Lead Technical Architect

Lead Technical ArchitectRemote occasional travel to London Contract length: To confirm IR35: Inside IR35 Your new company You'll be joining an organisation looking for architecture expertise across enterprise and…

Inside IR35 IT
Pay rate £400 – £600/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 27 October 2026

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Inside IR35

Lead Technical ArchitectRemote occasional travel to London
Contract length: To confirm
IR35: Inside IR35

Your new company

You'll be joining an organisation looking for architecture expertise across enterprise and solution design, cloud architecture, systems integration and modern distributed systems.

Your new role

As an Enterprise / Solution Architect, you'll provide architectural direction across complex technology environments, helping shape technical strategy, solution design and longer-term technology roadmaps.You'll work across cloud, integration and software architecture, applying appropriate architecture patterns and best practices.

Key responsibilities

Enterprise architecture and solution design
Cloud architecture across Azure, AWS and/or GCP
System integration and API architecture
Microservices and distributed systems architecture
Technical strategy and roadmap planning
Defining and applying software architecture patterns and best practices
What you'll need to succeedEssential skills and experience

Strong enterprise architecture and solution design experience
Cloud architecture experience across Azure, AWS and/or GCP
Strong system integration and API architecture knowledge
Experience designing microservices and distributed systems
Experience contributing to technical strategy and roadmap planning
Strong understanding of software architecture patterns and best practices

What you need to do now
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