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Technical Partner & Architect
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Technical Partner & Architect
Technical Partner & Architect – Contract FTC, 6 months
Location: London | Hybrid (with travel to client sites and home-based) | UK Wide
About CI Projects
CI Projects is a boutique business consultancy dedicated to helping businesses achieve continuous improvement by aligning people, processes, and technology. We work closely with clients to define the issue, set the destination, and provide the tools and guidance—so they can keep progressing long after we leave.
We’re seeking an experienced Technical Partner & Architect to shape technology solutions and architecture in a dynamic, evolving business environment. This role involves acting as the trusted technical advisor to senior stakeholders, delivering architectural leadership, technical oversight, and strategic direction across a portfolio of programmes, bids, and transformation initiatives.
This is an ideal opportunity if you enjoy:
- Translating business needs into practical technology solutions
- Influencing senior stakeholders with technical expertise
- Providing hands-on architectural leadership in modern tech landscapes
Role Overview
As the Technical Partner & Architect, you will:
- Lead end-to-end solution architecture and technical ownership in a secure business sector.
- Collaborate with operational leadership, stakeholders, delivery partners, and engineering teams to define solution architectures, technology roadmaps, and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
- Bridge the gap between business priorities and technical delivery, ensuring solutions are:
- Commercially viable
- Architecturally robust
- Capable of supporting long-term organisational objectives
- Provide technical oversight of third-party delivery partners, contribute to bids/tenders, support governance processes, and drive adoption of architectural standards, integration patterns, and engineering best practices.
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Key Responsibilities
The role requires:
- Designing solution architectures across programmes and technology workstreams within your assigned sector.
- Defining and maintaining target-state architectures, technology roadmaps, and solution designs aligned with enterprise-level strategy.
- Acting as the primary technical advisor to business leaders—translating operational and commercial requirements into scalable technology solutions.
- Offering technical oversight and challenging third-party suppliers to ensure compliance with architectural principles and standards.
- Reviewing solution designs, integration approaches, deployment strategies, and technical implementations to identify risks and opportunities.
- Developing architecturally sound, deliverable solutions for bids, tenders, and commercial opportunities.
- Ensuring consistency across the technology estate through collaboration with engineering teams, architects, and stakeholders.
- Participating in architecture governance activities, including Design Authority reviews and decision-making forums.
- Producing high-quality architectural artefacts, including solution documentation, options assessments, and technical recommendations.
- Evaluating and assessing emerging technologies, such as cloud, data platforms, AI, and integration approaches.
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What We’re Looking For
We are seeking a candidate with:
- 5+ years experience as a Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or senior tech leader with significant architecture responsibilities.
- A strong understanding of:
- Solution architecture
- Enterprise architecture
- Modern technology delivery practices
- Expertise in:
- Designing cloud-based solutions (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- APIs, integrations, data platforms, and digital services
- Ability to:
- Provide technical oversight and challenge delivery partners
- Contribute to bid/tender activities and commercial tech proposals
- Proven stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working in complex, multi-programme, or enterprise-scale environments.
- Familiarity with:
- Governance, architecture standards, and technology assurance processes
- Aligning technical decisions with business outcomes
- An advantageous prior role within:
- Regulated industries
- Operationally complex organisations
- Federated structures
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