Remote Senior Technical Architect – Transition & Governance

Experis (Austria); Manchester; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis is seeking a Technical Architect for a contract role to run until 31/08/2027. Remote work is possible, with secure-room access in Poland or Manchester for data-sensitive work.

The role focuses on architecture governance, transition delivery, and ensuring alignment with IT strategies, including studies, risk registers, and dependency mapping. Responsibilities include leading architecture workshops, assessing DR/BC and security, and driving knowledge transfer across client, suppliers, and

Qualifications

• Over 10 years leading design and delivery of scalable enterprise solutions.
• Deep Microsoft ecosystem expertise and strong leadership skills.
• Experience in architecture governance and transition programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture discovery and due diligence for transitioned services.
• Run architecture workshops with owners, SMEs, infra, security, and ops.
• Assess application architecture, integrations, security and DR/BC capabilities.
• Produce architecture assessment artefacts: dependency maps, risk logs, transition plans.
• Identify technical debt and operational dependencies impacting service
• Define remediation actions and exit criteria for service acceptance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams to document dependencies.
• Support service design with ownership, escalation, and recovery models.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Architecture governance

Documentation

Tools

Active Directory

Entra ID

Service principals

Managed identities

Job description

Experis is seeking a Technical Architect for a contract role to run until 31/08/2027. Remote work is possible, with secure-room access in Poland or Manchester for data-sensitive work.

The role focuses on architecture governance, transition delivery, and ensuring alignment with IT strategies, including studies, risk registers, and dependency mapping. Responsibilities include leading architecture workshops, assessing DR/BC and security, and driving knowledge transfer across client, suppliers, and