Company DescriptionVersion 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do: UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 3300+ strong, 350/300m revenue business 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. The role is accountable for maintaining technical integrity across the service landscape and for providing governance, assurance and informed challenge to delivery teams and suppliers.Working closely with our internal teams and our customer's technical stakeholders, service managers, project managers, architects, security teams and senior leaders, you will ensure that proposed and implemented solutions remain aligned with service objectives, architecture principles, security requirements and operational support models.Act as the Version 1 technical owner for the service with our customer, maintaining end-to-end technical coherence across applications, cloud platforms, integrations and support services.Make technical decisions within delegated authority and provide evidence-based recommendations to our customer where decision authority or risk ownership is retained by them.Identify and manage technical risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, ensuring that material concerns have clear mitigations, owners and escalation routes.Oversee technical debt, lifecycle, obsolescence and sustainability concerns, helping shape practical roadmaps for improvement.Ensure operational readiness is built into delivery, including monitoring, alerting, capacity, backup, recovery, resilience, support procedures and escalation paths.Produce concise technical assurance reports, decision papers, risk assessments and governance updates for technical and senior leadership audiences.Experience supporting UK Government or public sector digital services, or comparable regulated services.Experience managing technical risk, architecture exceptions, dependencies and senior escalations.Working knowledge of AWS and Microsoft Azure architecture and operating models.Knowledge of Government Digital Service standards, the Technology Code of Practice and NCSC cloud security principles.Understanding of ITIL 4, SIAM principles, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1 and OWASP practices.Ability to provide constructive challenge while building trusted relationships with customers, suppliers and delivery teams.Experience with Jira Service Management, ServiceNow or comparable enterprise service management tooling.Experience of multi-cloud, product-centric delivery and DevOps operating models.AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform. Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. Video links: SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Information TechnologyExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Information Technology And Services
Technical Architect, Remote with some travel in London employer: Version 1
At Version 1, we pride ourselves on being an award-winning employer that places our employees at the heart of everything we do. With a strong commitment to professional growth, inclusive culture, and work-life balance, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes private medical insurance, flexible working arrangements, and access to cutting-edge technology. Join us in a collaborative environment where your contributions are valued, and you can thrive in your career while making a meaningful impact in the insurance sector.
