Senior Technical Architect

Job Purpose

The Technical Architect will be responsible for safeguarding the
end-to-end solution integrity
across systems, data, integrations, security, and environments. The role will act as a key advisor to the
KH IT–chaired Design Authority
, providing technical assessments, impact analysis, and architectural governance to ensure all solutions meet the required
non-functional requirements (NFRs), security posture, and integration standards
.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design Authority Support

• Provide enterprise and technical architecture advisory input to the
  KH IT–chaired Design Authority (DA)
  .
• Prepare
  options papers, impact assessments
  , and solution decisions for DA discussions.
• Maintain the
  Design Authority decision log
  and ensure all decisions are fully reflected in SI (System Integrator) design artefacts.

2. Environment & Release Governance

• Define and maintain the
  environment strategy & calendar
  , including:
• Code drops
• Environments freezes
• Mock runs / rehearsals
• Release windows
• Ensure strong alignment between KH IT, Programme teams, and System Integrator regarding environment management.

3. Integration & Data Ownership

• Oversee
  integration alignment and data mapping
  across systems to ensure consistency and reliability.
• Maintain the
  integration & data alignment register
  , including system interfaces, data ownership, and error-handling patterns.

4. Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) Management

• Curate and update the
  NFR register
  , including performance, scalability, availability, backup/DR, observability, and monitoring requirements.
• Ensure NFRs are incorporated into the technical design and validated throughout the delivery lifecycle.

5. Security & Segregation of Duties (SoD)

• Conduct
  security and SoD reviews
  , ensuring:
• Roles & responsibilities are properly defined
• Access privileges follow security guidelines
• Exceptions are documented and addressed
• Maintain the security and SoD
  actions/exception log
  .

6. Solution Design Review

• Review
  Solution Design Documents (SDDs)
  from the KH IT perspective to ensure technical alignment, completeness, and adherence to architectural standards.
• Provide clear feedback and drive resolution of design gaps/blockers.

Key Deliverables

• TA-01:
  Options & decision papers + maintained DA decision log
• TA-02:
  Environment strategy & release/rehearsal calendar
• TA-03:
  Integration & data alignment register
• TA-04:
  Security & SoD review pack (roles/duties matrix + exceptions log)
• TA-05:
  Updated NFR register (performance, availability, DR, monitoring)
• TA-06:
  KH IT review of System Integrator SDDs

Acceptance Criteria

• DA minutes and decision log are fully updated with no outstanding design blockers for UAT entry.
• Environment calendar is approved by
  KH IT, Programme Leadership, and SI
  , with freeze rules clearly published.
• Integration and data alignment validated and signed off by KH IT.

Out of Scope

• Authoring
  functional
  chapters of the Solution Design Document (SDD) — this is owned by the System Integrator.

Qualifications & Experience (Suggested)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in
  enterprise architecture, technical architecture, or solution design
  .
• Strong knowledge of
  integration patterns, NFRs, DevOps environments, security frameworks, and data architecture
  .
• Prior experience supporting
  Design Authority
  or governance boards in large transformation programmes.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.