Lead Technical Architect

SR2 is supporting a high-profile, customer-facing digital programme and is looking for an experienced Lead Technical Architect to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across a complex delivery environment.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership role, taking ownership of technical strategy and outcomes, guiding multidisciplinary teams through complex design decisions and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable and aligned to wider programme objectives., * Own and lead the technical architecture and direction across multiple delivery teams and workstreams

• Provide technical leadership to Technical Architects, Software Engineers and other technical specialists
• Set architectural standards, principles and guardrails to support consistent technical delivery
• Lead complex technical decision-making, assessing trade-offs and providing clear architectural recommendations
• Take ownership of technical outcomes from initial design through to implementation and live service
• Lead the architecture and integration of authentication, identity and authorisation services across customer-facing applications
• Ensure solutions meet appropriate security, scalability, resilience and performance requirements
• Work closely with engineering, product, delivery and security teams to translate programme objectives into effective technical solutions
• Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies and technical constraints across the programme
• Provide technical assurance and challenge designs where required
• Influence senior technical and non-technical stakeholders, clearly communicating complex architectural decisions and recommendations
• Drive engineering and architecture best practice across Agile, DevOps and continuous delivery environments

• Significant experience operating as a Lead Technical Architect, Principal Technical Architect or senior Technical Architect
• Proven experience owning technical architecture and providing leadership across complex digital programmes
• Strong software engineering/development background with the ability to engage credibly with engineering teams
• Strong AWS architecture and cloud experience
• Strong understanding of identity, authentication and authorisation architecture
• Good working knowledge of OIDC and OAuth
• Experience architecting authentication integrations across user-facing web applications and digital services
• Strong understanding of application architecture, APIs, security, scalability, resilience and integration patterns
• Experience setting technical direction and providing architectural governance and assurance
• Experience leading and influencing technical teams within Agile multidisciplinary environments
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD and modern engineering practices
• Ability to communicate complex technical decisions to senior stakeholders and drive consensus across multiple teams
• Active SC clearance