Senior Technical Architect

Talent Ltd

Manchester, UK

1 day ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Compensation

£143,000.0 - £149,500.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

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Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Cloud Foundry Disaster Recovery Distributed Systems MongoDB Node.Js NoSQL Modern Ui Express.js Spring-boot

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Backend Event Driven Architecture Apache Kafka Front End Software Development Domain Driven Development Software Coding Restful APIs Domain Driven Design Microservices

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Architect to join one of our Government Clients. This role sits at the intersection of technical and solution architecture, offering the chance to shape strategic design while staying deeply connected to core engineering execution., * Architectural Leadership: Shape strategic solution design and provide end-to-end architecture governance across a distributed, cloud-native platform.

Engineering Collaboration: Work alongside cross-functional delivery teams to guide technical decisions, define NFRs, and ensure system resilience and scalability.
Artefact and Governance Creation: Produce high-quality architecture artefacts and drive solutions through internal assurance channels.
Operational Readiness: Define robust disaster recovery approaches, auto-scaling strategies, and support models to enable seamless, large-scale service adoption.

Core Tech Stack and Concepts

Cloud and Infrastructure: AWS
Backend: Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs
Frontend: Node.js, Express.js
Data and Messaging: Kafka, MongoDB / NoSQL
Architecture: Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, DDD

Requirements

Architecture Track Record: Proven background operating as a Technical or Solution Architect on complex, large-scale cloud digital services.
Modern Design Paradigms: Strong expertise in Domain-Driven Design (DDD), distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.
Strategic Oversight: Ability to navigate high-level strategic alignment and complex technical discussions without requiring hands-on coding.
Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills to engage, negotiate, and align both technical engineers and senior non-technical leadership., * Hands-on experience delivering projects within Central Government departments
Direct experience taking digital services from Beta through to large-scale production rollout.
Hands-on experience establishing operational readiness frameworks and non-functional requirements for complex public-sector environments.