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# Lead Enterprise Technical Architect

- **Company:** Intellect
- **Location:** Cirencester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Profiling, Databases, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Database Schema, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Machine Learning, NoSQL, OAuth, JSON Web Token, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, WebSocket, Large Language Models, Database Optimization, IT Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, Data Lakes, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Domain Driven Design, Devsecops, Api Management, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/lead-enterprise-technical-architect/47167099

## About the Role

Design and optimize AWS cloud environments (EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM) focusing on resilience, scalability, and cost control. Integration Leadership: Implement REST, event-driven (Kafka), WebSockets, and Salesforce integration patterns. Containers & DevOps: Drive containerized architecture (Docker/Kubernetes) and embed complete CI/CD / DevSecOps lifecycles. Data & AI Architecture: Provide technical direction across RDBMS, NoSQL, Data Lakes, and AI/ML capabilities (LLM integration, RAG, vector databases). Performance & Security: Lead latency profiling, database tuning, DevSecOps, secrets management, and infrastructure sizing. Hands-On Leadership & Troubleshooting: Review designs, API contracts, database schemas, and Kubernetes manifests while leading complex root-cause analysis for production issues. Core Technical Expertise Required Application & UI: Microservices, modern UI services, API/BFF patterns, Domain-Driven Design (DDD). Security: IAM, OAuth/JWT, encryption, secrets
management, vulnerability remediation. Domain Experience Required Strong understanding of the end-to-end Wealth Management / Investment lifecycle, including: Client & Account Onboarding, KYC/AML, Suitability, Financial Advice, Portfolio Management, Investment Proposals, Order Management, Trading/Execution, Allocation, Settlement, Custody, Holdings, Cash, Pricing, Valuation, Performance, Fees, Taxation, Reconciliation, and Reporting. Qualifications & Candidate Profile 15-20+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and enterprise/solution architecture. Proven track record in architecting large-scale financial platforms within Wealth Management or Banking. Strong ability to evaluate trade-offs between performance, scalability, security, complexity, and cost. Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to bridge business requirements and engineering execution. #J-18808-Ljbffr

## Description

visit Role Overview The Senior / Lead Enterprise Technical Architect is a hands-on technology leadership role responsible for the end-to-end technical architecture, solutioning, and engineering alignment of a large-scale Wealth Management platform. You will work across applications, UI services, APIs, integrations, data, databases, AI/ML, AWS Cloud, infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, security, performance, scalability, and cost optimization. You are expected to be hands-on, technically deep, and closely engaged with engineering teams to ensure solutions are secure, performant, cost-effective, and production-ready. Key Responsibilities End-to-End Enterprise Architecture: Define and govern architecture covering UI, microservices, APIs, integrations, databases, cloud, and operational platforms. Technical Solutioning: Convert complex functional requirements into practical technical designs, evaluating architectural trade-offs and tech stacks. AWS & Infrastructure Architecture


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