Technical Architect

Methods; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Methods, a leading IT Services Consultancy in Greater London, is looking for an experienced Technical Architect to drive digital transformation projects. The successful candidate will leverage their Java and Spring Boot expertise to define robust technical architecture and provide leadership across various project phases.

This full-time role emphasizes hands-on architecture in cloud environments, emphasizing integration and governance while ensuring solutions are scalable and maintainable. Methods values team collaboration and innovative problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Experience in hands-on architecture and technical leadership.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot services.
• Ability to produce architecture artifacts such as HLDs and LLDs.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate technical architecture for Java/Spring Boot services.
• Lead technical design governance, ensuring best practices.
• Provide architecture direction for applications, APIs, and microservices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Architecture

API Design

Job description

Technical Architect - Java / Spring Boot

About Methods

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people‑centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public‑sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022. Alten is a global engineering firm with approximately 57,000 employees specializing in engineering and IT services.

Overview

Methods is looking for an experienced Technical Architect with a strong Java and Spring Boot background to support customer‑specific delivery workstreams and wider digital transformation projects.

The role requires hands‑on architecture experience across modern service design, integration, cloud‑hosted platforms and delivery governance. The successful candidate will help shape robust, maintainable and scalable services, working closely with engineering teams, delivery leads, product stakeholders and enterprise architecture functions to ensure technical decisions align with programme outcomes, GDS expectations and wider organisational standards.

Requirements

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define and communicate technical architecture for Java/Spring Boot services and supporting platform components
• Produce high‑quality architecture artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, roadmaps, integration patterns, sequence diagrams and data models
• Lead technical design governance, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles, GDS Service Standard and delivery best practice
• Provide technical assurance across delivery teams, suppliers and stakeholders
• Own and articulate technical requirements through governance and assurance processes
• Support architectural decision‑making across discovery, alpha, beta and live service phases
• Translate business and operational needs into clear, deliverable technical designs

Java / Spring Boot Service Design

• Provide architecture direction for Java and Spring Boot applications, APIs, microservices and event‑driven services
• Define reusable engineering patterns for service design, configuration, observability, error handling, resilience and maintainability
• Guide teams on Spring Boot best practice, including dependency management, REST API design, testing approaches and integration patterns
• Support decisions around modularity, service boundaries, domain modelling and data ownership
• Review designs and implementation approaches to ensure services are scalable, supportable and fit for live operation

Platform Design & Integration

• Oversee integration patterns with upstream and downstream systems, including APIs, messaging, event streams and batch interfaces
• Collaborate with developers, platform engineers, test engineers, data specialists and cyber teams to deliver robust solutions
• Support cloud‑hosted delivery patterns, CI/CD, infrastructure integration and operational monitoring
• Ensure solutions are designed for resilience, performance, maintainability and operational support

Governance, Standards & Best Practice

• Develop, document and promote technical standards, reusable patterns and operational best practice
• Ensure alignment with relevant legislation, information governance requirements and internal technology standards
• Establish repeatable architecture controls and decision records
• Support training, coaching and enabling teams to adopt consistent engineering practice

Technical Delivery Support

• Provide expert guidance to delivery teams on architecture constraints, recommended patterns and implementation options
• Support troubleshooting, risk identification, technical assessments and proof‑of‑concept design activities