Lead Technical Architect

Reference: 91496_1751612184

Lead Technical Architect required to work with a government department. This is a 12 month contract, paying £745 per day, inside IR35. It is a hybrid role and will require travel to Glasgow for 2-3 days per week (travel and accommodation expenses will be covered)

Active SC clearance is required prior to commencing the assignment.

Summary

As a Lead Technical Architect , you will initially be part of a small discovery team exploring how to incrementally replace legacy case management systems with digital services which meet the Government Service Standard. The discovery team's work will lay the foundation for the Digital strategy for the next few years, and will include understanding the current landscape, identifying and analysing a range of possible replacement approaches, and recommending a path forward. This role will then be the technical lead on the replacement work as it gets under way.

The legacy case management systems are supported by in-house technical teams who have deep understanding of their systems, and they will be close collaborators with the discovery team. We need to bring those teams along on the journey towards replacement of the legacy systems which they maintain and ensure they feel included in the process, and this role will be crucial for that.

There are also multi-disciplinary product teams which work on digital services, including the live public-facing service, and AI-powered tools in development to assist caseworkers.

While many Digital team members are spread across the UK and collaborate remotely, some are based in central Glasgow, including the teams supporting legacy systems, and occasional travel to the Glasgow office will be required to facilitate close collaboration with them. We expect this to be roughly one trip of 2-3 days per month, and travel and accommodation expenses will be covered.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work with the Principal Technical Architect to define, maintain and own the technical strategy and roadmap for services of various sizes and complexity, defining how they integrate with other services and teams, and how they evolve over time
  • Guide technical teams, influence technical choices and seek out opportunities for digital transformation
  • Undertake structured evaluation of technical concepts, translating this into technical designs that describe a solution
  • Align your team's work with departmental and wider government technology strategy
  • Look for opportunities to collaborate and reuse common components, communicating with both technical and non-technical people
  • Assure other services and system quality, ensuring the technical work fits into the broader strategy for the agency
  • Collaborate and find agreement with senior stakeholders, providing both technical and non-technical direction and challenge
  • Mentor, coach, and line manage senior and mid-level technical architects
  • Support hiring, taking part in recruitment for both Technical Architects and other professions such as Software Developers

Tech stack

  • Programming languages such as TypeScript/Node
  • AWS using infrastructure as code with Terraform
  • Container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
  • Public GitHub repositories for our work
  • Modern development practices such as domain-driven design, test-driven development, continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Mac laptops
  • plus other tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, AppInsights, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and more
  • Legacy systems use Oracle Database, WebLogic & Forms, and Tungsten TotalAgility & SQL Server

Skills & experience required:

  • Experience in a technical/solution architecture role within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Experience with the above

Please apply should you meet the above requirements of the role

Attenti Consulting is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

£700.00 - £745.00
Per day
GBP700 - GBP745 per day

Greater London

Contract

Added 04/07/2025
Reference: 91496_1751612184

Lead Technical Architect

Greater London
Contract

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