Locations : Glasgow and Edinburgh, UK A technical architect is responsible for the design and build of technical architecture. The technical architect requires the knowledge, skills and experience below: undertake structured analysis of technical issues, translating this analysis into technical designs that describe a solution be consulted about design and provide design patterns identify deeper issues that need fixing look for opportunities to collaborate and reuse components, communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Skill Duties Architect for the whole context align your work with the work being done by other architects and technical professionals track emerging issues, strategies, roadmaps, patterns and technologies over time to assess opportunities and risks to your work identify how other teams contribute to delivering outcomes through change Architecture communication listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders create and use different architecture representations to communicate effectively, achieving agreement with technical and non-technical stakeholders provide support in discussions about architectural topics within a multidisciplinary team Community collaboration contribute to the work of others motivate and empower teams create the right environment for teams to work in, and can identify the best team makeup depending on the situation recognise and deal with issues Making architecture decisions work with others to make architectural design decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity identify and address architectural risks relevant to your team or domain, for example, business, data, or security engage with architectural governance and assurance to effectively manage decisions and risks, with support Strategy design support the development of a strategy or vision that aligns with organisational objectives challenge requirements and assumptions, and identify opportunities to develop strategy support the implementation of a strategy or vision, for example, by using a roadmap or plan use architectural principles, patterns, and constraints when appropriate Technical design throughout the life cycle create technical designs characterised by managed levels of risk, impact, and complexity provide guidance and support to teams using technical designs throughout the life cycle adapt a technical design if needed during delivery work with well-understood technology and identify appropriate patterns