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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Architect - **Company:** Lucid Support Services Ltd - **Location:** UK - **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £135,200.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Architectural Patterns, User Authentication, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture Framework, High-Level Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Software Architecture, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Technical Review, Web Platforms, Google Cloud, DevOps Tools - Open-source, Archimate, Cloudformation, Togaf, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Restful APIs, Terraform, Service Stack, Microservices - **Published:** November 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-7706C18A240A4AA921/ ## About the Role * Proven experience working as a Technical Architect, Solution Architect or similar within complex digital transformation or software engineering environments. * Strong experience designing and advising on scalable, secure and resilient technical architectures. * Practical knowledge of cloud technologies, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with the ability to work across different technology stacks. * Experience providing architectural guidance to multidisciplinary engineering and delivery teams. * Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation and associated tooling. * Experience producing architectural documentation, including HLDs, LLDs, solution designs and technical architecture artefacts. * Experience navigating technical governance, design assurance and architectural approval processes. * Ability to work within established strategic and enterprise architecture frameworks, standards and constraints. * Experience designing or supporting reusable digital components, shared services and complex system integrations. * Strong understanding of software architecture principles, cloud-native technologies and modern application development practices. * Experience operating within large-scale, complex organisations involving multiple teams, stakeholders and technical dependencies. * Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills. * Ability to work collaboratively with engineers, delivery teams and the wider architecture community. Desirable Skills & Experience: * Previous experience delivering technical architecture within Central Government or wider public sector environments. * Experience working within GDS-aligned digital delivery programmes and an understanding of the Government Service Standard. * Experience designing architectures supporting digital identity, digital credentials or app-native user journeys. * Familiarity with cross-government digital platforms, common components and shared services. * Experience working within multi-department or federated architecture environments. * Knowledge of microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures and cloud-native application patterns. * Understanding of identity and access management, authentication and authorisation technologies. * Experience working with infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation. * Familiarity with architecture frameworks and modelling approaches such as TOGAF, C4 or ArchiMate. * Experience supporting technical design reviews, architecture boards or Detailed Design Authority (DDA) forums. ## Description * We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect/Solution Architect to support the design and delivery of scalable, secure and reusable digital services within a large-scale public sector environment. * The successful candidate will provide technical architectural guidance across common digital components, application-native user journeys and digital credential solutions, ensuring that proposed architectures align with established enterprise architecture principles, technical standards and governance requirements. * Working closely with engineering teams, delivery leads and the wider architecture community, you will help shape technical solutions, advise on DevOps best practices and support the successful implementation of cloud-based services across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). * This opportunity would particularly suit an architect with experience operating within complex, multi-department environments, ideally within Central Government or similarly large-scale organisations., * Provide technical architectural advice and guidance for the design and implementation of common digital components supporting app-native journeys and digital credentials. * Define and review solution architectures, ensuring they are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned with business and technical requirements. * Support delivery teams in progressing proposed solutions through technical governance and design assurance forums, including Detailed Design Authority (DDA) processes. * Advise engineering teams on DevOps tooling, CI/CD practices, automation and modern software delivery approaches. * Work collaboratively with engineers to review technical implementations and ensure solutions align with agreed architectural designs and best practices. * Provide architectural guidance across multiple cloud platforms and technology stacks, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and GCP. * Produce and maintain architectural documentation and supporting artefacts, including High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), technical specifications and technology stack recommendations. * Ensure architectural decisions comply with established strategic, enterprise and security architecture standards. * Identify technical dependencies, architectural risks and potential integration challenges, recommending appropriate solutions and mitigations. * Collaborate with enterprise architects, solution architects and other technical stakeholders to review architectural decisions and address exceptions to existing standards. * Support teams in assessing where existing architectural constraints may need to be challenged or adapted, engaging with the wider architecture community to obtain appropriate agreement and approval. * Promote the adoption of reusable components, consistent architectural patterns and engineering best practices across multiple delivery teams and departments.