Technical Director - Defence Tech & Enterprise Architecture

Experis UK; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis UK is seeking a Technical Director to lead a major Maritime programme, providing architectural leadership and long-term technical direction. The role requires UK MoD domain experience, senior authority, and a strong background in enterprise architecture across software, cloud services, APIs, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.

You will guide technology strategy, governance and risk management while collaborating with MoD stakeholders to deliver mission-critical digital solutions

Qualifications

• Background within UK Military or MoD as a customer
• Experience as senior technical authority with architectural leadership
• Enterprise Architecture across software engineering and platform delivery including cloud-hosted services, APIs, CI/CD and test automation
• Experience with emerging technologies including AI, ML and data-enabled services
• Strong and robust stakeholder management skills
• SC Cleared

Responsibilities

• Senior leadership in a multi-year delivery environment supporting thousands of personnel and civil servants
• Set technical direction for the software house ensuring MoD-aligned digital products and services
• Define and maintain technical architecture roadmap
• Translate operational and business needs into coherent technical strategy
• Ensure platforms, products, data, integration patterns and engineering approaches support long-term mission outcomes and immediate delivery priorities
• Provide technical leadership across code, low-code, data and platform services
• Collaborate with MoD organisations across.
• Lead modern engineering approaches and emerging technologies
• Provide governance, assurance and risk management across the delivery portfolio
• Oversee technology stack including Python, TypeScript, React, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, Tekton, SaaS platforms, Microsoft Power Platform, Palantir Foundry

Skills

Senior technical authority

Architectural leadership

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud-hosted services

APIs

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Test automation

AI

ML

Data-enabled services

Stakeholder management

MoD / UK Military familiarity

Tools

Python

TypeScript

React

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Tekton

SaaS platforms

Microsoft Power Platform

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Experis UK is seeking a Technical Director to lead a major Maritime programme, providing architectural leadership and long-term technical direction. The role requires UK MoD domain experience, senior authority, and a strong background in enterprise architecture across software, cloud services, APIs, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.

You will guide technology strategy, governance and risk management while collaborating with MoD stakeholders to deliver mission-critical digital solutions