Senior Architect

Hybrid Location: Manchester or London

Advert closing 12th December 2025

Smart DCC is seeking an experienced
Senior Domain Architect
to play a pivotal role in shaping and assuring the technical landscape of our smart energy infrastructure. Operating across multiple projects and domains, you will ensure that solutions delivered by our service providers are robust, scalable, and strategically aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

This is a leadership role that bridges enterprise-level architectural strategy and project-level execution, driving consistency, innovation, and long-term maintainability across our technology ecosystem.

How you will contribute to transforming energy and shaping the future.

• Act as
  Design Authority
  , providing technical leadership and assurance across solution designs.
• Lead
  cloud-native solution design
  , including microservices, APIs, and data platforms.
• Provide expert guidance on
  infrastructure and network architecture
  , integrating cloud and on-premises environments.
• Shape and assure
  cross-domain integration
  for end-to-end coherence and operational integrity.
• Ensure adherence to
  architecture governance
  , regulatory compliance, and security standards.
• Drive
  architecture excellence and innovation
  , leveraging automation and emerging technologies.
• Engage stakeholders at all levels, translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights.
• Oversee contractors and vendors, ensuring quality and value for investment.
• Lead architecture for major programmes, managing technical risks and interdependencies.
• Champion continuous improvement and represent DCC in external forums, including government and industry engagements.
• Influence technology roadmaps and provide architectural input into business cases.

Your skills that will enable us to fulfil our purpose:

• Expertise in
  telecommunications network architecture
  (IP/MPLS, SD-WAN, radio access networks, 3GPP standards).
• Strong experience in
  cloud-native architecture
  (microservices, containerization, serverless computing).
• Knowledge of
  modern infrastructure
  (SDN, virtualized environments, hardware hosting).
• Hands-on experience with
  public cloud platforms
  (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid strategies.
• Proficiency in
  enterprise and solution architecture frameworks
  (e.g., TOGAF).
• Systems integration expertise, including OSS/BSS platforms and API-driven solutions.
• Strong understanding of
  security and compliance by design
  (GDPR, ISO
• Proven ability to design for
  business continuity and resilience
  .
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Leadership experience managing contractors and delivery teams.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen to align technology with organisational goals.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the
  UK Smart Metering Implementation Programme
  and its role in national energy strategy.

About the DCC

We're powering Britain's smarter, greener future
. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

Today
, we're deeply invested in building a resilient, sustainable smart energy network that drives transformation. Our success is driven by curiosity, ambition, and tenacity.

Tomorrow,
we see vast opportunities for growth and development, contributing to decarbonisation and the Net Zero mission. We'll continually develop Smart DCC, to fulfil our obligations to consumers, and achieve even more with our customers, partners, and each other.

Together
, we embrace change, unite in our shared passions and support each other. Working as one team and across our industry, we rise to the challenge to shape Smart DCC, and the future.

A career at Smart DCC means being part of something bigger – a dynamic organisation that's not just helping transform energy but also shaping the future. We offer a unique, fulfilling environment where you can thrive today, build tomorrow, and achieve together.

Company benefits:

At DCC we reward fairly and recognise fully because our continued success depends on our people.

We offer competitive salaries with regular benchmarking, together with bonuses tied to personal and company performance and our core benefits include pension, holidays and private healthcare.

We want you to feel respected and able, so we also offer a competitive 8 days per month hybrid work policy together with other flexible benefits that you can tailor to you needs.

This is meaningful work, with meaningful reward

Your application to help shape what's next:

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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Join the DCC, a dynamic organisation where every day brings a chance to make a difference.

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