Weareseekinganexperienced SeniorTechnicalArchitect tosupportthedesign,development,delivery,andongoingmaintenanceofcomplexITproductsandservices.Youllworkcloselywithengineeringanddeliveryteamsacrossagileenvironments,takingaccountabilityfortechnicalarchitecturewithinaprojectorprogrammestrand. ContractType: Contract(InsideIR35) Duration: 12months Location: LeedsorNewcastle(60%onsiteperweek) Rate: Upto£800 KeyResponsibilities Leadandassurethetechnicaldesignofproductsorsharedplatformstomeetuserneedsandbusinessobjectives Ensurehigh-qualityarchitecturealignedtoenterpriseprinciples,standards,androadmaps Collaboratewithengineering,product,anddigitalteamswithinagiledeliveryenvironments Engagewithenterprise,domain,andsolutionarchitectstoimplementapproveddesigns Ownandbeaccountableforproductarchitecturethroughoutdelivery Createsolutionoptionsandrecommendationsduringdiscoveryandinceptionphases Identify,define,anditeratearchitecturepatternsandreferencearchitectures Influencetechnologychoicesinlinewithenterpriseblueprintsandpolicies Promotebestpracticeandcontributetoaninclusivedigitalandengineeringculture Skills&ExperienceRequired Provenexperiencedesigningsystemswithmedium-to-highcomplexity,risk,andimpact Strongstakeholdermanagementskills,includingtheabilitytochallengeseniorstakeholders Excellentcommunicationskillswiththeabilitytotranslatebetweentechnicalandnon-technicalaudiences Experienceworkingacrossmultipleservicesorlarge,complexplatforms Strongunderstandingofsystemdesignstandards,tools,andmethods Hands-onexperiencewithprototyping,designpatterns,anditerativedelivery TechnicalExpertise Architecture&Delivery Architectureanddesignmethods(Level3) ArchiMateandUMLmodelling(Level3) AgileandDevOpsdeliverypractices(Level3) CI/CDtoolingandmethodologies(Level3) MicroservicesandAPI-ledarchitecture(Level3) Integrationarchitectures(SOA,ESB,WebServices)(Level3) Cloud&Infrastructure AWSandAzurecloudarchitectures(Level3) SaaS,PaaS,Serverless,andIaaSdesignpatterns(Level3) SecurityArchitecture Securitythreatmodellingandmitigation(Level3) Securecommunicationsandencryption(TLS,SSL,IPSec,Kerberos) Identity,authentication,andSSOtechnologies(OAuth2,OIDC,SAML,OpenID) Cybersecuritytoolsandbestpractice(Level3)