Senior Technical Architect - Remote - SC Cleared
Simon James I.T. Ltd
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Remote
Tech stack
Java
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Continuous Integration
Distributed Systems
Python
Oracle Applications
Ruby
Microservices
Job description
We're hiring for a number of SC Cleared Senior Technical Architects, for a Government Department, to help shape and modernise digital services that support access to legal aid.
You will work across multiple delivery teams, providing technical direction, architectural leadership, and clear guidance on secure, scalable system design.
What You'll Do:
- Define and maintain the architectural roadmap
- Guide delivery teams on strategic principles and integration patterns
- Produce architectural artefacts, including diagrams and future-state designs
- Assess technology choices across infrastructure, data, and security
- Provide technical oversight and mentor architects and engineers
Requirements
- Strong experience as a technical or solution architect in complex digital environments
- Solid engineering background with modern architectures (APIs, microservices, distributed systems)
- Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, including IaC and security)
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of Ruby, Python or Java, and modern delivery practices such as CI/CD and TDD
Desirable:
- Understanding of government digital standards
- Experience with ERP platforms such as Oracle
- Exposure to DDD, event-driven approaches, SRE or platform engineering
Join a collaborative, inclusive technical community focused on purposeful, transparent and impactful digital transformation.