Lead Technical Architect | Cloud-Native Strategy & Delivery

Hippo; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

25 Days Holiday

Perkbox access

Critical illness cover

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Cycle-to-work

EV salary sacrifice

Season ticket loans

Wellbeing sessions

Flexible benefits: private health &amp

Additional pension contributions

Extra holidays (up to 2 days)

Wellbeing contribution

Charity contributions

Tree planting

Job summary

Hippo is a rapidly growing digital consultancy delivering transformative digital solutions for public and private sector clients. We are recruiting a Lead Technical Architect to shape our architectural vision and technical strategy across client projects and internal practice.

You will act as a trusted advisor, defining standards, mentoring teams, and leading complex engagements. This role requires deep cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, and security expertise within a consultancy environment and a

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience as a Technical Architect with large-scale digital transformations.
• Expertise designing architectures across major Public Cloud platforms and multi-cloud.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience and advanced CI/CD tooling.
• Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform for complex deployments.
• Ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Deep knowledge of security, networking, and governance in cloud contexts.
• Experience in consultancy, including pre-sales and business growth.
• Agile leadership and team orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural vision and standards across Hippo Digital delivery.
• Advise senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives, on technical strategy.
• Lead complex engagements with architectural oversight and QA.
• Mentor engineers and architects to grow skills.
• Contribute to pre-sales, bids, and new opportunities.
• Contribute to thought leadership through public speaking and writing.
• Make key architectural decisions affecting multiple projects.

Skills

Senior Architect

Cloud architecture

Executive communication

Agile leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Security tooling

Job description

Hippo is a rapidly growing digital consultancy delivering transformative digital solutions for public and private sector clients. We are recruiting a Lead Technical Architect to shape our architectural vision and technical strategy across client projects and internal practice.

You will act as a trusted advisor, defining standards, mentoring teams, and leading complex engagements. This role requires deep cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, and security expertise within a consultancy environment and a