Technical Architect

Talent; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent in Leeds is seeking a Senior Technical Architect (SC Cleared) to steer major modernization programs, delivering full-stack designs from cloud and on-prem networks to API integrations and databases.

You will act as architectural authority, guiding agile teams through the full software lifecycle, with a hybrid on-site requirement (2 days per week) and a 12-month contract inside IR35. Exceptional knowledge of microservices and event-driven architectures is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance is mandatory.
• Experience migrating legacy platforms to modern cloud or hybrid environments.
• Expertise across cloud/on-prem infrastructure, security, middleware, and integration.
• Strong background in architectural modeling tools and bridging business/technical requirements.
• Experience with Microservices, APIs, Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka/Pub-Sub), or Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) is a huge plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural authority for major modernization streams, delivering full-stack designs from cloud/on-prem networks to API integrations and databases.
• Support agile delivery teams through the full software lifecycle.

Skills

SC Clearance

Legacy to cloud migration

Microservices

APIs

Event-Driven Architecture

Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Architecture modeling tools

Business/technical bridging

Security

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Job Description

Senior Technical Architect (SC Cleared)

Location: Leeds (Hybrid - 2 Days On-Site)

Contract: 12 Months | (Inside IR35)

The Role

You will be the architectural authority for major modernisation streams creating full-stack designs (from cloud/on-prem network architecture down to API integrations and databases) while supporting agile delivery teams through the full software lifecycle.

What We're Looking For:

• Active SC Clearance (Mandatory).
• Experience architecting migration routes from legacy platforms to modern cloud or hybrid environments.
• Expertise across cloud/on-prem infrastructure, security, middleware, and integration.
• Strong background in architectural modeling tools and bridging business/technical requirements.
• Experience with Microservices, APIs, Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka/Pub-Sub), or Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) is a huge plus.

£550.00 - £575.00 / day