Technical Architect: Standards & Design Governance

Costa Crociere S.p.A.; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discounted Cruising

25 days leave + holidays

Health Cash Plan

Contributory Pension

Job summary

Carnival UK is seeking a Technical Architect to own the low-level design and govern supplier partnerships, translating architecture into concrete engineering detail and ensuring consistency across deliveries.

You will collaborate with projects and external teams to establish engineering standards and reference architectures, driving quality, security and observability across the technology estate. The role offers hybrid working with up to two days from home.

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on technical experience translating architectural designs into concrete technical detail across CI/CD, IaC, automation and integration.
• Strong grasp of modern architecture patterns including event-driven architecture, microservices, scaling, security and observability.
• Experience building engineering standards and reference architectures followed by delivery teams and suppliers.
• Proven experience working with outsourcers, suppliers and partners within third-party and commercial delivery constructs.

Responsibilities

• Bridge the gap between solution architecture and engineering by owning and governing the low-level design phase.
• Work with projects and outsourced/third-party teams to set the standard for low-level design and ensure suppliers produce it.
• Govern supplier output to ensure delivered work matches the agreed solution design and defined technical standards.
• Help develop engineering standards and reference architectures the business expects suppliers to follow.

Skills

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Integration

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

Security

Observability

Engineering standards

Vendor management

Job description

Carnival UK is seeking a Technical Architect to own the low-level design and govern supplier partnerships, translating architecture into concrete engineering detail and ensuring consistency across deliveries.

You will collaborate with projects and external teams to establish engineering standards and reference architectures, driving quality, security and observability across the technology estate. The role offers hybrid working with up to two days from home.