Technical Architect

Tenth Revolution Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenth Revolution Group is partnering with a leading global government-focused consultancy to deliver strategic digital transformation programs across the UK. The role of Technical Architect drives the design of citizen-facing services at scale, aligning with GDS standards, security frameworks, and cloud-native practices.

The successful candidate will lead architecture and engineering teams, shape roadmaps, and mentor colleagues while delivering robust, accessible, data-driven public sector

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Technical Architect or similar hands-on architecture role.
• Proven success delivering enterprise-scale systems within public sector or highly regulated environments.
• Strong experience designing solutions on Salesforce, AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud platforms.
• Expert-level development experience with Node.js, Java, Python.
• Knowledge of GenAI engineering tools and security-by-design principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex enterprise-scale solutions.
• Translate high-level solution architectures into detailed technical designs and implementation roadmaps.
• Define technical standards, architecture principles, and best practices across programmes.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical direction to development and architecture teams.
• Assure technical quality and alignment with wider organisational and government strategies.
• Architect solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud; champion cloud-native approaches.
• Review code, IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies; work with engineering teams on challenges.

Skills

Technical Architect

Public sector experience

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Cloud-native patterns

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Salesforce

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Public Sector Digital Transformation UK Wide | Hybrid Working Competitive Salary + Benefits

Tenth Revolution Group is working with a leading global consulting organisation delivering some of the UK's most significant public sector digital transformation programmes. We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to play a key role in designing and delivering modern, citizen-centric digital services at scale.

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing team that is helping government organisations modernise legacy systems, embrace cloud-native technologies, leverage AI, and deliver exceptional digital experiences for citizens.

You'll combine strategic thinking with hands-on technical leadership, guiding multidisciplinary teams through architecture, design, and implementation whilst ensuring solutions align with government standards, security frameworks, and emerging technology trends.

What You'll Be Working On

As a Technical Architect, you'll be involved in a wide variety of transformational initiatives, including:

• Designing and delivering large-scale citizen-facing digital services that meet Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and accessibility requirements.
• Building personalised and proactive public services that anticipate user needs and improve service outcomes.
• Driving the adoption of AI-powered solutions, including intelligent automation, virtual assistants, predictive support, and next-best-action capabilities.
• Leading the modernisation of CRM and customer engagement platforms, including technologies such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and other enterprise platforms.
• Developing omnichannel digital experiences across web, mobile, contact centre, and other citizen interaction channels.
• Enabling data-driven delivery through advanced analytics, forecasting, automation, and AI-enabled tooling.
• Supporting cloud migration and modern application development programmes across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Architecture & Leadership

• Lead the design and delivery of complex enterprise-scale solutions.
• Translate high-level solution architectures into detailed technical designs and implementation roadmaps.
• Define technical standards, architecture principles, and best practices across programmes.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical direction to development and architecture teams.
• Assure technical quality and alignment with wider organisational and government strategies.

Solution Design & Delivery

• Produce detailed technical artefacts including:
• Component and integration designs
• API specifications
• Security architectures
• Deployment and operating models
• Design scalable, resilient, cloud-native platforms and services.
• Support iterative delivery through transitional and target-state architectures.
• Architect solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Champion cloud-native, open-source, and DevOps approaches.
• Review code, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies.
• Work closely with engineering teams to resolve complex technical challenges.

Security & Governance

• Embed security-by-design principles into all solutions.
• Ensure compliance with government service standards and security frameworks.
• Design robust approaches to identity management, encryption, access control, and secure cloud operations.

AI & Emerging Technology

• Shape AI adoption strategies and identify practical use cases across public services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that deliver measurable value.
• Help organisations leverage GenAI tools and automation to improve both citizen outcomes and delivery efficiency.

What We're Looking For:

• Significant experience in a Technical Architect, Lead Engineer, Solution Architect, or similar hands-on architecture role.
• Proven success delivering enterprise-scale systems within public sector, government, or highly regulated environments.
• Strong experience designing solutions on Salesforce, AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud platforms.
• Expert-level development experience with technologies such as:
• Node.js, Java, Python
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns including:
• Microservices
• Event-driven architectures
• Serverless computing
• Experience with modern DevOps practices and tooling, including:
• Docker
• Terraform
• Experience working with open-source technologies and frameworks.
• Knowledge of GenAI engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar.
• Strong understanding of GDS standards, accessibility requirements, and government technology best practices.
• Experience implementing security-by-design principles within cloud environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Experience with data streaming and event platforms.
• API Gateway and service mesh technologies.
• Front-end framework integration experience.
• Additional programming languages.
• Existing Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to obtain clearance.