Lead Technical Architect

Lead Technical Architect

Permanent

Hybrid

£54.878-£71,150 (£65,853.60-£85.380)

Our client, a public sector organisation, are looking to recruit a Lead Technical Architect to oversee a successful team of specialists.

The Lead Technical Architect is responsible for developing the client's IT technical architecture which embeds the strategic application of information and technology to address business needs. The role owns the technical domain architecture and ensures that guardrails and standards that guide the delivery of services are aligned to enterprise-wide IT strategy and policies.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the IT Technical Architecture capability within the orgsnaisation, planning and leading activity to ensure technology is implemented in such a way where it ensures innovative, high-quality, and cost-efficient outcomes that meet business objectives.
• Develop and implement enterprise-wide technical architecture policies ,patterns, processes and guardrails to embed the strategic application of Information & Technology across the organisation.

Skills:

• Enterprise and business architecture. Able to align technical architecture to the enterprise-wide architecture and IT strategy.
• Emerging technology monitoring. Able to identify and assess new and emerging technologies and their relevance and impacts to the client.
• Solution Architecture. Developing and communicating a multi-dimensional solution architecture to deliver agreed business outcomes.
• Consultancy. Provides expert advice in areas of technology and architecture, influencing stakeholders and assuring quality.
• Innovation. Leads the identification and implementation of new and emerging technologies to deliver business value.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of architecture frameworks and how to apply them pragmatically to guide technical strategy and solution design.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technologies across infrastructure, cloud
• platforms, application development, integration, and data, and how they can enable business outcomes.
• Knowledge of architectural governance processes, including design assurance,
• technical risk management, and decision-making frameworks.
• Knowledge of how to balance architectural integrity, delivery velocity, and technical debt in large-scale digital and IT programmes.

Type of experience:

• Experience leading the design and assurance of complex technical
• architectures across multiple domains, platforms, or delivery workstreams.
• Experience workingwith senior stakeholders to translate strategicobjectives into practical architectural solutionsand roadmaps.
• Experience providing architectural leadership within large-scale digital, infrastructure, or enterprise platform programmes.
• Experience balancing long-term architectural vision with short-term delivery priorities in a fast-paced or regulated environment.

Please apply online today if you have the relevant skills and experience for this role.