Project Architect

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler is seeking an experienced Project Architect to lead the technical architecture and design phase of a major project. Hybrid work in Huntington, with a 6-month rolling contract and BPSS clearance, offering a challenging opportunity to shape the target architecture and document high-level design.

You will drive workshops, craft integration approaches, and ensure alignment with standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Lead technical architecture and design workshops with stakeholders to validate requirements from discovery.
• Define target architecture, system landscape, and integration approach.
• Develop High-Level Design (HLD) covering architecture, security, networking, data flows.
• Assess current-state architecture and identify gaps, risks, migrations.
• Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) including availability and DR.
• Collaborate with infra, app, security, and integration teams on standards.
• Review designs against architecture guidelines and sign-off.
• Provide leadership, recommendations, and estimates for planning.
• Present HLD and address feedback to secure sign-off.
• Support transition from design to build with clear guidance to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture and design workshops.
• Define target architecture and integration approach.
• Develop High-Level Design documentation.
• Assess current-state architecture and risks.
• Coordinate with infra, security, and integration teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Architecture design

HLD

Security architecture

Data flows

Job description

Project Architect

Rate: 600- 644 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Huntington / Hybrid
Duration: 6 months, rolling
Clearance: BPSS

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Project Architect to lead the technical architecture and design phase of a major project. You will work closely with key stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into a robust, scalable, and secure target architecture.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership throughout the design process, produce high-quality architecture documentation, and ensure solutions are aligned with technical standards and project objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture and design workshops with stakeholders to validate and finalise requirements emerging from the discovery phase.
• Define and finalise the target architecture, system landscape, and integration approach.
• Develop and deliver comprehensive High-Level Design (HLD) documentation covering:
  • Application architecture
  • Infrastructure
  • Security
  • Networking
  • Integrations
  • Data flows
• Assess current-state architecture and identify gaps, dependencies, risks, and migration considerations.
• Define and incorporate non-functional requirements (NFRs) including availability, scalability, performance, security, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security, and integration teams to ensure architecture decisions align with technical standards and best practice.
• Review and validate solution designs against established technical architecture guidelines.
• Provide technical leadership, architecture recommendations, and effort estimates to support project planning and implementation.
• Present HLD documentation to stakeholders, address feedback, and secure architecture sign-off.
• Support the transition from design into build and implementation, ensuring architecture requirements are clearly communicated to delivery teams.

Key Deliverables

• High-Level Design (HLD) Document
• Logical and Physical Architecture Diagrams
• Integration and Data Flow Architecture
• Non-Functional Requirements Assessment
• Architecture Review and Sign-Off Documentation

Opportunity Overview

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Architect to take ownership of the technical design phase, influence key architecture decisions, and work collaboratively across multiple technical and stakeholder groups.