Technical Architect

SR2
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 70K

Job location

Remote
Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Identity and Access Management
Openshift
Cloud Services
Cloud Platform System
Cloudformation
Event Driven Architecture
Containerization
Kubernetes
Terraform
Microservices

Job description

  • We design and govern scalable cloud-native architectures across complex digital services.
  • We produce high-level and low-level technical designs, architecture decision records, and integration patterns.
  • We support delivery teams with engineering best practice and architectural guidance.
  • We define secure-by-design solutions in regulated and highly governed environments.
  • We drive adoption of modern DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code approaches.
  • We work across microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and container platforms.
  • We collaborate with security, infrastructure, and delivery teams to ensure operational resilience and scalability.
  • We support technical assurance, governance, and stakeholder engagement activities.

Technologies:

  • API
  • AWS
  • Architect
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Support
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • Security
  • Terraform
  • microservices

Requirements

  • We are looking for an experienced Technical Architect with a strong background in large-scale enterprise or public sector environments.
  • We need deep experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture principles.
  • We require experience designing microservices and API-led architectures.
  • We are seeking strong knowledge of Kubernetes and container platforms such as EKS or OpenShift.
  • We need experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally using Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • We expect understanding of CI/CD tooling and DevOps delivery practices.
  • We need experience designing secure systems in regulated or high-security environments.
  • We are looking for strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership skills.
  • We require knowledge of networking, identity and access management, and platform security principles.
  • We require experience working in government or public sector environments.

About the company

We are supporting a major public sector digital programme seeking two experienced Technical Architects to help shape and deliver large-scale cloud-native platforms and services within a highly secure, data-driven environment. This is a hands-on architecture role where we work across strategy, solution design, and engineering enablement to modernise complex systems and improve operational resilience. The role is remote, outside IR35, and offered at a rate dependent on experience for an initial six-month contract.

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