Role: Lead Technical Architect
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/Manchester – 2 days per week in office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Lead Technical Architect for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEAD TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
- Lead by example, be a visible leader who takes responsibility and acts as a role model.
- Contribute to the development and iteration of GDS architectural and engineering practices, principles and standards.
- Design technical services or plan system integration, selecting necessary platforms and technologies to meet project requirements and user needs.
- Provide technical leadership and consultancy to both internal and external development teams, ensuring designs & solutions are fit for purpose, whilst meeting time and budget restraints.
- 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.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE LEAD TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
- Bridging the gap between the technical and non-technical. You can speak on behalf of technical teams and facilitate relationships with indirect stakeholders. (Relevant skill level: working)
- Governance. You understand how governance works and what governance is required. You can take responsibility for the assurance of parts of a service and know what risks need to be managed. (Relevant skill level: working)
- Making and guiding decisions. You can make decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase. You can resolve technical disputes between peers and indirect stakeholders, taking into account all views and opinions. (Relevant skill level: working)
- Strategy. You can apply strategy, using patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements. You can challenge them and provide guidance. (Relevant skill level: working)
- Turning business problems into technical design. You can design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business, and technical complexity and meaningful impact. You can work with well understood technology and identify appropriate patterns. (Relevant skill level: working)
- Understanding the whole context. You can understand trends and practices outside your team and how these will impact your work. You can see how your work fits into the broader strategy and historical context. You can consider the patterns and interactions on a larger scale. (Relevant skill level: working)
If you are a Lead Technical Architect, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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