Technical Architect

HCL Technologies Limited; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a senior Solution Architect to define end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure web products and to lead modernization initiatives. You will provide technical direction, align with stakeholders, and ensure governance across performance, security, and observability.

Excellent communication of architecture decisions to product and business teams is essential. The role requires extensive experience with cloud-native patterns, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in Solution/Technical Architect roles.
• Hands-on delivery experience with customer-facing digital applications and modern web platforms.
• Experience with CDN, caching, content delivery, SEO, redirects, and GA4.
• Cloud-native architecture on Azure, AWS or GCP with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability and secure deployment.
• Proven ability to communicate architecture decisions to product, business and engineering stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Define end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure, resilient web products.
• Lead modernization initiatives including refactoring, cloud migration and debt reduction.
• Provide technical direction on architecture standards, tech choices, integration patterns and delivery.
• Partner with product owners, stakeholders, engineering, and customers to translate requirements into designs.
• Drive architecture governance and address performance, scalability, security, observability, and maintainability.
• Support delivery with hands-on technical leadership and clear architectural decisions.

Connaissances

End-to-end architecture

Technical leadership

Stakeholder communication

Web performance optimization

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability tooling

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Description du poste

• Define end-to-end architecture for scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing customer-facing web products.
• Lead legacy application modernization initiatives, including refactoring, cloud migration, and technical-debt reduction.
• Provide technical direction to engineering teams on architecture standards, technology choices, integration patterns, and delivery practices.
• Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, engineering teams, and customers to translate requirements into practical solution designs.
• Drive architecture governance and ensure non-functional requirements covering performance, scalability, observability, security, and maintainability are addressed.
• Support engineering delivery through hands‑on technical leadership and clear architectural decision‑making.

Required Experience and Skills

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, including at least 5 years in Solution Architect or Technical Architect roles.
• Recent hands‑on delivery experience with customer-facing digital applications and modern web or product platforms.
• Practical experience with CDN, caching, content delivery, web performance, SEO, redirect strategies, and GA4.
• Cloud-native architecture experience on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and secure deployment patterns.
• Proven experience modernizing established products through refactoring, re-platforming, or migration to modern architectures.
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions clearly to product, business, engineering, and customer stakeholders.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with content-driven digital platforms or modern web and content-management ecosystems.
• Experience in high-availability product engineering environments with measurable performance and scalability requirements.
• Architecture leadership across multidisciplinary, distributed, and customer-facing teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Architecture decisions are practical, clearly documented, and aligned with product and engineering priorities.
• Modernization is delivered while managing risk, quality, service continuity, and technical debt.
• Engineering teams receive clear technical direction and can implement solutions consistently across the product ecosystem.
• Digital products demonstrate strong performance, scalability, security, observability, and maintainability.