Principal Architect

WRK digital; Skipton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Principal Architect to lead their cloud engineering and architecture functions. This pivotal role involves defining cloud adoption strategies, ensuring high availability and security in deployments, and advocating for modern architecture patterns. You will provide technical leadership, mentor teams, and align architectural decisions with business goals. If you're passionate about cloud technologies and want to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization that values your contributions and offers ample learning and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Learning Opportunities

Career Progression

Collaborative Work Environment

Generous Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in software engineering and architecture roles.
• Proven experience leading large-scale cloud transformations.

Responsibilities

• Define cloud adoption strategies leveraging Azure services.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams.

Skills

Cloud Adoption Strategies

Azure Cloud Services

Event-Driven Architectures

Microservices

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Documentation Skills

Security Awareness

Education

7+ years in Software Engineering

Experience in Cloud Transformations

Tools

Azure

Load Balancing Technologies

IDS/IPS

WAF

Job description

WRK digital are thrilled to be partnered with Skipton Building Society supporting the growth of their cloud engineering and architecture functions. As their highly skilled team expands, they are seeking a Principal Architect to help define, lead and govern the technology architecture strategy across the organisation.

The Principal Architect will provide leadership, technical expertise, and strategic direction to teams, ensuring best practices in software engineering, cloud technologies, and enterprise architecture are upheld. This role spans both IT infrastructure and Engineering domains, ensuring robust architectural solutions across diverse technology landscapes.

As Principal Architect, you will be responsible for:

1. Defining cloud adoption strategies leveraging Azure’s suite of services.
2. Ensuring high availability, scalability, and security in cloud deployments.
3. Driving the implementation of Azure-native solutions.
4. Providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering and IT infrastructure teams.
5. Leading cross-functional teams, ensuring architectural decisions align with business goals.
6. Serving as a trusted advisor to the GCIO, Director of Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy, bridging the gap between technical and business strategy.
7. Advocating for modern architecture patterns such as event-driven architectures and microservices.
8. Maintaining a structured approach to documenting architectural designs and decisions.
9. Ensuring traceability of decisions and impact assessments.
10. Applying best practices such as the Repository Pattern, CQRS, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
11. Ensuring systems are highly-available and resilient through the use of relevant technologies such as load balancing.
12. Ensuring systems are designed to be highly secure through the use of suitable technologies such as IDS/ IPS and WAF.
13. Supporting the development of runbooks and operational procedures for production systems.

As Principal Architect, you will have:

1. A minimum of 7 years in software engineering, IT, and architecture roles.
2. Proven experience leading large-scale cloud transformations.
3. Strong experience with Azure cloud services.
4. Strong knowledge of event-driven architectures and microservices.
5. Experience of technical leadership and stakeholder management.
6. Proficiency in modern software engineering and IT patterns.
7. Strong documentation and decision-recording capabilities.
8. Experience in on-prem and hybrid cloud solutions.
9. Strong security awareness, including identity and access management.
10. Expertise in observability and monitoring solutions.

What They Offer:

1. Learning Opportunities: Access to training, workshops, and professional development courses to enhance your skills and knowledge. Dedicated learning and development time.
2. Career Progression: Opportunities for advancement within the organization based on performance, skills, and dedication.
3. Collaborative Work Environment: Be part of a supportive and collaborative team where your contributions are valued and recognized.
4. A generous benefits package including health, lifestyle, monetary and wellbeing perks.

If this sounds of interest, click apply or email Gareth Squires at [e-mail] to discuss further.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology