Technical Architect

Manchester Digital; Salford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Manchester Digital is seeking an architect to translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and future-proof technical architectures. You’ll work in agile, collaborative environments to design and deliver services that meet user needs and strategic goals.

You will guide stakeholders through technical decisions, ensuring alignment with governance and assurance processes, and championing continuous improvement and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Analyse existing services to identify improvement opportunities and manage technical risks.
• Produce architecture artefacts, evaluate options and document design decisions, risks and dependencies.
• Support integration of new systems and cloud services, producing architecture diagrams and technical assessments.
• Take ownership of architecture activities for designated products or workstreams.
• Collaborate across teams and suppliers to identify reusable components and reduce technical debt.
• Review delivered solutions to assess architectural objectives and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Adhere to governance requirements and assurance frameworks to meet policies and standards.
• Contribute to the design and assurance of secure, resilient and supportable digital services.
• Produce architecture artefacts and technical designs that support secure delivery.
• Maintain architecture artefacts including diagrams, assessments and design documentation.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in solution design.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams to develop practical technology solutions.
• Operate in agile delivery environments and align architecture with delivery, operations and improvement.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps, architecture standards and reusable design patterns.
• Understand security, resilience, data, accessibility and operational requirements when designing solutions.

Job description

You will transform business requirements into secure, scalable, and future-proof technical architectures in this role.

You’ll work in agile, collaborative environments to design and deliver services that meet user needs and strategic goals.

You will guide stakeholders through technical decisions, ensuring alignment with governance and assurance processes, and championing continuous improvement and innovation.

Main Responsibilities

• Analyse existing services, platforms and technical solutions to identify improvement opportunities, manage technical risks and support the delivery of secure and sustainable outcomes.
• Contribute to solution architecture by producing architecture artefacts, evaluating technical options and documenting design decisions, risks and dependencies.
• Support integration of new systems, platforms and cloud services into existing environments, producing architecture diagrams, technical assessments and design documentation to support delivery.
• Take ownership of architecture activities for designated products, services or technical workstreams, supporting their design, delivery and continual improvement.
• Collaborate across teams and suppliers to identify reusable components, reduce technical debt, and drive consistent architectural practices.
• Review delivered solutions to assess whether architectural objectives have been achieved and identify opportunities for improvement and reuse.
• Adhere to governance requirements and assurance frameworks, ensuring solutions meet relevant policies, standards, and compliance requirements.
• Contributing to the design and assurance of secure, resilient and supportable digital services.
• Producing architecture artefacts and technical designs that support the delivery of secure, resilient and supportable services.
• Producing and maintaining architecture artefacts, including architecture diagrams, technical assessments and design documentation.
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement in solution design.
• Working effectively across multidisciplinary teams, suppliers and stakeholders to develop practical technology solutions.
• Working within agile delivery environments and understanding how architecture supports delivery, operations and continual improvement.
• Contributing to technical roadmaps, architecture standards and reusable design patterns.
• Understanding security, resilience, data, accessibility and operational requirements when designing technical solutions.