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# Technical Architect

- **Company:** Opus Recruitment Solutions
- **Location:** Barking, UK
- **Salary:** £143,000.0 - £169,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Technical Debt
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gba5ab18deb4c7c03960a23791042205d6

## About the Role

* UK Public Sector Experience
 * Experience leading technical discovery and assessment exercises identifying technical debt, risks and capability gaps
 * Infrastructure, cloud and enterprise architecture experience
 * Experience interviewing technical authorities and senior stakeholder
 * Produced remediation roadmaps and architectural recommendations
 * Working across complex digital transformation programmes

## Description

We're looking for an experienced Technical Architect to support a major technical debt discovery and remediation programme across multiple government departments.
The role will take ownership of the architectural workstream, assessing existing technology estates and producing a pragmatic roadmap covering immediate improvements and more complex, longer-term remediation.


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