Application Architect

• Design and own application architecture for complex, business-critical systems
• Lead application design decisions across cloud-native and hybrid environments
• Define and promote application architecture patterns and standards
• Support delivery teams with architectural guidance throughout the development life cycle
• Design and assure API-led and integration-heavy architectures
• Ensure applications meet performance, scalability, resilience, and security requirements
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, DevOps, and platform teams
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation (HLDs, LLDs, design patterns)
• Contribute to architectural governance and technical assurance activities

We are seeking two experienced Application Architects operating at SFIA Level 5 to design, guide, and assure the delivery of secure, scalable application solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.

This role requires strong hands-on architectural experience, the ability to influence delivery teams, and confidence operating within regulated and security-sensitive programmes., * Proven experience as an Application Architect or Senior Software Engineer operating at an architectural level

• Strong experience designing and delivering scalable, high-performance applications
• Solid understanding of application architecture patterns, including:Microservices, Event-driven architectures, SOA and Monolith-to-microservices transformation
• Experience with cloud-native application design across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP

Strong knowledge of:

• API design and management
• Integration patterns
• Messaging technologies (eg event streams, queues)
• Experience with application life cycle management, including:
• CI/CD pipelines
• DevOps practices for build, test, and release
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and platform services as they relate to application deployment
• Strong understanding of application security principles, including:
• Authentication and authorisation
• Secure API design
• Data protection and secure data handling
• Ability to engage effectively with developers, architects, security teams, and stakeholders

Desirable Experience:

• Experience designing and deploying containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD tooling in restricted or secure environments
• Background working within government, defence, or highly regulated enterprise programmes

Architecture or cloud certifications such as:

• TOGAF
• AWS Solutions Architect
• Azure Solutions Architect
• GCP Professional Architect
• Experience with application monitoring, logging, and observability tools to support reliability and performance

• Roles require working within secure environments (on-site or hybrid depending on project)
• Candidates must be comfortable working with classified systems and strict governance controls
• Clearance transferability will be considered where applicable

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