SC Cleared Technical Architect - Up to £615 inside IR35

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Technical Architect to work on a project with our public sector client, helping to deliver Solirius' services to the highest standard.

The role will involve working with multiple business stakeholders, helping them to design business solutions which will then be implemented by the delivery teams.

You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, using your experience and judgement to resolve complex technical and architectural challenges in alignment with client needs. You will proactively manage escalations and take ownership of delivering effective, scalable, and secure solutions.

You must be a strong and confident communicator, capable of influencing both technical and non-technical audiences. You will lead and mentor technical teams, build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups, and foster collaborative, cross-functional working environments.

Your role will require innovative thinking, applying best practices and emerging technologies to solve complex business problems in creative and pragmatic ways.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end solution architectures that meet business, technical, and security requirements.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective designs.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and governance standards.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical design workshops with stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Support Agile delivery teams, defining MVP architecture and providing ongoing technical direction.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business, product, and IT to gain buy-in and drive decisions.
• Define integration patterns, APIs, and data flows between systems and services.
• Contribute to DevOps, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices for delivery at scale.
• Ensure security, compliance, and risk management are Embedded in the solution.
• Produce clear architectural documentation using standards like C4, Archimate, or cloud-native diagrams.
• Creating high-level Level Designs and relevant architecture artifacts.

Key Experience:

• Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and senior-level communication, including C-suite.
• Proven experience in client-facing and/or consultancy environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into scalable and resilient technology architectures.
• Strong track record in designing and delivering end-to-end data and application architectures in enterprise settings.
• Expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical architecture modelling.
• Deep understanding of large-scale, distributed systems and integration patterns.
• Ability to design solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and compliance.
• Broad experience with system security, operating systems, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise data management.

Key Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms: Microsoft 365, Azure.
• Hands-on experience with programming languages such as Java, .NET, Python, or equivalent.
• Microservices architecture and containerization.
• RESTful API design and management.
• Agile and DevOps delivery methodologies.
• Expertise in data architecture and design (conceptual, logical, and physical).
• Familiarity with modern integration technologies and patterns (eg, event-driven, service mesh, API gateways).