Senior Technical Architect in London

We are looking for Technical Architects to work on complex but interesting discovery pieces of work for our government client projects.

Start dates: We have projects due to start on 1st and 7th September 2026.

Contract lengths: 12 weeks and 4 weeks (possible extensions afterwards).

WoW: Majority remote working (must be based in the UK) with travel to client site once or twice a month at the client’s office in London/Cambridge.

Day rate: competitive/dependant on experience (will share day rate range before arranging a screening call and will be discussed during the call too).

IR35 status: via umbrella.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides the end-to-end architecture perspective for the Discovery covering both the technical systems landscape and high level data architecture across regulatory organisations.
• Produce assessment and recommendations to inform the supervision model and Alpha.
• Map technical systems across regulatory organisations: platforms, integration points, data flows and constraints.
• Map a high level current data landscape: ownership, format, quality, access terms and IG constraints.
• Assess data and monitoring maturity across water company archetypes.
• Identify technical risks, constraints and open questions; maintain the technical risks log.
• Assess feasibility of supervision model options against technical and data architecture constraints.
• Inform architecture options against DDTS standards and cross-programme alignment.
• Produce high-level technical and data architecture recommendations for the future state and Alpha readiness assessment.
• Contribute to team ceremonies, code / artefact reviews and continuous improvement.
• Grow expertise through pairing and community of practice contributions.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• End-to-end architecture of cloud-native services at scale.
• Balancing business, information, application and technology concerns.
• Resolving conflicts across multi-initiative programmes.
• Coaching engineers on architectural thinking.
• Communicating architecture to non-technical audiences.
• Take ownership of well-defined problems, with support on ambiguity.
• Provide deep specialist authority in a named architectural domain across the government client.
• Set patterns, standards and reference architectures for that domain.
• Support delivery teams in applying the domain patterns correctly.

Desirable (plus to have):

• Applying GDS service standard and guidelines.
• Experience working the assets, infrastructure and control systems such as SCADA.

Our culture

Our culture is built on:

• We raise the bar.
• We look out for each other.
• We embrace our differences.
• We shape a changing world.
• We’re all in.

At Transform, you can expect meaningful work, with real impact and the space to grow as people as well as a professional. You’ll work alongside curious, authentic experts who care deeply about doing the right thing, for our clients and for each other with no egos, no blame, and no standing on the sidelines. We’re all in on creating an environment where people feel supported, included and trusted to do their best work. In return, we ask for curiosity, honesty and a willingness to lean into learning, quality, teamwork, and to making change that truly lasts. We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we actively seek applications from all ethnicities, orientations, beliefs, gender identities + those with neurodiverse traits and disabilities. We want you to have the best opportunity to show us who you are and what you can do. Please do let us know if you need any adjustments now or at any point in the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch to discuss in more detail.

Use of AI in CV and Interviews

We value authenticity and transparency in our hiring process. To ensure fairness and accuracy in assessing your skills and experience, we ask that you refrain from using AI-assisted tools to generate answers during the application process or within interviews. We are looking for genuine insights into your abilities, experiences, and personality. Any misrepresentation through AI-generated content may impact our ability to make an informed decision. We look forward to getting to know the real you!

IR35

All Transform UK contract roles are offered "via umbrella". Contractors are employed by one of our list of approved umbrella companies who will manage PAYE, National Insurance, and other employment obligations on your behalf. This model provides a consistent and compliant engagement framework for all parties.