Lead Architect

Lead Architect

Location: Clapham Junction (Hybrid, 3 days per week on-site)

Salary: Up to £105k, plus bonus and package

Troi Search have partnered with a leading Fitness firm to hire a Lead Architect in the London area.

This role reports directly to the CTO, and enables you to shape the architecture that enables their technology vision.

Duties:

• Managing a team of 5-6 direct reports (System Analysts, Technical & Solutions Architects), and leading/coordinating team efforts
• Owning and improving the company's architectural blueprint
• Acting as the lead technical decision maker across the company's cloud platform, including third party integrations
• Outline architectural governance and principles, aligning infrastructure, business, data applications and security
• Assessing their current architecture modelling platform and identifying if they they need to use a new platform (e.g. LeanIX or BizzDesign)
• Being involved in supplier and vendor assessments, negotiating contracts and leading vendor engagement

Requirements:

• Background in technical, hands-on positions (Network Engineer, Software Engineer etc), followed by progression into an Architecture role
• Experience of working for E-Commerce, Mobile & Web Apps or SaaS firms is a distinct advantage
• Must be familiar with Enterprise Architecture tools & practices, Solution & Technical Architecture
• Strong Cloud experience, ideally in Microsoft Azure (App Services, AKS, AAD etc). Also open to AWS or GCP experience
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS and GDPR
• Knowledge of architecture modelling platforms, such as BizzDesign, LeanIX and Sparx EA