Lead Technical Architect - Cloud, Security & Enterprise Architecture

ASSYSTEM; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Technical Architect in the United Kingdom to lead design authority across complex projects, ensuring security, scalability, and regulatory alignment. You will collaborate with the Technical Assurance Manager and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust architectures.

The role requires extensive experience in technical architecture within regulated environments and a track record of architectural oversight for supplier-delivered solutions, including governance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology.
• Extensive experience in technical architecture roles within large-scale, regulated, or complex project environments.
• Track record of providing architectural assurance and oversight for supplier-delivered solutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead design authority for technical solutions in assigned projects, ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with the Technical Assurance Manager to deliver architectural assurance activities across the project lifecycle, from design through to operational handover.
• Design and review technical architectures for cloud, infrastructure, integration services, and application platforms, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to translate solution intent into technically viable and sustainable architectures.
• Provide subject matter expertise to project delivery teams and suppliers, ensuring technical quality and adherence to agreed principles.
• Support architectural governance processes, including participation in the Architecture Review Board (ARB) when required.
• Identify and assess emerging technologies, making recommendations for adoption where they deliver business value and align with strategy.
• Contribute to integration planning to ensure interoperability across a multi-supplier delivery environment.
• Ensure cyber security requirements are embedded within all technical designs and align with enterprise security frameworks.
• Support risk management for technical delivery, escalating key risks to the Technical Assurance Manager.

Skills

Technical architecture

Architectural assurance

Supplier-delivered solutions

Cyber security

Architecture governance

Risk management

Emerging technologies assessment

Education

Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Information Technology

Job description

Assystem is seeking a Technical Architect in the United Kingdom to lead design authority across complex projects, ensuring security, scalability, and regulatory alignment. You will collaborate with the Technical Assurance Manager and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust architectures.

The role requires extensive experience in technical architecture within regulated environments and a track record of architectural oversight for supplier-delivered solutions, including governance and