Senior Technical Architect

Unify Talent UK; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to join a new project team for a high-profile Government program. This role requires active SC Clearance, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and experience with architectural strategies. Candidates should have a background in software development and familiarity with tools like Visio and Lucidchart. Competitive pay of £(Apply online only) per day, with significant scope for extension.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance is essential for this position.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills are required.
• Software Development background would be helpful.

Responsibilities

• Deliver architectural decomposition and define domain boundaries.
• Act as the lead technical authority and align strategies with governance.
• Communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Architectural Strategy & Definition

Technical Authority & Governance

Stakeholder Engagement

Written Communication Skills

Modern Software Development Practices

Evaluating Technology Options

Legacy System Replacement

Tools

Visio

Lucidchart

Draw.io

Job description

Senior Technical Architect

SC CLEARANCE

£(Apply online only) per day, Outside IR35

Remote - Start ASAP

Initially until 31/03/2026 (Huge scope for extensions)

Our exclusive Consulting partner urgently requires the services of 2 x Technical Architects to join a brand new project team, delivering a high-profile Government program.

Active SC Clearance is essential for this Contract.

We're looking for strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills. A Software Development background would be helpful, and comfortable with tech such as Java/Kotlin, TypeScript and AWS.

The Senior Technical Architect needs expertise in:

• Architectural Strategy & Definition: Expertise in architectural decomposition, defining domain boundaries, and translating high-level vision into actionable roadmaps.
• Technical Authority & Governance: The ability to act as the lead technical authority, ensuring the blueprint and transition strategies are robust and aligned with governance.
• Strategic Transition Analysis: Deep knowledge of various transition approaches (e.g. API façade, event-sourced replication) to make formal, evaluated recommendations.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to communicate and secure endorsement for technical direction with senior stakeholders like the Buyer's Principal Technical Architect and Programme Lead.
• Experience of communicating technical concepts and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience of evaluating technology options, prioritising between requirements, and making recommendations
• Experience developing and reviewing architecture artefacts, including architecture modelling (C4, ArchiMate, UML), using tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Draw.io
• Strong written communication skills and experience creating and reviewing technical documentation
• Experience of modern software development best practice eg containerisation, CI/CD
• Experience replacing legacy systems
• A technology and platform agnostic perspective

Urgent requirement!

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