Senior Technical Architect

Senior Technical Architect - Cloud & Microservices

£620 per day inside ir35

6 months rolling

Hybrid/Telford (2 times a week on site)
Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through BPSS clearance for the role

I'm looking for a Senior Technical Architect - Cloud & Microservices to join a major technology programme, working at the heart of the architecture and design function.

This is a role for someone who can operate at architectural level but isn't afraid to get hands-on when required.

Responsibilities:

You'll act as the key point of contact for technical and software architecture, making critical design decisions and ensuring solutions are robust, scalable and built for the long term.

• Defining and designing software solutions with a focus on stability, scalability, maintainability and performance
• Developing architectural views and defining how software components interact
• Ensuring solutions align with the longer-term technical strategy and wider architecture
• Supporting solutions throughout construction and working closely with development teams
• Providing technical direction and guidance to architects, developers and managers
• Championing architectural standards and ensuring teams adhere to agreed designs
• Maintaining key architectural documentation and communicating changes effectively
• Helping build and develop an effective software engineering team
• Working within Agile environments and contributing throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Balancing technical decisions with wider business and strategic requirements
• Bringing a curious, problem-solving mindset and getting hands-on when needed

Expereince Required:

• Microservices architecture
• REST APIs
• Containerisation
• Java
• AWS
• MongoDB
• Software architecture & design
• Stakeholder management
• Agile methodologies

The kind of person we're looking for

You’ll be someone who can operate comfortably between strategy, architecture and delivery .

You should have strong communication skills and be able to explain complex technical concepts clearly, influence engineering teams and work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Most importantly, you’ll bring curiosity, creativity and a willingness to get into the detail rather than simply producing architecture from a distance.

If you're a Technical Architect with strong Java, AWS, Microservices and API experience and you're looking for your next challenging contract, I'd be keen to speak with you so