Senior Technical Architect – Digital Transformation Leader

Sword Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalised Career Development

Flexible working

Fantastic Benefits Package

Job summary

Sword is seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Architect to lead the architectural direction of major strategic projects and digital transformation initiatives for our client base in the energy, public and finance sectors. The role emphasizes enterprise architecture standards, end-to-end designs, and governance across networks, on-premise infrastructure, data flows, APIs and integrations.

The ideal candidate will drive architectural compliance, facilitate cross-functional decision-making,

Qualifications

• Lead architectural direction for major strategic projects and digital transformation programmes.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Experience working within large programmes providing support and direction.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain architecture diagrams based on business functions and portfolios.
• Ensure enterprise architecture standards and controls are embedded in all designs.
• Develop designs, including end-to-end application architecture, infrastructure components, network components, data flows, APIs and integrations.
• Support and guide network, applications and infrastructure workstreams post-design to maintain alignment with approved architectures.
• Maintain a focus on operational readiness, supportability, monitoring, resilience, transition to BAU, support costs, and ownership.
• Ensure the customer's business requirements are met.
• Maintain and follow enterprise architecture standards.
• Support correct and accurate integration with existing systems.
• Always aim to avoid unnecessary complexity.
• Aim to deliver value within budget and timescales.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Networks & UC

Cloud services

Data architecture

Integrations & interfaces

Governance

Stakeholder communication

M&A experience

Job description

Sword is seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Architect to lead the architectural direction of major strategic projects and digital transformation initiatives for our client base in the energy, public and finance sectors. The role emphasizes enterprise architecture standards, end-to-end designs, and governance across networks, on-premise infrastructure, data flows, APIs and integrations.

The ideal candidate will drive architectural compliance, facilitate cross-functional decision-making,