Lead Architect: Unified AI & Automation Estate

Agntx; North Tyneside; On-site; GBP 112,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Agntx is seeking a generalist lead architect for a UK central government automation and AI estate. The role demands balancing live services with new demand, mediating between strong stakeholder views, and landing decisions in a politics-driven environment. You will be the independent voice driving coherence across an evolved architecture.

The contract is Inside IR35, Newcastle-based with 2 days on site. The daily rate offered is £700, placing this role at the higher end for strategic government

Qualifications

• Generalist architect with strong arbitration and governance skills.
• Able to balance live services with new demand.
• Able to articulate business constraints to technologists and vice versa.

Responsibilities

• Bring coherence to an organically grown architecture.
• Arbitrate between live services and new demand with a strategic vs deliverable lens.
• Deconflict amid internal politics and represent independent architectural judgment.
• Translate business needs into technology decisions for stakeholders.
• Lead as an independent voice, free from commercial targets.

Skills

Arbitration experience

Governance

Architecture leadership

Business-IT alignment

Job description

Agntx is seeking a generalist lead architect for a UK central government automation and AI estate. The role demands balancing live services with new demand, mediating between strong stakeholder views, and landing decisions in a politics-driven environment. You will be the independent voice driving coherence across an evolved architecture.

The contract is Inside IR35, Newcastle-based with 2 days on site. The daily rate offered is £700, placing this role at the higher end for strategic government