Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across the UK public sector. Our work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens.
We are passionate about user-centred design, agile delivery, and building digital services that make a real difference. Our teams work at the forefront of innovation, helping organisations transform and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that truly matter.
Lead technical architecture across one or more work packages, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, industry best practices, and approved integration patterns. Act as the primary technical authority, providing architectural leadership and governance across delivery teams.
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Define and govern solution architecture across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, following modern architecture principles such as API-first, event-driven design, security by design, and reusable services.
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Produce and maintain architecture documentation, including solution designs, OpenAPI specifications, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), technical design documents, and architecture review outputs.
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Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, cloud landing zones, approved integration patterns, and organisational technology strategies.
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Support application lifecycle management through technology assessments to modernise platforms, reduce technical debt, and improve maintainability.
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Champion DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep), observability, monitoring, logging, metrics, alerting, identity management, and security controls.
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Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to engineering teams, reviewing solution designs and mentoring senior developers.
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Collaborate with architects, product owners, delivery managers, engineering teams, and security stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
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Ensure solutions comply with organisational security policies, cybersecurity best practices, governance requirements, and industry standards.
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Provide guidance on the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools while ensuring compliance with organisational governance and security requirements.
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Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, including Web Apps, Event Hub, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Application Insights, Logic Apps, and related cloud services.
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Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Bicep.
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Expertise in designing RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, integration patterns, and API lifecycle governance.
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Strong understanding of cloud-native, hybrid cloud, and on-premises architectures.
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Experience delivering large-scale digital transformation projects within the UK public sector or highly regulated environments.
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Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, cloud governance, and secure solution design.
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Excellent technical documentation skills, including architecture diagrams, ADRs, solution design documents, and governance artefacts.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
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Experience delivering digital transformation programmes within the UK public sector.
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Familiarity with geospatial data standards such as GeoJSON, MBTiles, or GML.
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Knowledge of secure software development, cybersecurity frameworks, and cloud security best practices.
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Experience with enterprise integration, event-driven architectures, and cloud migration strategies.
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Active Security Clearance (SC) is mandatory for this position.
At Scrumconnect Consulting, we believe that diversity drives innovation and better outcomes. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every individual is valued, respected, and supported.
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and actively encourage individuals from underrepresented groups, including women, people with disabilities, and diverse communities, as well as those seeking flexible working arrangements.
As a Disability Confident Level 1 Employer, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment to ensure equal opportunities for all.
