with scaled agile frameworks and implementations having a strong preference for the leverage of commodity integrated market products wherever technical and security considerations allow Please apply now for an immediate interview.