Technical Architect – 3 Month Contract – SC Cleared -Reading/ Hybrid
About Your Role:
As the Technical Architect, your role will include;
· Act as the technical authority for systems and services.
· Define and evolve architectures that balance customer needs, architecture principles, and secure-by-design standards.
· Contribute to divisional and line-of-business roadmaps, identifying opportunities for technology insertion and innovation.
· Lead technical reviews, trade-off studies, and risk assessments for major design decisions.
· Mentor and coach Technical Architects and Engineers, raising capability across the community.
· Support business winning, including technical design, bids, and proposal development.
· Champion best practice, reuse, and model-based design approaches across the architecture community.
About You:
As a Technical Architect, your skills and experience will include;
· Extensive technical expertise with a proven track record of designing secure, integrated systems and services.
· Ability to influence technical strategy and act as a recognised authority within your domain.
· Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
· Proven experience in system and service architecture in a domain (infrastructure, applications, data, networking, cloud)
· Knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, MO...