Job Description

Posted 2 weeks ago

Application Architect

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Croydon / Hybrid- 1 day PW on-site

Due to the urgency and sensitivity of the work, active SC Clearance is mandatory.

Responsibilities

As an Application Architect, you will:

Design and lead delivery of scalable, high-performance application architectures

Define and apply modern application architecture patterns, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and SOA

Support monolith-to-microservices transformation initiatives where required

Architect cloud-native applications across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP

Design API strategies, integration patterns, and messaging-based solutions

Ensure strong alignment with application lifecycle management, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices

Work closely with platform and engineering teams to align application design with infrastructure-as-code and platform services

Embed application security principles, including authentication, authorisation, secure APIs, and data protection

Provide architectural guidance, assurance, and governance across delivery phases

Must-Have Skills & Experience

Proven experience as an Application Architect or Senior Software Engineer operating at architectural level

Strong expertise in designing and delivering scalable, high-performance applications

Solid understanding of application architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven, SOA)

Experience designing cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP

Strong knowledge of API design, integration patterns, and messaging technologies

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and application lifecycle management

Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and platform services supporting application deployment

Strong grasp of application security principles (authentication, authorisation, secure APIs, data protection)

Active SC Clearance

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience designing and deploying containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes

Hands-on exposure to DevOps tooling for build, test, and release automation

Experience working in regulated, enterprise, or large-scale environments

Architecture or cloud certifications (e.g. TOGAF, AWS/Azure/GCP Solutions Architect)

Familiarity with application monitoring, logging, and observability tools to support reliability and performance

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply