Role: Technical architect

Job Type: Contract

(inside IR35)

Duration: 6 Months

Work Location: Manchester OR Telford (2 days onsite), United Kingdom

A technical architect is responsible for the design and building of technical architecture.

At this role level, you will:

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

Description

Communicating between the technical and non-technical (technical architect)

* speak on behalf of technical teams and facilitate relationships with indirect stakeholders

Governance and assurance

* understand how governance works and what governance is required.

* take responsibility for the assurance of a service and know what risks need to be managed

Making and guiding decisions

* make decisions characterised by managed levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase.

* resolve technical disputes between wider peers and indirect stakeholders, considering all views and opinions

Strategy

* apply strategy, using and challenging patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps, and vision statements.

* provide guidance

Turning business problems into technical design

* design systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity, and meaningful impact.

* work with well understood technology and identify appropriate patterns

Understanding the whole context

* understand trends and practices outside your team and how these will impact your work.

* see how your work fits into the broader strategy and historical context.

* consider the patterns and interactions on a larger scale