Technical Architect

Technical Architect

Technical Architect - Java / Spring Boot
About Methods
Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people‑centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public‑sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022. Alten is a global engineering firm with approximately 57,000 employees specializing in engineering and IT services.

Overview
Methods is looking for an experienced Technical Architect with a strong Java and Spring Boot background to support customer‑specific delivery workstreams and wider digital transformation projects.

The role requires hands‑on architecture experience across modern service design, integration, cloud‑hosted platforms and delivery governance. The successful candidate will help shape robust, maintainable and scalable services, working closely with engineering teams, delivery leads, product stakeholders and enterprise architecture functions to ensure technical decisions align with programme outcomes, GDS expectations and wider organisational standards.

Requirements
Architecture & Technical Leadership

Define and communicate technical architecture for Java/Spring Boot services and supporting platform components

Produce high‑quality architecture artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, roadmaps, integration patterns, sequence diagrams and data models

Lead technical design governance, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles, GDS Service Standard and delivery best practice

Provide technical assurance across delivery teams, suppliers and stakeholders

Own and articulate technical requirements through governance and assurance processes

Support architectural decision‑making across discovery, alpha, beta and live service phases

Translate business and operational needs into clear, deliverable technical designs

Java / Spring Boot Service Design

Provide architecture direction for Java and Spring Boot applications, APIs, microservices and event‑driven services

Define reusable engineering patterns for service design, configuration, observability, error handling, resilience and maintainability

Guide teams on Spring Boot best practice, including dependency management, REST API design, testing approaches and integration patterns

Support decisions around modularity, service boundaries, domain modelling and data ownership

Review designs and implementation approaches to ensure services are scalable, supportable and fit for live operation

Platform Design & Integration

Oversee integration patterns with upstream and downstream systems, including APIs, messaging, event streams and batch interfaces

Collaborate with developers, platform engineers, test engineers, data specialists and cyber teams to deliver robust solutions

Support cloud‑hosted delivery patterns, CI/CD, infrastructure integration and operational monitoring

Ensure solutions are designed for resilience, performance, maintainability and operational support

Governance, Standards & Best Practice

Develop, document and promote technical standards, reusable patterns and operational best practice

Ensure alignment with relevant legislation, information governance requirements and internal technology standards

Establish repeatable architecture controls and decision records

Support training, coaching and enabling teams to adopt consistent engineering practice

Technical Delivery Support

Provide expert guidance to delivery teams on architecture constraints, recommended patterns and implementation options

Support troubleshooting, risk identification, technical assessments and proof‑of‑concept design activities

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