Cloud Architecture Lead (Govt Digital Services)

Scrumconnect Consulting; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a Technical Architect to shape architecture for shared components supporting app-based user journeys and digital credentials. You will guide engineering teams, navigate governance forums, and collaborate across government departments and cloud platforms.

The role requires hands-on cloud experience (AWS, GCP or Azure), strong DevOps and design authority capabilities, and the ability to produce high- and low-level designs that align with

Qualifications

• 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).
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Architecture experience

Cloud platforms

DevOps practices

HLDs & LLDs

Governance & trade-offs

Multi-team env

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a Technical Architect to shape architecture for shared components supporting app-based user journeys and digital credentials. You will guide engineering teams, navigate governance forums, and collaborate across government departments and cloud platforms.

The role requires hands-on cloud experience (AWS, GCP or Azure), strong DevOps and design authority capabilities, and the ability to produce high- and low-level designs that align with