Lead Technical Architect


Company:	Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary:	£400 to £600 a day
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, B4 6AJ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	27 Oct 2026
Closing date:	3 Nov 2026

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Summary

Lead Technical Architect

Remote occasional travel to London

Contract length: To confirm

IR35: Inside IR35

Your new company

You'll be joining an organisation looking for architecture expertise across enterprise and solution design, cloud architecture, systems integration and modern distributed systems.

Your new role

As an Enterprise / Solution Architect, you'll provide architectural direction across complex technology environments, helping shape technical strategy, solution design and longer-term technology roadmaps.You'll work across cloud, integration and software architecture, applying appropriate architecture patterns and best practices.

Key responsibilities

Enterprise architecture and solution design

Cloud architecture across Azure, AWS and/or GCP

System integration and API architecture

Microservices and distributed systems architecture

Technical strategy and roadmap planning

Defining and applying software architecture patterns and best practices

What you'll need to succeed

Essential skills and experience

Strong enterprise architecture and solution design experience

Cloud architecture experience across Azure, AWS and/or GCP

Strong system integration and API architecture knowledge

Experience designing microservices and distributed systems

Experience contributing to technical strategy and roadmap planning

Strong understanding of software architecture patterns and best practices

What you need to do now

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