Lead Technical Architect

Experis; Ribble Valley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Experis is seeking a Lead Technical Architect for a short-term NHS Blood and Transplant project. The role focuses on governance and delivery of a secure Azure migration, with responsibility from discovery to service transition and final acceptance. Remote work with occasional travel to UK locations will be required.

The candidate will oversee architecture decisions, security, DR, and operational readiness in a highly regulated environment, coordinating with NHSBT, Microsoft, and delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Azure cloud migration programmes.
• Ability to lead complex enterprise transformation work.
• Strong governance and communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical assurance from discovery through migration and service transition.
• Validate current as-is architecture (application, infra, network, security, dependencies).
• Define and assure target Azure architecture with landing zone alignment.
• Govern technical decisions and risks across NHSBT, Microsoft, and delivery teams.
• Oversee security, resilience, backup, DR, and business continuity requirements.
• Review migration approaches, sequencing, runbooks, readiness criteria and blockers.
• Support operational readiness and final technical acceptance recommendations.

Skills

Azure migration

Technical leadership

Stakeholder governance

Security & DR

Cloud architecture

Job description

Lead Technical Architect

Location: Primarily Remote (occasional travel to Bristol, Manchester or London)

Duration: ASAP - 31st Dec

Our Client is hiring for a reputed client to provide technical leadership across the discovery and migration of a critical NHS Blood and Transplant application to Microsoft Azure. This is a short-term project (3-4 months, starting 7 September), where your architectural governance will directly help enable a safe, resilient cloud move within a highly regulated environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead technical assurance from discovery through migration completion and service transition
• Validate the current "as-is" architecture, including application, infrastructure, network, security and operational dependencies
• Define and assure the target Azure architecture, including landing zone alignment and key platform components
• Govern technical decisions and risks across NHSBT, Microsoft, and delivery teams
• Oversee security, resilience, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements
• Review migration approaches, sequencing, runbooks, readiness criteria, and escalation blockers
• Support operational readiness and final technical acceptance/sign-off recommendations

What you'll bring:

• Extensive experience delivering Azure cloud migration programmes, confidently operating at SFIA 6/7 level
• Proven track record as a Lead Technical Architect on complex enterprise transformation work
• Strong understanding of Azure architecture, networking, identity/access management, security, backup/recovery and disaster recovery
• Ability to act as a credible technical design authority with senior stakeholders, including a hyperscaler partner
• Experience governing technical delivery across multiple stakeholder groups

Additional information:

• Security Clearance: BPSS needed

If you're an architect who thrives on governance, clarity and real-world delivery in mission-critical environments, we'd love to hear from you.