Senior Technical Architect - Cloud & API Excellence

Civil Aviation Authority; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced hands-on Technical Architect or Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across a portfolio of digital services. You will balance architecture, engineering, and delivery to design secure, reliable, and maintainable services that support the CAA's regulatory responsibilities.

The role focuses on Next.js, .NET and Azure, with about 70% architecture and 30% hands-on engineering, and involves guiding engineering

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and delivering enterprise cloud-based web apps and services.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly in docs and diagrams.
• Experience with React/Next.js, API design, and Azure cloud services.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, security, accessibility, and live services.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns across multiple digital services.
• Produce designs and guidance for secure, accessible, resilient services.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities; craft a pragmatic technical roadmap.
• Lead architecture spikes, proofs of concept, and prototyping for risky decisions.
• Review designs and code; mentor engineers to improve architecture and engineering capability.
• Promote automation and modern engineering practices within governance controls.

Skills

React

Next.js

Server-side rendering

Web performance

C#/.NET

APIs & integrations

Azure

CI/CD

Automated testing

Observability

Application security

Accessibility

AI tooling

Tools

Azure App Service

Azure Functions

Azure SQL

Key Vault

API Management

Service Bus

Job description

Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced hands-on Technical Architect or Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership across a portfolio of digital services. You will balance architecture, engineering, and delivery to design secure, reliable, and maintainable services that support the CAA's regulatory responsibilities.

The role focuses on Next.js, .NET and Azure, with about 70% architecture and 30% hands-on engineering, and involves guiding engineering