Lead Technical Architect

Hippo Digital

Leeds, UK
Competitive salary; benefits: contributory pension...
On-site with flexibility for client engagements
Senior-level technical architect experience
Multi-cloud platform expertise azure aws gcp
Infrastructure-as-code with terraform
Hippo Digital is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to drive architectural vision and strategy for diverse public and private sector clients. The role requires extensive technical expertise, leadership, and the ability to influence C-suite stakeholders while fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture

Job Summary

  • The Lead Technical Architect will shape the architectural vision and technical strategy for both clients and the internal practice while mentoring other architects.
  • Candidates must demonstrate extensive experience in designing complex architectures across major public cloud platforms including multi-cloud strategies.
  • Hippo Digital offers a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, and flexible benefits including private health cover and additional holidays.

Matching Summary

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Hippo Digital is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to drive architectural vision and strategy for diverse public and private sector clients. The role requires extensive technical expertise, leadership, and the ability to influence C-suite stakeholders while fostering a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture.

Salary

Competitive salary; Benefits: Contributory pension (6% employer + 2% employee), 25 days holiday, Perkbox access, critical illness cover, life assurance, cycle-to-work scheme, electric vehicle salary sacrifice, season ticket loans, wellbeing sessions, flexible benefits including private health/dental, additional holidays up to 2 days, charity contributions, tree planting

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Senior-level Technical Architect experience
  • Multi-cloud platform expertise Azure AWS GCP
  • Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform
  • Containerization Docker Kubernetes serverless
  • Advanced CI/CD tooling GitLab CI/CD
  • Security networking governance principles

Nice-to-have

  • Pre-sales and business development activities
  • Public speaking and thought leadership
  • Mentoring other architects and engineers
  • Influencing C-suite stakeholders
  • Agile delivery methodology experience

Key Requirements

  • Extensive senior-level Technical Architect experience
  • Proven track record of large-scale digital transformations
  • Experience in a consultancy environment
  • Expert-level knowledge of cloud security and governance

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