Application Architect

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK Government and Law Enforcement sectors is seeking an experienced Application Architect. This role involves collaborating with teams to deliver innovative solutions within a hybrid working model. Candidates should have a comprehensive understanding of software architecture, agile methodologies, and cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing software architectures and innovative solutions within constraints.
• Familiarity with secure design and implementation.
• Proven ability to take responsibility for technical outputs in team settings.

Responsibilities

• Define software architectures and designs, and identify new problem-solving methods.
• Collaborate with end-users and stakeholders to design and develop applications.
• Lead innovation within engineering teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

Designing innovative solutions

Familiarity with security concepts

Agile development methodology

Collaboration with tech leads

Stakeholder management

Driving innovation

Education

Experience in full-stack technical design

Cloud technology training and certification (AWS or Azure)

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london (city of london), United Kingdom

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

SC Cleared Application Architect - £60-90,000 base plus bonus and car allowance depending on grade recruited at - London hybrid

We are looking for an experienced Application Architect to join our client's team following continuous growth and success in the UK Government and Law Enforcement sectors based in London. Behind great solutions there are great people: their employees. They pride themselves on being able to solve some of their customers’ most complex problems. Their people are what differentiates them, they are ingenious, innovative and dedicated. They have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to their success.

As a key member of their engineering community, you’ll be working with their Law Enforcement Customers to build systems that support core mission capabilities. You’ll work as part of empowered, autonomous teams with regular contact with end-users to flexibly and efficiently design, develop, deploy and maintain applications and services.

Role Summary

You’ll be responsible for defining software architectures and designs, identifying new ways of solving problems and get to work in a range of different teams across their customer organisations. You will work in small teams and be given as much ownership and responsibility as you have the appetite for but part of a wider Engineering community to give you the support you need to grow in your career. They build a very broad range of capabilities for our customers, spanning multiple technologies, cloud, on premise etc.. We therefore value Engineers who enjoy playing a role in the full delivery lifecycle and are flexible to learn and pick up new technologies and approaches. You’ll be playing a role in identifying the right technologies to use for the job.

You will have experience in many of the following:

Designing innovative solutions that fit within business and technical constraints

Familiarity with security concepts, including secure design and implementation

Taking responsibility for the technical output of your team

Collaborating with tech leads and other architects to join-up solutions

Communicating clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written form

Managing stakeholders, including customers and end users

Following an agile development methodology

Driving innovation within a team of engineers to find new solutions to difficult problems

It would be great if you also had experience in some of following:

Cloud technology training and certification, such as AWS or Azure

Experience in full-stack technical design

Mentoring junior engineers and nurturing their passion for engineering