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Technical Architect

Technical Architect

idpp • Greater London, ENG, GB
2 days ago
Job description

We’re seeking an experienced Technical Architect to play a key role in shaping and assuring enterprise-wide technology solutions for a major infrastructure programme.

This is an opportunity to influence complex technical architecture across a large-scale, highly regulated environment, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and aligned with long-term business objectives.

Reporting to the Technical Assurance Manager, you’ll provide technical leadership across projects, working closely with internal stakeholders, architecture teams and Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. You’ll help ensure that technical designs meet enterprise architecture standards, satisfy regulatory obligations and deliver sustainable, high-quality outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.

The role offers the opportunity to contribute to a nationally significant energy infrastructure programme, with technology playing a critical role in supporting its successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Architecture: Lead the design and assurance of technical solutions across cloud platforms, infrastructure, networks, integration services and application environments.
  • Architectural Governance: Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture principles, technical standards, security frameworks and relevant regulatory requirements.
  • Design Assurance: Work with the Technical Assurance Manager to oversee architecture deliverables throughout the project lifecycle, from initial design through to implementation and operational handover.
  • Supplier Management: Provide technical direction and subject matter expertise to external suppliers, ensuring their deliverables meet agreed contractual, technical and quality standards.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business stakeholders, project delivery teams, infrastructure specialists, developers and fellow architects to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
  • Cyber Security: Embed security by design into technical architectures, ensuring solutions align with enterprise security policies and regulatory expectations.
  • Integration & Interoperability: Support integration planning across a complex, multi-supplier environment, ensuring technology components work together effectively.
  • Architectural Governance Forums: Contribute to the Architecture Review Board and other governance processes, providing technical recommendations and challenging designs where necessary.
  • Technology Innovation: Assess emerging technologies and digital transformation opportunities, recommending approaches that improve efficiency, resilience and long-term value.
  • Risk Management: Identify and assess technical risks, resolve design challenges where possible and elevate significant issues to the Technical Assurance Manager.
  • Extensive experience in a Technical Architect or equivalent architecture role within a large-scale, complex or regulated environment.
  • Strong technical knowledge of enterprise architecture, including cloud technologies, infrastructure, networks, integration and application platforms.
  • Proven experience designing and assuring secure, scalable, reliable and cost-effective technical solutions.
  • A track record of providing architectural oversight and assurance for solutions delivered by third-party suppliers.
  • Experience working across multi-supplier delivery environments, coordinating technical designs and ensuring interoperability.
  • Strong understanding of cyber security principles and their application within complex or regulated organisations.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and non-technical audiences.
  • The ability to assess technical risks, challenge proposed solutions constructively and make informed architectural decisions.
  • Security Check (SC) clearance, or willingness to undergo the required vetting process.
  • Experience within the nuclear, energy or another highly regulated sector.
  • Knowledge of large-scale infrastructure or major capital project delivery.
  • Professional certifications such as TOGAF, ITIL or cloud certifications covering AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Familiarity with enterprise digital transformation, emerging technologies and modern architectural best practices.
  • Experience supporting major infrastructure programmes involving complex supplier relationships.

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