Job Description

Technical Architect

£675 P/D Inside IR35

4 months with scope to extend

Active SC

Hybrid - 1/2 days on site per week in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Manchester or London (emote working is a possibility for the right candidate.)

Overview

We're looking for an experienced Technical Architect to join a multidisciplinary government team, helping shape the design and delivery of complex cloud-based platforms.

This is a hands-on architecture role focused on systems design rather than software development. You'll take user requirements, feature requests, and technical challenges and turn them into clear, implementable designs and technical specifications for engineering teams.

Working across DevOps, software engineering, and data teams, you'll play a key role in ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with long-term platform strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Design technical solutions for new features, enhancements, and platform improvements

Translate business and user requirements into clear technical designs and delivery-ready backlog items

Work closely with software engineers, DevOps engineers, and data teams to ensure solutions are practical and deliverable

Produce architecture artefacts, system diagrams, and technical specifications

Support systems design across AWS cloud environments

Identify design issues and collaborate with engineering teams to resolve technical challenges

Ensure solutions align with modern cloud, containerisation, and Infrastructure as Code principles

Communicate effectively across both technical and non-technical stakeholdersWhat We're Looking For

Strong experience designing systems within AWS environments

Good understanding of: AWS services

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform (Infrastructure as Code principles)

GitHub Actions / CI/CD

Experience producing detailed technical designs rather than purely high-level architecture

Strong collaboration skills across multidisciplinary technical teams

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience creating architecture documentation and system diagrams (Mermaid knowledge beneficial)Ideal Background

Previous experience as a: Technical Architect, Cloud Architect

DevOps Engineer moving into architecture

Cloud Engineer with architecture experience

Experience designing analytical or data platforms

Government experience desirable but not essential

Technical Architect required to design AWS-based cloud solutions for complex government platforms. Strong systems design, cloud architecture, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration skills are essential, alongside experience producing detailed technical specifications that engineering teams can successfully deliver