Job Title: Senior Technical Architect
Location: London
Day rate: £
Contract Length: 12 months
Are you an experienced Technical Architect looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Our client, a Central Government organisation, is seeking a talented Senior Technical Architect to join their team in London. As a Senior Technical Architect, you will play a key role in shaping the technical strategy and roadmap for various services. This is your chance to contribute to the delivery of cutting-edge solutions and drive digital transformation within the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Define, maintain, and own the technical strategy and roadmap for services, ensuring integration with other teams and driving evolution over time.
2. Collaborate with senior stakeholders and provide technical and non-technical direction.
3. Mentor, coach, and line manage other Technical Architects.
4. Guide technical teams and influence technical choices to enable digital transformation.
5. Evaluate technical concepts and translate them into technical designs.
6. Foster collaboration and identify opportunities for reusing common components.
7. Assure quality in services and systems, aligning with broader agency strategy.
8. Support hiring and recruitment for Technical Architects and other professions.
Skills & Experience Required:
9. Experience as a Technical Architect, providing guidance and support to teams.
10. Practical knowledge of modern cloud-first architectures and building applications to leverage cloud opportunities.
11. Strong understanding of multitier web solutions, including frontend/backend microservices, event-driven processing, API provision/consumption, databases, and pub/sub patterns.
12. Ability to identify and mitigate security risks in public cloud environments.
13. Experience aligning digital services with wider technical strategies.
14. Knowledge of industry trends and practises to make effective technical choices.
15. Familiarity with best practises such as TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps.
16. Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts for varied stakeholders.
17. Strong decision-making ability and the confidence to articulate recommendations and decisions.
18. Demonstrated leadership experience and the ability to lead technical teams.
Tech Stack:
- Programming languages: TypeScript/Node, Kotlin/Java.
- Cloud platforms: AWS and/or Azure (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates).
- Container orchestration: Kubernetes.
- Version control: GitHub.
- Development practises: TDD, CI/CD.
- Additional tools: Prometheus, Grafana, AppInsights, GitHub Actions, CircleCI.
Join our client's dynamic team now and be a part of transforming the future of in-cell software. Apply today to secure your position as a Senior Technical Architect and contribute to making society a safer place to live!
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