Lead Technical Architect - MoD - G7

Manchester Digital; City Of London, Corsham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation organization in the UK seeks a Lead Technical Architect to shape and deliver actionable technical strategies. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in cloud-native patterns and be proficient in Archimate. You will communicate effectively with stakeholders to guide digital transformation and mentor teams to ensure high performance. This position offers a competitive salary along with additional allowances.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in large-scale digital delivery.
• Experience mentoring junior team members.
• Expert in complex architectural design tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Network with senior stakeholders to facilitate digital transformation.
• Support multiple teams in best practices and emerging technologies.
• Govern complex issues and deliver architecture design.

Skills

Cloud-native patterns

Archimate

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

£59,690 plus additional skills allowance up to £15,300 and London location allowance £3,330. Published on 25 September 2025. Deadline 14 October 2025. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Location

MOD Corsham, Main Building London, MOD Abbeywood

Overview of the role

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Lead Technical Architect to play a key leadership role within our organisation. As Lead Technical Architect you will work across various levels to translate business strategy into actionable change and technical delivery. Senior Enterprise Architects will also support lead architects in shaping, aligning, and driving the organisation's strategic direction, ensuring it is effectively developed, agreed upon, and implemented.

Responsibilities

• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations
• Proactively seek opportunities for digital transformation
• Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies
• Inspire other architects and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the organisation
• Be responsible for governance, solving complex and high-risk issues or delivering architecture design

For more information on the Technical Architect profession please see the Government Digital and Data Framework;

Qualifications

• Proven track record working at a mid to senior level within large-scale end-to-end digital delivery, informed by implementation of enterprise-wise strategies.
• Experience mentoring junior team members, with an understanding of how to create a collaborative and innovative culture that drives high performance and continuous improvement.
• Experience in a wide range of COTS and full stack deliveries so you can advise and challenge delivery teams and architecture colleagues to find the best way forward for Defence.
• Expert in tools, methodologies, and frameworks to support complex architectural design, governance, strategic development and stakeholder communication, for example the use of design patterns, modelling languages and component building blocks.
• A great listener with excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentational), including the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts clearly to technical and non-technical users, adapting communication style, language, and format to fit the needs of the audience.
• Experience building positive relationships across diverse stakeholder groups; able to understand and manage multiple perspectives, build consensus, and influence stakeholders at all levels, encouraging them to make decisions that align with the strategy, policies, principles and best interests of the enterprise.
• A flexible approach, capable of managing uncertainty, adapting to changing priorities and providing direction to others to overcome ambiguity and deliver at pace.
• Hands-on and recent experience in both high-level design and low-level design using Archimate.
• Experience working in agile, hybrid and waterfall delivery environments and a strong understanding of how each affects the workflow of architecture.

Application

When submitting your CV, please highlight your career history and experience relevant to this role. Additionally, refer to the "Things You Need to Know" section of the advert and provide a personal statement (max.1250 words) demonstrating the Essential Criteria listed below:

• Hands on experience with ArchiMate
• Familiarity with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud strategies including security resilience and cost optimisation.
• Experience in cloud-native patterns such as microservices, containerisation and serverless architecture.

Behaviours

We will assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We will assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Architect for the whole context
• Making architectural decisions
• Technical design throughout the lifecycle