Job Description:

We're looking for a Senior Technical Architect to lead the design and assurance of complex digital services. You'll shape cloud-native and event-driven solutions, provide architectural governance, and ensure technology aligns with wider organisational and government strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, and resilient architecture solutions.
• Lead event-driven architecture design, including Pub/Sub and data streaming patterns.
• Define cloud architecture using AWS, container, hosting, and networking best practices.
• Support Agile and DevOps delivery teams.
• Design and advise on Identity & Access Management solutions (OAuth, OIDC, etc.).
• Present solutions to technical governance and architecture review boards.
• Communicate and justify design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide technical assurance across services, ensuring quality, compliance, and strategic alignment.

Skills & Experience

• Strong background in Technical, Solution, or Enterprise Architecture.
• Expertise in architecture frameworks, modelling techniques, patterns, and standards.
• Experience with event-driven and distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of AWS and cloud-native technologies.
• Understanding of Agile, DevOps, and modern engineering practices.
• Experience with IAM, OAuth, and OIDC.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working within government or highly regulated environments is desirable.