Lead Technical Architect

Salary: £59,000 - 99,000 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 the architectural vision, standards, and best practices across the entire 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 team of 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 Hippo Digitals 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 working at the intersection of strategy, design, and technology to solve complex problems and create lasting value for public and private sector clients. We design with empathy and build for impact by combining data-informed evidence, human-centred design, and software engineering. Our collaborative, agile culture empowers our teams to make a genuine impact, and we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are headquartered in Leeds with offices across the UK in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol, and we are open to talent nationwide within reasonable travelling distance of one of our offices. This role is for our Technical Architecture division at Lead Consultant level, with a salary of 69,000 to 86,600 plus benefits, permanent contract, relocation support up to 8,000, and flexibility to work on-site at a Hippo office or client location at least two days per week.

last updated 36 week of 2026