Harvey Nash are partnered with a UK leading consultancy that deliver into the public sector to recruit a Technical Architect for a project with one of their central government clients.
Location: Anywhere in UK
Travel: As and when required
Day Rate: £500-£550 Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC Cleared OR for eligible SC Clearance and has lived in UK for 5+ Years
Experience - Government or NHS experience Essential - Software Engineering background ideally.
Details:
You'll use your experience of defining and implementing software architectures using patterns and best-practice approaches to define detailed designs that form part of large enterprise-scale applications to meet our clients' business outcomes.
You'll collaborate with colleagues and take your solutions through architecture governance and generally contribute to the evolution of the assurance processes.
You'll use your expertise to confidently lead and guide delivery teams to bring your design to life.
Experience in delivering digital services for the UK government is highly valuable for many of our projects. Therefore, familiarity with the GDS toolkit will be essential.
Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with company quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.
Essential experience
* Develop and implement technical designs for modern enterprise-scale applications, utilising or defining effective patterns and technologies
* Show ownership of designs and their evolution and transition into service
* Have an excellent working knowledge of software development, programming languages, modelling languages and methodologies and know how to apply them
* Identify and adhere to architecture quality attributes and/or non-functional requirements
* Evaluate and introduce innovative new patterns, approaches and technologies into project teams
* Can break down architectures into implemented components, utilising effective patterns and technologies that deliver business outcomes and address stakeholder needs
As well as technical architecture skills, there are essential core skills you'll need to be a great consultant.
* Build strong relationships with both business and technical stakeholders to provide technical direction and build consensus for your technical designs
* Take a methodical and considered approach to solving problems
* Take a collaborative and consultative approach to leading and guiding teams
* Coach and mentor fellow team members
* Keep up to date with new and emerging technology trends and their practical application
Desirable experience
Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:
* Experience with architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, Open Agile Architecture)
* Experience of delivering digital services and the GDS toolkit for the UK Government would be useful for many of our projects. It will be valuable (and essential for some contractor roles) if you are familiar with these activities and concepts:
o the Service Manual
o Agile delivery phases and
o Service Assessments
* A solid understanding of the benefit of user-centred design and understanding accessibility standards
* Good understanding of DevOps and in-life service management
