Hybrid Cloud Systems Architect for Gov Digital Platforms

Scrumconnect Consulting; Manchester; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom seeks a Technical Architect to shape shared components for app journeys and digital credentials. You will guide engineering teams, drive designs through governance, and collaborate across government departments and cloud platforms.

You will bring strong cloud experience on AWS, GCP or Azure, hands-on DevOps, and the ability to produce high-level and low-level designs, ADRs, and architecture artefacts while communicating trade-offs to technical and

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), 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.

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

Architect experience

DevOps practices

Governance boards

Multi-team

Communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom seeks a Technical Architect to shape shared components for app journeys and digital credentials. You will guide engineering teams, drive designs through governance, and collaborate across government departments and cloud platforms.

You will bring strong cloud experience on AWS, GCP or Azure, hands-on DevOps, and the ability to produce high-level and low-level designs, ADRs, and architecture artefacts while communicating trade-offs to technical and