Technical Architect
Venesky-Brown's client, a Major UK Infrastructure Programme in London, is currently looking to recruit a Technical Architect for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £612.50/day (Inside IR35). This role will be based in the London office 2-3 days per week with hybrid working available.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the lead design authority for technical solutions in assigned projects, ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with the Technical Assurance Manager to deliver architectural assurance activities across the project life cycle, from design through to operational handover.
- Design and review technical architectures for cloud, infrastructure, integration services, and application platforms, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders across the organisation to translate solution intent into technically viable and sustainable architectures.
- Provide subject matter expertise to project delivery teams and suppliers, ensuring technical quality and adherence to agreed principles.
- Support architectural governance processes, including participation in the Architecture Review Board (ARB) when required.
- Identify and assess emerging technologies, making recommendations for adoption where they deliver business value and align with the organisation's strategy.
- Contribute to integration planning to ensure interoperability across a multi-supplier delivery environment.
- Ensure cyber security requirements are Embedded within all technical designs and align with enterprise security frameworks.
- Support risk management for technical delivery, escalating key risks to the Technical Assurance Manager.
Essential Skills:
- Strong technical expertise in enterprise-scale architecture, including cloud, infrastructure, networks, and integration.
- Proven ability to design and assure secure, scalable, and cost-effective technical solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Understanding of cyber security requirements within regulated environments.
- Experience working in multi-supplier, large-scale delivery environments.
- Extensive experience in technical architecture roles within large-scale, regulated, or complex project environments.
- Track record of providing architectural assurance and oversight for supplier-delivered solutions.
- Security Check (SC) clearance or willingness to undergo vetting.
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge of emerging technologies and digital transformation best practices.
- Professional certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL, or cloud vendor certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the lead design authority for technical solutions in assigned projects, ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards and regulatory requirements.
- Work closely with the Technical Assurance Manager to deliver architectural assurance activities across the project life cycle, from design through to operational handover.
- Design and review technical architectures for cloud, infrastructure, integration services, and application platforms, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders across the organisation to translate solution intent into technically viable and sustainable architectures.
- Provide subject matter expertise to project delivery teams and suppliers, ensuring technical quality and adherence to agreed principles.
- Support architectural governance processes, including participation in the Architecture Review Board (ARB) when required.
- Identify and assess emerging technologies, making recommendations for adoption where they deliver business value and align with the organisation's strategy.
- Contribute to integration planning to ensure interoperability across a multi-supplier delivery environment.
- Ensure cyber security requirements are Embedded within all technical designs and align with enterprise security frameworks.
- Support risk management for technical delivery, escalating key risks to the Technical Assurance Manager.
Essential Skills:
- Strong technical expertise in enterprise-scale architecture, including cloud, infrastructure, networks, and integration.
- Proven ability to design and assure secure, scalable, and cost-effective technical solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Understanding of cyber security requirements within regulated environments.
- Experience working in multi-supplier, large-scale delivery environments.
- Extensive experience in technical architecture roles within large-scale, regulated, or complex project environments.
- Track record of providing architectural assurance and oversight for supplier-delivered solutions.
- Security Check (SC) clearance or willingness to undergo vetting.
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge of emerging technologies and digital transformation best practices.
- Professional certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL, or cloud vendor certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.