Technical Architect

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 132,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking a Technical Architect for a 6-month hybrid role based in Telford, with 2/3 days onsite and occasional travel to Birmingham, Manchester or London. The role focuses on software architecture, defining and communicating architectural views, and supporting the development community.

The candidate should have experience with microservices, REST APIs, Java, AWS and containerisation, and be adept at aligning solutions with strategic direction while maintaining quality

Qualifications

• Experience with Agile methodologies & skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solving and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Define and build software solution(s) considering maturity, integrity, stability, scale, maintainability and user profile.
• Articulate the different architectural views to depict aspects of the solution and common mechanisms for interactions between software components.
• Know the longer-term technical strategy and how the solution will consider this, whilst ensuring the software solution is compatible with the overall architecture.
• Appreciate non-technology aspects of the software solution (eg business strategy).
• Support the solution throughout its construction, providing support to the development community.
• Relay key messages to other architects, managers and developers consistently.
• Convince the team to adhere to and effectively leverage the software architecture and maintain modifications in architecturally relevant documents.
• Assist in building an effective team of developers
• Experience with Agile methodologies & skills.
• Curiosity, continuous learning and willingness to get hands-on when needed
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving and creativity skills

Skills

Microservices

REST APIs

Containerisation

Java

AWS

MongoDB

Stakeholder management

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Technical Architect
Rate: £600 £662
Clearance Required: BPSS
Duration:6 months
Location: Telford - 2/3 times a week onsite
Hybrid expectations: monthly travel for team events. Locations may vary between Telford, Birmingham, Manchester or London.
Job Description:
The Technical Architect is the point of contact for technical & software architecture and design queries/decisions.

• Define and build software solution(s) considering maturity, integrity, stability, scale, maintainability and user profile.
• Articulate the different architectural views to depict aspects of the solution and common mechanisms for interactions between software components.
• Know the longer-term technical strategy and how the solution will consider this, whilst ensuring the software solution is compatible with the overall architecture.
• Appreciate non-technology aspects of the software solution (eg business strategy).
• Support the solution throughout its construction, providing support to the development community.
• Relay key messages to other architects, managers and developers consistently.
• Convince the team to adhere to and effectively leverage the software architecture and maintain modifications in architecturally relevant documents.
• Assist in building an effective team of developers
• Experience with Agile methodologies & skills.
• Curiosity, continuous learning and willingness to get hands-on when needed
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving and creativity skills

Skills

• Microservices
• REST APIs
• Containerisation
• Java
• AWS
• MongoDB
• Stakeholder management