Senior Technical Architect - Cloud, GovTech & Identity

Scrumconnect Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Technical Architect to shape the architecture of shared components supporting app-native journeys and digital credentials for UK public sector projects.

You will guide engineering teams through governance, advise on DevOps tooling, and work across AWS, GCP and Azure to deliver scalable solutions in a multi-department environment, explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Experience as Technical or Solution Architect on large-scale digital services.
• Hands-on with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP or Azure).
• Strong knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD and modern tooling.
• Experience producing HLDs and LLDs and architecture decision records.
• Ability to explain trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the technical architecture of common components supporting app-native journeys.
• Guide the team through technical design authority and governance forums.
• Advise on DevOps tooling best practices and review their implementation with engineers.
• Work across multiple tech stacks, including AWS, GCP and Azure.
• Deliver at scale in a multi-department environment.
• Produce architecture artefacts such as high-level designs, low-level designs and tech stack definitions.
• Engage with the wider architecture community when needed.

Skills

Technical architecture

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

DevOps practices

Governance boards

ADR/Architecture decisions

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Scrumconnect Consulting in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Technical Architect to shape the architecture of shared components supporting app-native journeys and digital credentials for UK public sector projects.

You will guide engineering teams through governance, advise on DevOps tooling, and work across AWS, GCP and Azure to deliver scalable solutions in a multi-department environment, explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.