Senior Public Sector Solution Architect - Cloud & Data

Anson McCade Pty; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade partners with a leading UK digital transformation consultancy to hire a Principal Architect for its public sector practice. The role is senior technical lead across large-scale programmes that serve millions of citizens, shaping architectural direction and delivering across multiple teams and suppliers.

You will lead and develop a small team of architects and engineers, contribute to bids, and engage with CIO and CTO level stakeholders, balancing secure-by-design principles with

Qualifications

• Extensive public sector experience with UK government or large public service.
• Proven track record leading architecture for complex digital services.
• Strong knowledge of the GDS Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice.
• Hands-on cloud experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience with APIs, event-driven architectures, and data platforms.
• Engineering background with credibility to lead software teams.
• Ability to explain complex designs to C-level stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness including bid experience and total cost of ownership considerations.
• Experience managing and developing technical people.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural principles and strategic direction with senior government stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership across multi-team, multi-supplier programmes.
• Design secure, resilient and scalable services across cloud, integration, data and legacy modernisation.
• Advising on modern technologies, including AI and agentic approaches, and responsible adoption.
• Contributing to bids, proposals and account strategy.
• Line managing, coaching and mentoring architects and engineers.

Skills

Public sector

Technical leadership

Architecture governance

Cloud architectures

AWS/Azure

Stakeholder communication

Bid leadership

Mentoring

Security by design

Cost trade-offs

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Anson McCade partners with a leading UK digital transformation consultancy to hire a Principal Architect for its public sector practice. The role is senior technical lead across large-scale programmes that serve millions of citizens, shaping architectural direction and delivering across multiple teams and suppliers.

You will lead and develop a small team of architects and engineers, contribute to bids, and engage with CIO and CTO level stakeholders, balancing secure-by-design principles with