Principal Technical Solutions Architect

iO Associates

London, UK

5 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Compensation

£227,500.0 - £234,000.0

Working hours

Shift work

Job source

www.totaljobs.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Applications Architecture Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration DevOps Mobile Application Software Machine Learning Software Engineering Web Services Test-Driven Development (TDD) SC Clearance

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Information Technology Serverless Computing

Job description

I’m supporting a search for a senior technical leader to head Technical AI Solutions Architecture for a major UK Government AI programme, responsible for shaping and delivering AI-powered digital products used by millions of citizens., * Active SC Clearance preferred (transferable SC acceptable).

Can start on BPSS while clearance transfer is completed.
Typically 2 days onsite per week, with flexibility available.
Candidates based outside London should expect quarterly travel to London.

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for the technical architecture strategy behind some of government’s most visible AI-powered citizen services, including the next generation of GOV.UK digital experiences.

Requirements

Extensive experience as a Technical Architect or Solutions Architect (not Enterprise Architecture focused).
Proven track record designing, building and launching user-facing digital products, apps and web services.
Experience leading architecture functions and managing teams of architects (4-8+ people).
Strong experience delivering AI-enabled products, ideally where AI functionality has reached end users rather than purely internal/back-office use cases.
Example: website and mobile application chat bots
Deep AWS expertise, including:
AWS Serverless technologies
AWS Bedrock
Cloud-native architecture
Strong software engineering and application architecture background.
Experience defining technical strategy, governance, standards and best practice across complex organisations.
Knowledge of modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD, TDD and Agile delivery.
Experience building secure services, ideally aligned to NCSC Secure by Design principles and/or Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).
Ability to operate at organisational leadership level while remaining technically credible.

Ideal Background

Delivery of products at national or enterprise scale.
Multiple major product launches/releases with clear ownership of technical architecture decisions.
AI, machine learning or data-intensive product delivery experience.
Public sector experience is welcome but not required.
AWS certifications, Computer Science degree or postgraduate qualifications are beneficial but not essential.