Lead Technical Architect: Cloud & Microservices for Scale

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Time off volunteering

I Can Be Me in DWP initiative

Discounts and savings

Job summary

DWP Digital’s Health Assessment Service is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to define the architectural direction, govern modern digital architecture, and lead secure, resilient services for health and disability benefit assessments in the UK.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, delivery and design teams to ensure alignment with the organisation's long-term architectural vision while guiding multiple delivery teams through cloud, on-premises and API-led architectures.

Qualifications

• Designing complex technical solutions across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, considering networking, security, integration, databases and application services.
• Using architectural principles, standards, patterns and best practice to guide technology decisions and solution design.
• Working closely with delivery teams throughout the full project lifecycle, from early discovery and design through to live service.
• Turning business needs into clear technical solutions and explaining design decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Creating and communicating architecture designs using recognised modelling approaches, tools and techniques.
• Designing event-driven solutions using patterns such as publish-subscribe and data streaming.
• Designing microservice and API-led architectures that enable scalable, maintainable and well-integrated digital services.

Responsibilities

• Set the architectural direction and shape the digital platforms that support health and disability benefit assessments across the UK.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple delivery teams to ensure cohesive, scalable solutions.
• Mentor architects, drive best practice, and influence senior stakeholders to navigate complex technical challenges.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Security design

Event-driven design

Microservices

API-led architecture

Stakeholder communication

Architecture modelling

Tools

Modelling tools

Job description

DWP Digital’s Health Assessment Service is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to define the architectural direction, govern modern digital architecture, and lead secure, resilient services for health and disability benefit assessments in the UK.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, delivery and design teams to ensure alignment with the organisation's long-term architectural vision while guiding multiple delivery teams through cloud, on-premises and API-led architectures.