Senior Technical Architect

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Salary

£63,409 starting salary includes allowances totalling £3,009. The salary breakdown is £60,400 basic salary, with annual increases until reaching £65,886. Plus a location allowance of £2,009 and a non‑pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Help protect the UK with your technical expertise.

Your skills could help protect the UK. With the ongoing terrorist threat, there has never been a more important time to work alongside some of the best and brightest to help keep people safe. A career within Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) is like no other — every day offers new challenges, meaningful work, and the opportunity to contribute to the security of the nation.

About the role

As a Senior Technical Architect, you will work closely with the Chief Technical Architect to design and shape enterprise level solutions across a wide range of ICT projects. You’ll help ensure our systems, services and infrastructure are modern, secure and efficiently delivered.

You will:

  • Design systems and services, clearly documenting and communicating technical decisions.
  • Collaborate effectively with stakeholders, offering challenge, insight and direction.
  • Translate technical issues into accessible, non‑technical language.
  • Mentor and guide junior colleagues as part of a growing architecture practice.
  • Create designs aligned to CTP architecture principles, ensuring risks, dependencies and quality standards are managed.
  • Track emerging technologies and assess opportunities for innovation.

This is a position where your work has real impact — every architectural decision contributes to safeguarding the public.

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Company: Counter Terrorism Policing
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Salary

£63,409 starting salary includes allowances totalling £3,009. The salary breakdown is £60,400 basic salary, with annual increases until reaching £65,886. Plus a location allowance of £2,009 and a non‑pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Help protect the UK with your technical expertise.

Your skills could help protect the UK. With the ongoing terrorist threat, there has never been a more important time to work alongside some of the best and brightest to help keep people safe. A career within Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) is like no other — every day offers new challenges, meaningful work, and the opportunity to contribute to the security of the nation.

About the role

As a Senior Technical Architect, you will work closely with the Chief Technical Architect to design and shape enterprise level solutions across a wide range of ICT projects. You’ll help ensure our systems, services and infrastructure are modern, secure and efficiently delivered.

You will:

  • Design systems and services, clearly documenting and communicating technical decisions.
  • Collaborate effectively with stakeholders, offering challenge, insight and direction.
  • Translate technical issues into accessible, non‑technical language.
  • Mentor and guide junior colleagues as part of a growing architecture practice.
  • Create designs aligned to CTP architecture principles, ensuring risks, dependencies and quality standards are managed.
  • Track emerging technologies and assess opportunities for innovation.

This is a position where your work has real impact — every architectural decision contributes to safeguarding the public.

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Posted: May 18th, 2026