Job Description
Job Title: Lead Technology Architect
Posting Start Date: 17/07/2025
Job Id: 1317
School/Department: IT Services
Work Arrangement: Full Time (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary per annum (£): £60,907 - £89,412
Closing Date: 14/08/2025
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.
IT Services at the University of Sheffield provide a full range of complex IT and technology-enabled services. This role supports delivery across our three strategic product areas: Education, Research and Innovation and One University (please see our vision below
The Lead Technology Architect leads the development of the University’s Technology Architecture to ensure all technology-enabled solutions align with desired strategy. This role offers the opportunity to define our ambitions for Cloud adoption and build an ecosystem of on-premise, SaaS and native Cloud solutions. The role reports to the Chief Technology Officer.

• Define, communicate and champion the technology vision and roadmap, with particular focus on Cloud adoption strategy and hybrid solutions.
• Drive technology strategy across infrastructure, software and data environments, ensuring optimal design and deployment to solve business problems.
• Lead the design of resilient, reliable and sustainable technology services supporting education, research and workplace enablement.
• Work with stakeholders across the University to understand challenges and communicate the benefits of modern technology architecture.
• Develop technology architecture models and frameworks that enable the strategic shift needed to achieve University objectives.
• Establish appropriate standards, policies, processes and governance for technology decision-making.
• Champion innovation and identify emerging technologies that could benefit the University whilst mitigating risks.
• Collaborate with product teams to ensure opportunities are taken to progress technology architecture roadmaps.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on technology design to teams across the University.
• Balance delivery demands with the need to evolve and maintain architectural integrity.
• Lead and influence at senior levels, creating collaborative design communities across the organisation.
• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post