Outside IR35- Technical Architect- 3 months+ Remote with 1-2 days on site in Newcastle Looking for a number of Technical Architects for a Cross Government Service Discovery where the client is also looking for us to explore and develop a proof of concept. It needs someone from a coding background who can both help create architectural designs which meet client requirements and Lead the technical development of a small functional prototype which will be used to demonstrate the capability of a solution. Key duties: Creating lower-level designs for the service to meet Government service standards and accessibility requirements. working at any point of the development lifecycle from supporting a discovery through to service optimisation at live. working alongside the product manager and UCD team to iterate designs, identifying challenges and potential solutions to enable service development Acting as the technical representative and lead for the service to stakeholders and at service standard assessments ensuring the aims, objectives and context for the service are understood by the development team working with delivery groups/owners for downstream/upstream impacted services to understand the technical constraints and requirements for any integrations Responsibilities Ownership of software systems with low to medium risk, size, quality, and complexity Communicate with business, delivery and operational stakeholders of the software Identify, prioritize and address architectural concerns related to the software, based on quality attributes (non-functional requirements) and other architectural drivers Make or guide architectural decisions about the software, its implementation technologies, its external and internal interfaces and its development and deployment environments Model the software system's context and structure Assure that the software fulfils its present and anticipated architectural requirements by analysis, validation, modelling and road mapping Support the software's development and operations teams by coaching, explaining and reviewing detailed designs and code Keep track of emerging technologies, developments and methodologiesKey Competencies Software architecting: - Use modelling, decision making and validation techniques to design a system that fulfils stakeholder requirements Systems integration: - Create and implement software that fits in its business and technology environment Requirements analysis: - Understand and validate software requirements, focusing on quality attributes and other architectural drivers Delivery: - Drive realization and implementation of software and hardware systems Software technology knowledge: - Development stacks, programming languages, design and integration patterns, algorithms" Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job. Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.