Senior Technical Architect

Crown Commercial Service; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public procurement organization in the UK seeks an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and enforce architectural standards. This role requires the ability to translate abstract business strategies into actionable technical solutions while mentoring technical teams. Candidates should demonstrate strong skills in navigating complex trade-offs in technical decisions. The position offers a competitive salary, generous pension scheme, and opportunities for remote work and flexible hours.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Discretionary performance-related bonus

Flexi time scheme

Minimum 25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in defining and enforcing architectural standards.
• Ability to translate abstract business or policy strategy into actionable technical blueprints.
• Experience navigating and making complex technical trade-offs.
• Experience in providing technical mentorship and coaching.

Skills

Defining architectural standards

Translating business strategy into technical blueprints

Navigating complex technical trade-offs

Providing technical mentorship

Job description

**Location:** Liverpool/Newport/Norwich/Birmingham****Enterprise Architecture Governance:**** Proven experience in defining and enforcing architectural standards (e.g., through an Architecture Review Board or similar forum) to manage technical debt and ensure system integrity.****Strategic Technical Alignment:**** Ability to translate abstract business or policy strategy into concrete, actionable technical blueprints, and effectively articulate risks to senior stakeholders (e.g., GCF architecture presentation at 'level zero').****Complex Integration & Trade-offs:**** Demonstrated experience navigating and making complex technical trade-offs (e.g., speed vs. cost vs. quality) and defining integration strategy for major enterprise systems.****Leadership:**** Experience in providing technical mentorship and coaching to technical teams.* Competitive salary* Generous pension scheme* A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus* Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location* Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)* Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidaysCrown Commercial Service (CCS) is the largest public procurement organisation in the UK. With over 800 staff, we help thousands of public and third sector buyers in the UK with billions of pounds of spending each year. We have a wide range of commercial agreements to help our customers buy what they need, when they need it - saving time and money.