Technical Architect
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Job description
to support in our mission. We work at the intersection of strategy, design, and technology to solve complex problems and create lasting value. Our collaborative and agile culture empowers our teams to make a genuine impact.
Your role in a Nutshell
Define and evangelise the architectural vision, standards, and best practices across the entire Hippo Digital delivery practice.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives, to guide their long-term technical strategy and digital transformation initiatives.
Lead the most complex and strategic technical engagements, providing enterprise-level architectural oversight and quality assurance.
Mentor and coach our team of technical architects and senior engineers, helping them grow their skills and impact.
Drive pre-sales and business development activities, leading the technical response to bids, conducting technical due diligence, and shaping new opportunities.
Contribute to Hippo Digital's thought leadership through public speaking, writing, and community engagement.
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Requirements
Extensive, senior-level experience as a Technical Architect, with a proven track record of leading large-scale, enterprise-level digital transformations.
Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing complex architectures across one or more major public cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP), including proven experience with multi-cloud strategies.
A deep, strategic understanding of cloud-native technology stacks, with hands-on experience in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and advanced CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI/CD).
Exceptional skills in Infrastructure-as-Code, with extensive experience using Terraform for complex, repeatable deployments.
A history of providing technical leadership and mentoring to other architects and engineering teams.
Proven ability to influence and communicate effectively with C-suite and executive-level stakeholders.
Experience in a consultancy environment, including contributing to pre-sales, proposals, and business growth.
Expert-level knowledge of security, networking and governance principles in a cloud context.
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Benefits & conditions
About The CompanyAs well as a competitive salary which we're transparent about from the outset, you can also expect a range of benefits:
Contributory pension scheme (Hippo 6% with employee contributions of 2%)
25 days holiday plus UK public holidays
Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts
Critical illness cover
Life assurance and death in service cover
Volunteer days
Cycle-to-work scheme for the avid cyclists
Salary sacrifice electric vehicles scheme
Season ticket loans
Financial and general wellbeing sessions
Flexible benefits scheme with options of:
private health cover
private dental cover
additional company pension contributions
additional holidays (up to an extra 2 days)
wellbeing contribution
charity contributions
tree planting
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at HippoAt Hippo, we're dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace that works for everyone. We understand that having a diverse team unlocks our capacity for innovation, creativity and problem solving. Only by building a community of diverse perspectives, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds can we create an environment where all can contribute and thrive.
We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process that reflects our workplace culture. We are a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. Hippo continually strives to remove barriers, provide accommodations and offer reasonable adjustments to ensure equity throughout our practices.
Hippo locationsWe are headquartered in Leeds and have offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London and Bristol. We're on the lookout for top talent nationwide but you need to be located within reasonable travelling distance from one of our offices which will be your contracted office location. Given the dynamic nature of a consulting business, you may be required to work on-site at a Hippo office or at an in/out of town client location for a number of days per week (client dependent) and therefore candidates will need to be open/flexible to travel. Plus, we offer a generous relocation support package of up to £8k (please ask for terms and conditions) to help make your move a smooth one.
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