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# Technical Architect

- **Company:** scrumconnect ltd
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, DevOps, High-Level Architecture, Mobile Application Software, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, DevOps Tools - Open-source
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-48A329BCDB75C115CB/

## About the Role

* Proven experience as a Technical or Solution Architect on large-scale digital services.
 * Hands-on knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP or Azure), with exposure to the others.
 * Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD and modern engineering tooling.
 * Experience producing HLDs, LLDs and architecture decision records.
 * Confidence taking designs through governance boards and explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.
 * Experience working in a multi-team or multi-organisation environment.

Desirable

 * Experience with mobile app architecture, digital identity or credential services.
 * UK public sector experience and familiarity with the GDS Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.

## Description

We are looking for a Technical Architect to shape the architecture of shared components that support app-based user journeys and digital credentials. You will guide engineering teams, take designs through technical governance, and work across several government departments and cloud platforms.

What you will do

 * Advise on the technical architecture of common components supporting app-native journeys and digital credentials.
 * Guide the team through technical design authority and governance forums.
 * Advise on DevOps tooling best practice and review its implementation with engineers.
 * Work across multiple tech stacks, including AWS, GCP and Azure.
 * Deliver at scale in a multi-department environment.
 * Produce architecture artefacts such as high-level designs, low-level designs and tech stack definitions.
 * Work within strategic and enterprise architecture constraints, engaging the wider architecture community when the team needs to move outside them.