Senior Technical Architect for Scalable Cloud Platforms

The Abbey; Bagnall; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

The Abbey is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to shape robust, scalable software solutions. You will be the single point of contact for technical and architecture decisions, balancing immediate delivery with long-term strategy and alignment across the stack.

The role involves overseeing multi‑view designs, mentoring the team, and communicating architecture decisions to stakeholders while promoting best practices. A BPSS eligibility requirement applies.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect delivering scalable software solutions.
• Experience with containerisation and cloud technologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• BPSS clearance or eligibility to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Define and build software solutions considering maturity, integrity, scale, and maintainability, aligning with broader technical and business strategies.
• Component Design: Articulate multi view architectural designs and define clear interaction mechanisms between software components.
• Development Support: Guide, mentor, and support the development team throughout construction, ensuring architectural integrity and consistency across documentation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Relay key architectural messages to managers, developers, and fellow architects, advocating for design best practices.
• Agile Leadership: Assist in building effective, high performing development teams while fostering an environment of continuous learning and hands on problem solving.

Skills

Java

AWS

Microservices

REST APIs

Agile

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Job description

The Abbey is seeking an experienced Technical Architect to shape robust, scalable software solutions. You will be the single point of contact for technical and architecture decisions, balancing immediate delivery with long-term strategy and alignment across the stack.

The role involves overseeing multi‑view designs, mentoring the team, and communicating architecture decisions to stakeholders while promoting best practices. A BPSS eligibility requirement applies.