20 of 20 Contract Architectural Design Jobs in the UK

Platform Architect Design Lead - Inside IR35 - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
SR2
Location
Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 - £750 per day
Platform Architect Design Lead - Inside IR35 - SC Cleared The Platform Architect Design Lead will provide architectural leadership for a highly secure defence programme, shaping the design and evolution of complex digital and technology platforms supporting next-generation defence capability. The role operates as the design authority for platform architecture, ensuring solutions are secure by design, resilient, and aligned to programme objectives, defence standards and delivery constraints. This is a senior, hands-on role working across engineering, cyber security and programme leadership teams within a classified environment. Key Responsibilities Act as the design ...

ERP Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £750 per day + Umbrella Engagement
will play a key role in shaping the end-to-end ERP architecture, working closely with business stakeholders, delivery teams, and system integrators to design and implement a robust, future-proof solution. While Microsoft Dynamics 365 is the preferred platform, experience across other leading ERP technologies is welcomed. What … deliver end-to-end ERP solution architecture across core enterprise domains (e.g. Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, HR). Play a key role in architectural design for a large, complex ERP transformation, ensuring alignment with business strategy, operating models, and enterprise architecture standards. Translate business requirements into scalable ...

Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
RCRTR
Location
Swansea, City and County of Swansea, West Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£470 - £500/day
Immediate Start Hybrid Working required - 2 days a week onsite Role Purpose The Technical Architect will provide end-to-end technical leadership across design, architecture, and delivery of modern cloud-based systems. The role focuses on AWS cloud architecture, Java-based services, API-led design, microservices patterns … delivery leads to define technical direction, set standards, and ensure solutions are secure, maintainable, and aligned to organisational goals. Key Responsibilities Technical Architecture & Solution Design Design end-to-end architectures for cloud-native services built on AWS. Define and document high-level and detailed designs, architectural patterns ...

Cyber Risk & Compliance Manager - Contract - Active SC

Hiring Organisation
Stealth IT Consulting Limited
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £500 to £750 per day From £500 to £750 Inside per day DOE
Information Assurance) to support a long-term public sector programme. The role focuses on identifying, articulating, and managing cyber risks arising from threat activity, architectural design, and compliance gaps, while advising senior stakeholders on proportionate mitigation strategies. This role sits at the intersection of cyber risk management, regulatory … technical assurance , requiring strong communication skills across both business and technical audiences. Key Responsibilities Draft, articulate, and manage cyber risks derived from: Threat intelligence Architectural and design weaknesses Compliance failings Define and clearly present risk treatment options : Mitigate Avoid Accept Transfer Communicate effectively with: Senior government stakeholders Technical ...

Solution Architect - AIOP and Observability

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Reading, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£80,000
strategic architecture, designing scalable communication frameworks, and enabling digital transformation within a modern telecom ecosystem. This role requires a strong blend of technical leadership, architectural design, and domain expertise across OSS, automation, analytics, and AI-driven operational models. Key Responsibilities Lead design of solutions leveraging Intelligent Automation … across OSS operational workflows. Provide hands-on and strategic input across OSS systems Review and refine OSS HLDs/LLDs, ensuring best practices and architectural consistency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Network Engineering, Operations, Data Engineering, Automation COE, and Enterprise Architecture. Engage with business stakeholders to convert operational ...

AI Architect

Hiring Organisation
Empresaria UK Ltd
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £650/day OUTSIDE IR35
client is in the early stages of adopting Generative AI (Gen AI) and requires an architect who can define the strategic direction, establish architectural patterns, and guide the organization from discovery through to scalable implementation. This is a senior, technology-focused position that requires deep expertise … architecture, tooling evaluation, and integration . This is explicitly not a data engineering or classic data platform build role; the focus is on architectural direction, solution design, and low-maturity organizational uplift. Key Responsibilities The architect will be central to helping the client understand, qualify, and scale their ...

Application Solution Architect- Payments

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
solid and reliable Application Solutions Architect to join and help implement some key solutions across a range of technology. The role: Define an architectural vision and solution architecture that aligns with business strategy, enterprise architecture principles, and technology platform choices. Articulate the solution intent and operating environment, identify primary … interfaces, and define non-functional requirements. Ensure solutions are fit for purpose by collaborating with stakeholders and vendors, while assessing the impact of strategic design decisions. Work closely with both business and technology teams to shape the solution intent and architectural vision. Rapidly develop high-level architecture, refining ...

Pega LSA

Hiring Organisation
Adroit People Ltd
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £350 to £400 per day Contract (InsideIR35)
leadership/clients Must be able to prioritize the tasks based on urgency and need. Should be able to create and own High-Level design (HLD) and Low-Level design (LLD). Should be able to govern and manage the confluence/SharePoint Must be able to manage … agile and other implementation methodologies. Pega implementation methodology knowledge. Must be knowledgeable on ECS, Situational Layer Cake and Case Management Able to execute the Architectural Design and implementation Should be able to support CoE activities Should be able to support estimates for RFPs/RFIs. Able to mentor ...

Java Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Velocity Talent Ltd
Location
Burgess Hill, West Sussex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£300 per day £300 POUNDS PER DAY INSIDE IR35
needed for an initial 6-month contract with further extensions up to 18 months paying £300 a day inside IR35 to drive the design and execution of high-scale, event-driven systems. This role is a hybrid of strategic architectural planning and hands-on engineering leadership. You will … defining technical roadmaps, mentoring a high-performing engineering team, and ensuring the delivery of robust microservices within a complex, long-term program. Key Responsibilities Architectural Leadership: Design and oversee the implementation of scalable microservices and event-based architectures using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka. Team Steering ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
dark. As a Senior Software Engineer - Azure Platforms, you will sit across all engineering teams, acting as a key technical leader with an architectural mindset. You'll focus on platform concerns, primarily cloud infrastructure on Azure, before contributing to broader product development and enabling works. Working directly with senior … architecture standards. What You'll Do Act across all engineering teams, addressing platform-level concerns with a focus on Azure cloud infrastructure. Bring an architectural mindset to design decisions, ensuring long-term scalability, maintainability, and alignment with strategic objectives. Design, implement, and maintain scalable, high-performance C# ...

Infrastructure Architect - Inside IR35 - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £600 per day
responsible for owning, designing, operating, and continuously enhancing SilverFort as an enterprise service, delivering a unified identity and access management platform. The role provides architectural leadership across the SilverFort ecosystem, ensuring the service is secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned to infrastructure and security standards. This role acts … primary authority on SilverFort architecture, policy design, and service integrations, working closely with infrastructure, security, network, and platform teams. The architect provides strategic direction, supports complex change and transformation initiatives, and engages with vendors and delivery teams to evolve the service. Key Responsibilities Own the end-to-end SilverFort ...

Redhat Specialist

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£350 - £386/day Inside IR35
IR35 Skills: +Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8, 9, and 10 +Red Hat Satellite +Ansible Knowledge, Experience & Technical Expertise - Proven track record in the design, construction, and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8, 9, and 10. - Demonstrated success in the design and management … Essential Experience:** - Proven experience in a production IT environment, managing enterprise IT infrastructure, hardware, hosting services, and network areas. - Ability to write and review architectural design documents. - Knowledge of industry trends and new technologies, with the ability to apply these trends to architectural needs ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £800/day
Connectivity: TransFICC specialization, TCP/UDP, Kernel-level optimization. The Infrastructure: AWS, Ansible, Linux Performance Tuning. The Philosophy: DDD, TDD, and fault-tolerant architectural design. Who You Are A Veteran of the "Zero-Latency" World: 8+ years in electronic trading (5+ specifically in E-Commerce/eFI/ ...

Systems Engineer (MilSatcom)

Hiring Organisation
Belcan Technical Recruiting (UK) Ltd
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £55.00 per hour
define requirements from stakeholder needs through to sub-systems, ensuring traceability and verification. Support Verification, Validation & Test (VV&T) activities. Lead ground system architectural design definition and trade-off analysis. Collaborate with Engineering Leads and Partners in integrated working groups to define segment and sub-system architectures. Provide … informed on progress and resolve technical challenges. Candidate Profile Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related discipline. Experience in the design, integration, and deployment of end-to-end digital telecommunications systems (Milsatcom experience desirable), covering space, control, and ground segments. Familiarity with Waterfall and Agile ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £500 per day
automation across multiple processes, revolutionizing the way the client operates. Your expertise will touch cutting-edge technologies, and you will have input into architectural designs and best practices. Your creative thinking and problem-solving skills will be highly valued as you collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable …/Azure). Knowledge and experience of event-driven microservice architectures, RESTful APIs, message queues, and familiarity with RabbitMQ and Kafka. Previous responsibility for design and architecture of complex web systems, and experience and willingness to coach and mentor less experienced engineers. Ownership of solutions end-to-end-from ...

Technical Architects

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Croydon, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£710 - £735/day
site PW Due to the urgency and sensitivity of the work, active SC Clearance is mandatory. Responsibilities As a Technical Architect, you will: Design and own end-to-end technical solutions across applications, platforms, and infrastructure Define application architecture patterns , integration approaches, and data flows Lead solution design across cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP) Translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical architectures Design solutions addressing non-functional requirements , including performance, scalability, security, and resilience Architect high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions Support hybrid and multi-cloud architectural designs Collaborate ...

Infrastructure/Cloud (AWS) Architect, Outside IR35, Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
authority for infrastructure architecture topics and will collaborate with the wider digital technology, engineering and architecture teams. General responsibilities: - Mature infrastructure technical architecture, defining architectural standards and best practices for deployment and management Develop and maintain reference architecture assets, including roadmaps, blueprints. Lead architectural designs for secure … relevant frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS. Support infrastructure capabilities internally through the mentoring of technical teams such as Digital Operations and Engineering, on design best practices, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code approaches Skills and experience required: - In-depth infrastructure expertise across security, networking, databases and storage. Experience with ...

Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Velocity Talent Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
between development and operations, ensuring our API ecosystem is scalable, secure, and seamlessly integrated into our CI/CD pipelines. Oil Key Responsibilities Architectural Leadership: Design, develop, and maintain advanced automation frameworks for APIs from the ground up. Strategic Execution: Manage end-to-end automation strategies, including conducting ...

Data Warehouse Architect

Hiring Organisation
TXP
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £750/day Outside IR35
work. Core Responsibilities Own logical and physical data warehouse architecture from ingestion to consumption Define target state architecture and roadmaps for enterprise data platforms Design modern data warehouse patterns using medallion architecture. Bronze silver gold Define canonical data models conformed dimensions and domain boundaries Set Master Data Management strategy … reference data integration Analytical and dimensional modelling approaches Semantic layer and BI consumption patterns Metadata lineage observability and monitoring Architecture Leadership Act as architectural authority and design reviewer Produce architecture artefacts principles and standards Translate business strategy into scalable data architectures Work with engineers product owners and business ...

ServiceNow Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
Expert, you will drive technical decisions and safeguard the integrity of the platform. Key responsibilities include: Translating complex business needs into differentiated, High-Level Design (HLD) documentation. Overseeing platform health and enforcing elite coding standards across a combined consultancy and client team. Proactively identifying opportunities to streamline business processes … enhance platform performance Mentoring cross-functional teams to ensure sound decision-making and effective delivery. Essential Skills Prior experience of architectural designs High level (HLD) Experience with the following service now modules: ITSM, ITOM and CSM Proficient in connecting service now with external systems using IntegrationHUb, REST/SOAP ...