Technical Architect £675 P/D Inside IR35 4 months with scope to extendActive SC Hybrid - 1/2 days on site per week in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Manchester or London (emote working is a possibility for the right candidate.)OverviewWe''re looking for an experienced Technical Architect to join a multidisciplinary government team, helping shape the design and delivery of complex cloud-based platforms.This is a hands-on architecture role focused on systems design rather than software development. You''ll take user requirements, feature requests, and technical challenges and turn them into clear, implementable designs and technical specifications for engineering teams.Working across DevOps, software engineering, and data teams, you''ll play a key role in ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with long-term platform strategy.Key Responsibilities Design technical solutions for new features, enhancements, and platform improvementsTranslate business and user requirements into clear technical designs and delivery-ready backlog itemsWork closely with software engineers, DevOps engineers, and data teams to ensure solutions are practical and deliverableProduce architecture artefacts, system diagrams, and technical specificationsSupport systems design across AWS cloud environmentsIdentify design issues and collaborate with engineering teams to resolve technical challengesEnsure solutions align with modern cloud, containerisation, and Infrastru