Senior Cloud & Solution Architect – Government (On-Site 3x/Wk)

Talent; Manchester; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to join a Government client, blending strategic architecture with hands-on delivery guidance for a cloud-native platform.

The role leads architectural decisions, defines non-functional requirements, ensures system resilience, and drives artefacts through internal assurance channels, with 3 days a week on-site in Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester.

Qualifications

• Proven background as Technical or Solution Architect on large-scale cloud digital services.
• Strong expertise in Domain-Driven Design (DDD), distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Ability to navigate high-level strategic alignment and complex technical discussions without hands-on coding.
• Exceptional communication to engage both engineers and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership: Shape strategic solution design and governance across a distributed, cloud-native platform.
• Engineering Collaboration: Guide technical decisions, define NFRs, and ensure system resilience and scalability.
• Artefact and Governance Creation: Produce architecture artefacts and drive solutions through assurance channels.
• Operational Readiness: Define disaster recovery, auto-scaling, and support models for large-scale service adoption.

Skills

Architectural leadership

DDD design

Distributed systems

Event-driven

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

Tools

Kafka

MongoDB

REST APIs

Spring Boot

Node.js

Java

Job description

Talent is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to join a Government client, blending strategic architecture with hands-on delivery guidance for a cloud-native platform.

The role leads architectural decisions, defines non-functional requirements, ensures system resilience, and drives artefacts through internal assurance channels, with 3 days a week on-site in Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds or Manchester.