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Technical Architect

  • Full Time
  • Sheffield
  • £49,850 - £52,850 GBP / Year

Home Office

You will transform business requirements into secure, scalable, and future-proof technical architectures in this role.

You’ll work in agile, collaborative environments to design and deliver services that meet user needs and strategic goals.

You will guide stakeholders through technical decisions, ensuring alignment with governance and assurance processes, and championing continuous improvement and innovation.

Main Responsibilities

  • Analyse existing services, platforms and technical solutions to identify improvement opportunities, manage technical risks and support the delivery of secure and sustainable outcomes.
  • Contribute to solution architecture by producing architecture artefacts, evaluating technical options and documenting design decisions, risks and dependencies.
  • Support integration of new systems, platforms and cloud services into existing environments, producing architecture diagrams, technical assessments and design documentation to support delivery.
  • Take ownership of architecture activities for designated products, services or technical workstreams, supporting their design, delivery and continual improvement.
  • Collaborate across teams and suppliers to identify reusable components, reduce technical debt, and drive consistent architectural practices.
  • Review delivered solutions to assess whether architectural objectives have been achieved and identify opportunities for improvement and reuse.
  • Adhere to governance requirements and assurance frameworks, ensuring solutions meet relevant policies, standards, and compliance requirements.

Essential Skills

  • Contributing to the design and assurance of secure, resilient and supportable digital services.
  • Producing architecture artefacts and technical designs that support the delivery of secure, resilient and supportable services.
  • Producing and maintaining architecture artefacts, including architecture diagrams, technical assessments and design documentation.
  • Driving innovation and continuous improvement in solution design.
  • Working effectively across multidisciplinary teams, suppliers and stakeholders to develop practical technology solutions.
  • Working within agile delivery environments and understanding how architecture supports delivery, operations and continual improvement.
  • Contributing to technical roadmaps, architecture standards and reusable design patterns.
  • Understanding security, resilience, data, accessibility and operational requirements when designing technical solutions.

To apply for this job please visit www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk.