IT Technical Architect

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an IT Technical Architect to provide support towards the mobilisation of a new contract on a fixed-term basis for 12 months. This role will mainly be home-based, with occasional travel to UK-based offices (most frequently to the M4 corridor).

In return, we offer a competitive salary dependent on experience, 25 days holiday pro rata, plus bank holidays, entry into our contributor pension scheme, life assurance, Perks at work and other discount schemes as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

The main responsibilities of the IT Technical Architect are:

• Identify key requirements from stakeholders. This includes both functional and non-functional requirements.

• Engage Software suppliers (both internal and external) and agree solutions, architecture details, and timelines where needed. This can be for either the delivery of new software solutions, changes to existing systems of the definition of interfaces between systems.

• Agree and cost infrastructure with technical leads.

• Produce design documentation. This includes High-Level Designs and implementation detail for engineers to implement.

• Agree timelines and plans with all parties.

• Ensure all elements of the solution meet functional and non-functional requirements including information assurance standards.

• Support cost and project approval through governance.

• Supporting and drive standardisation throughout the business covering; processes, applications, and hardware in line with UK&I Group policy and standards.

• Support Project Managers and Business Relationship Managers through project delivery.

• Advise technical teams on implementation details.

• Engage with internal teams to agree solutions.

• Manage penetration tests. Including agreement of scope, the management of tests, and remediation.

• Technically knowledgeable across all fields of IT.

• Excellent customer-facing skills.

• Structured, organised, and disciplined.

• Team player with integrity, openness, and honesty.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential:

• A broad range of technical knowledge.

• Client-facing and communications skills.

• Understanding of Google Cloud Compute hosting.

• Understanding of networking and comms.

• Structured, organised, and disciplined.

• Team player with integrity, openness, and honesty.

• Must be prepared to travel to UK-based offices.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of government contracts