Senior Technical Architect (SC Cleared/SC Eligible)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Salary: £75,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a digital consultancy delivering user-centred, agile technology solutions for UK government departments and public-sector organisations.

What you will do

• Provide technical direction across a digital and cyber playbook for councils and a technology analysis product collecting data from local authorities.
• Draft technical requirements and run an options appraisal for re-platforming the WordPress-based playbook, including costs, risks, trade-offs, and migration planning.
• Define architecture covering hosting, content and contribution models, authentication, integrations, data collection, storage, security, and shared components.
• Conduct threat modelling and security design, and act as the technical contact for assurance, security reviews, and penetration testing.
• Record architecture decisions, align products with the Technology Code of Practice and Service Standard, and review technical quality.
• Produce architecture documentation and a handover pack while guiding the developer and data analyst on patterns, standards, and tooling.

Requirements

• SC cleared, active SC, or SC eligible.
• Substantial experience as a technical or solution architect on web-based digital services.
• Strong experience architecting and hosting WordPress-based services, including security, performance, plugin governance, and release management.
• Experience running options appraisals, making platform decisions, and planning migrations.
• Experience designing secure services, including identity and access, data protection, logging, and secrets handling.
• Experience working through assurance processes and security reviews.
• Experience designing data collection and storage with appropriate controls for sensitive information.
• Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and work across two teams simultaneously.
• Experience documenting architecture decisions.

Nice to have

• Experience in UK central or local government and familiarity with its standards, including the Technology Code of Practice.
• Familiarity with GOV.UK platform services, the GOV.UK Design System, and common components.
• Knowledge of cloud hosting patterns and infrastructure as code.
• Awareness of local government technology landscapes and cyber risks.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity, respect, and support.
• Flexible working arrangements are encouraged.
• Reasonable adjustments are provided throughout recruitment and employment.
• Disability Confident Level 1 employer.