Technical Architect - Authentication

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Active SC clearance is required.
• Strong experience as a Technical Architect or in a similar architecture-focused role.
• Strong software development background.
• Experience with identity, authentication and authorisation technologies.
• Good working knowledge of OIDC and OAuth.
• Experience designing user-facing web or application integrations.
• Strong AWS/cloud experience.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering user-focused digital services.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, security and scalability.
• Experience working within Agile multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of continuous delivery and DevOps cultures.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Take ownership of technical outcomes and support teams through design and delivery.
• Lead technical decision-making and take a balanced approach to technology selection.
• Work closely with software engineers, product, delivery and other technical specialists.
• Support the integration of authentication and identity services across user-facing applications.
• Influence senior stakeholders and support evidence-based technical decision-making.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• OAuth
• Security
• Web

More:

We are supporting a high-profile, customer-facing programme and are looking for an experienced Technical Architect to join us on a contract basis. This role requires active SC clearance and offers the opportunity to work closely with software engineers, product, delivery and other technical specialists on the integration of authentication and identity services across user-facing applications.

last updated 33 week of 2026