Technical Architect

Crowncommercialservice; United States; Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous pension

Discretionary bonus

Remote working

Flexible hours

Annual leave 25–30 days

Job summary

Crown Commercial Service seeks a Senior Technical Architect to translate national strategy into scalable, resilient technical solutions. You will drive enterprise architecture governance, mentor multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure robust designs align with the organisation’s long-term goals.

You will operate within a high-performing team across locations (Liverpool, Newport, Norwich, Birmingham) and have the option to work remotely part-time, balancing travel and collaboration requirements as

Qualifications

• Proven experience defining and enforcing architectural standards.
• Expertise in scalable, secure enterprise platforms with Secure by Design.
• Ability to translate business strategy into actionable technical blueprints.
• Experience guiding teams through complex integration and trade-offs.
• Strong mentorship and leadership of engineering/architecture teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the Technical Vision for strategic changes and alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Lead Technical Governance, enforce standards across projects.
• Mentor and guide engineering and architecture teams on design decisions.
• Identify and articulate technical debt and risks early in investment cycles.
• Ensure High-Level Designs are scalable, secure, and fit within CCS ecosystem.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture Governance

Secure & Scalable Design

Strategic Technical Alignment

Complex Integration & Trade-offs

Leadership Experience

Job description

Задачи: Job Title: Senior Technical Architect Band: Band 5 Leadership Seeing the big picture Communicating & influencing (A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below) Success Profiles Framework Valuing our people: Competitive salary Generous pension scheme A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6) Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack. The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found.

Working flexibly, delivering outcomes GCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.

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Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Closing Date: 09/11/26 Interview Date(s): 1st - 4th Dec (subject to change)

Ready to step up from merely managing systems to designing the future of our entire technology ecosystem? We're seeking a Senior Technical Architect to drive our next generation of scalable, resilient, and innovative solutions. You will directly translate business strategy into technical reality, ensuring every architectural decision delivers maximum value for the nation. Do you possess the deep technical mastery to mentor a high-performing engineering team while navigating the complex trade-offs between speed, cost, and quality? We seek a visionary Senior Technical Architect to own, evolve, and drive our enterprise-wide DDaT technical strategy and architecture. Operating within a unified, high-performing team (scaling up to 5) that blends Enterprise and Technical Architecture expertise, you will serve as a defining authority, responsible for architecting scalable, secure, and resilient solutions that directly impact public service delivery. In this role, you will lead technical governance, mentor engineering teams, and translate national strategy into robust technical reality. While we leverage supplemental support from preferred partners, our internal architects always maintain full control - establishing the critical guardrails and steering the strategic direction of our complex digital transformation journey.

Key Accountabilities

• Own the Technical Vision: Define the 'how' for all strategic change, ensuring solutions align with the long-term enterprise architecture.
• Lead Technical Governance: Champion and implement architectural standards, including Secure by Design, across high-impact projects.
• Mentor and Guide Teams: Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and architecture teams on complex design decisions.
• Manage Architectural Risk: Identify and clearly articulate technical debt and architectural risks early in the investment process.
• Ensure System Integrity: Verify that new High-Level Designs (HLDs) are scalable, secure, and fit within the broader CCS technology ecosystem.
• Drive Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with Business Architecture to translate strategic goals into practical, resilient technical blueprints.
• Review Supplier Capability: Assess the technical viability and integration methods of solutions proposed by market suppliers (e.g., for the Self-Serve programme).
• Document Architecture: Lead the creation of clear, concise architectural documentation suitable for senior leadership.

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage)

• Enterprise Architecture Governance: Proven experience in defining and enforcing architectural standards (e.g., through an Architecture Review Board or similar forum) to manage technical debt and ensure system integrity.
• Secure & Scalable Design: Deep expertise in designing and leading the implementation of highly scalable, resilient, and secure solutions, including applying Secure by Design principles to large-scale platforms (e.g., IDAM or high-volume transactional services).
• Strategic Technical Alignment: Ability to translate abstract business or policy strategy into concrete, actionable technical blueprints, and effectively articulate risks to senior stakeholders (e.g., GCF architecture presentation at 'level zero').
• Complex Integration & Trade-offs: Demonstrated experience navigating and making complex technical trade-offs (e.g., speed vs. cost vs. quality) and defining integration strategy for major enterprise systems.
• Leadership Experience in providing technical mentorship and coaching to technical teams.

Требования

Architecture communication Architect for the whole context

Условия

(plus allowance up to £9,000 per annum depending on technical assessment) Available Locations: Liverpool, Newport, Norwich or Birmingham. The following locations listed below are restricted to contracted GCA staff already based in one of these offices: London, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester or York. External applicants are not eligible for these sites. If you select one of these locations as an external applicant your application will unfortunately be withdrawn.