Associate Director, Central Government, Solution Architect, Deloitte Digital

Overview

As a Solution Architect, you will define and articulate the architectural vision for major central government programmes. You translate policy objectives into enterprise designs that are scalable, secure, and compliant with government standards. You lead architecture across applications, data, and infrastructure, while guiding cross-functional delivery teams. You will shape digital transformation initiatives that improve public services and outcomes. This role offers influence across senior stakeholders and opportunities to drive impact at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• world-class development and training
• focus on wellbeing
• flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic architectural vision and roadmaps for central government programmes ensuring alignment with government standards and security policies
• Oversee end-to-end solution design across applications, data, infrastructure, security and integration
• Facilitate workshops with diverse stakeholders to elicit requirements and secure consensus on architectural decisions
• Establish governance processes and perform architecture health checks to ensure fit-for-purpose and compliant solutions
• mentor and develop a team of architects and specialists to build architectural capability
• Contribute to pre-sales and proposal development to shape central government opportunities and identify trends

Key requirements

• Central Government Domain Expertise
• Architectural Leadership
• Cloud delivery on AWS and Azure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Open Source Technologies
• Application Development (Node.js, Python, Java)
• Agile and iterative delivery
• API integrations and secure third-party interfaces
• Data modeling and lifecycle management
• Security clearance eligibility or hold

• Communication and influence
• Problem solving
• Collaborative mindset
• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure
• Open source software integration
• Node.js, Python, Java

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