Lead Technical Architect

Lead Technical Architect Permanent | Hybrid | Lead Technical Architect | London or Leeds based At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now. The role: We are looking for an experienced Lead Technical Architect working on a hybrid model from either London or Leeds for an amazing client. The Lead Technical Architect will develop current, transition and target solution architectures for assigned infrastructure and technology change. The Lead Technical Architect will work in partnership with Technology Strategy & Architecture and relevant specialist architecture functions to ensure alignment with approved enterprise direction and governance. Responsibilities: • Support adoption of approved strategic technologies, platforms, architecture patterns and engineering practices that improve resilience, agility, security and operational efficiency. • Translate business, service, security and operational needs into clear architecture requirements and solution options. • Produce and maintain proportionate architecture artefacts, including High-Level Designs, Solution Designs, context diagrams, transition architectures, roadmaps, non-functional requirements, decision records and traceability to requirements. • Lead technical design workshops and bring together specialists across cloud, networks, compute, storage, identity, cyber security, automation and service management. • Set architectural direction and assure detailed designs produced by engineering teams and suppliers, without displacing their accountability for implementation-level design. • Evaluate solution options and provide clear recommendations covering value, whole-life cost, risk, complexity, delivery feasibility, commercial constraints, supplier dependency, interoperability, exit implications and strategic fit. • Experience working in a regulated, security-conscious or operationally critical environment. Skills & Experience: • Significant experience as an infrastructure, solution or technology architect delivering complex change within a large organisation. • Current active SC clearance holder or SC clearance eligible • Demonstrable experience delivering technology modernisation, including migration from legacy platforms, adoption of strategic technologies, reduction of technical debt, improved operational resilience and modern engineering practices. • Proven delivery of enterprise-scale infrastructure modernisation or transformation, from early shaping through implementation. • Broad understanding across enterprise infrastructure, with demonstrable architecture depth in at least two relevant domains and the ability to integrate specialist input across public and hybrid cloud, networks, datacentres, compute, virtualisation, storage, backup, identity, platform services, automation and cyber security. • Demonstrable experience creating target architectures, transition states, technology roadmaps and solution designs. Desirable skills: • Experience within central banking, financial services, government, defence or Critical National Infrastructure. • Architecture certification or relevant professional accreditation, such as TOGAF, BCS, Azure or equivalent. • Experience of platform engineering, cloud-native architecture, AI-assisted operations or modern technology operating models. • Practical knowledge of Azure, Azure Local, hybrid cloud and modern platform engineering approaches. • Experience of Zero Trust, privileged access, secrets or certificate management, and secure-by-design delivery. •