Lead Technical Architect

Salary: £69,000 - 86,600 per year

Requirements

• Extensive senior-level experience as a Technical Architect, with a proven track record of leading large-scale digital transformations.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing complex architectures across major Public Cloud platforms, including multi-cloud strategies.
• Deep strategic understanding of cloud-native technology stacks, with hands-on experience in Kubernetes and advanced CI/CD tooling.
• Exceptional skills in Infrastructure as Code, with extensive experience using Terraform for complex deployments.
• Proven ability to influence and communicate effectively with C-suite and executive-level stakeholders.
• Expert-level knowledge of security, networking, and governance principles in a cloud context.
• Experience in a consultancy environment, including contributing to pre-sales, proposals, and business growth.
• Mastery of working in an Agile environment and leading teams to success.
• Evidence of leading architecture-led digital transformations within the Public Sector.

Responsibilities

• Help define and evangelise our architectural vision, standards, and best practices across the Hippo Digital delivery practice.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including C-level executives, to guide their long-term technical strategy.
• Lead complex and strategic technical engagements, providing architectural oversight and quality assurance.
• Mentor and coach our technical architects and senior engineers, helping them grow their skills and impact.
• Drive pre-sales and business development activities, leading the technical response to bids and shaping new opportunities.
• Contribute to our thought leadership through public speaking, writing, and community engagement.
• Act as a technical authority, making and communicating key architectural decisions that impact multiple projects or clients.

Technologies

• Architect
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Terraform

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We are Hippo, a rapidly growing digital consultancy that designs with empathy and builds for impact by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design, and software engineering. We partner with public and private sector clients to deliver transformative digital solutions and bespoke services that create positive outcomes for organisations and society. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including pension, holiday allowance, wellbeing support, flexible benefits, and relocation support of up to £8,000. We are headquartered in Leeds with offices in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol, and this role is based in a hybrid remote arrangement in Manchester with flexibility to travel and work on-site as needed. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, and we actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups.