Vacancy detail

Platform Technical Architect

£65,000 to 95,000 GBP

Bonus

Remote WORKING

Type: Permanent

Role: Platform Technical Architect
Work Type & Location: Remote-first, UK-wide (occasional client visits may be required)
Role Type: Permanent
Start Date: Immediately

(No sponsorship available)

Anson McCade are a leading recruitment and transformation consultancy, partnering with a global client delivering large-scale, complex consulting and technology solutions across defence, public health, and wider public sector domains.

We are seeking an experienced Platform Technical Architect to join a high-performing consulting team, driving the design and delivery of cutting-edge digital platforms for enterprise customers. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions across some of the UK’s most important sectors.

As a Platform Technical Architect, you will:

  • Lead technical design and delivery of modern digital service platforms, with a focus on automation, scalability, and security.

  • Act as a trusted consultant to senior stakeholders, advising on architecture, non-functional requirements, estimation, and technology strategy.

  • Provide technical leadership across multi-skilled teams (engineering, testing, DevOps, security), ensuring solutions are high-quality and production-ready.

  • Embed DevOps culture and practices, promoting continuous improvement and modern agile delivery methods.

  • Mentor, coach, and develop engineers and junior architects, acting as a role model within the team.

  • Apply hands-on expertise where needed in cloud, CI/CD, IaC, and containerisation to solve challenging technical problems.

A successful Platform Technical Architect will have:

  • A strong consulting background, with proven experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions in public sector, defence, or public health environments.

  • Deep expertise in public cloud platforms (Azure or AWS), including SaaS and PaaS offerings.

  • Strong technical leadership skills, with a track record of leading teams to deliver complex projects in agile environments.

  • Experience in designing, building, automating, and operating secure, modern service platforms in production.

  • Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tooling (e.g. Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Ansible, Puppet, Chef).

  • Containerisation and orchestration expertise (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker).

  • Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and continuous delivery practices.

  • Scripting or coding experience in at least one language (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, Python, Go, Groovy).

  • Eligibility for SC Clearance (mandatory due to client requirements).

Desirable:

  • Public cloud certifications (AWS/Azure).

  • Certifications in Kubernetes (CKAD, CKA).

  • Experience of cloud-native tooling and approaches.

  • Active contribution to internal/external technical communities.

Package & Benefits:

  • £65,000 – £95,000 DOE + bonus (Various Levels available)

  • Remote-first with flexibility across the UK

  • Pension & healthcare package

  • Clear progression and professional development support

Not sure if you fit the bill for this role as a Platform Technical Architect? Still, send your CV as we have various other architect and engineering roles we could fit you into. 

Reference: AMC-AQU- PTAKN

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