Role Profile
Job Title: Technical Architect Mobile Architecture Review
Reports To: Mobile Product Owner
Location:
Duration: 36 months Fixed Term / Contract]

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a structured review of the current mobile architecture, including native and
• cross-platform solutions.
• Assess alignment with enterprise architecture principles, security standards, and user experience goals.
• Engage with engineering teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to gather insights and pain points.
• Evaluate mobile frameworks, tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps maturity.
• Identify technical debt, scalability issues, and opportunities for innovation.

Produce a comprehensive output artefact that includes:

• Current state analysis
• Gap assessment
• Future-state reference architecture
• Technology recommendations
• Migration or transformation roadmap
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and architecture governance forums.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in mobile architecture across iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin/Java).
• Strong understanding of mobile architectural patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture).
• Experience with mobile DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing strategies.
• Familiarity with cross-platform frameworks (e.g., Flutter, React Native) and when to use them.
• Ability to produce high-quality architectural artefacts and documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience conducting architecture reviews and assessments.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in public sector or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Knowledge of mobile analytics, accessibility, and performance monitoring tools.
• Exposure to cloud-native mobile backends (e.g., Firebase, AWS Amplify, Azure Mobile Apps).
• Experience of programming services in Scala.

Deliverables

• Mobile Architecture Review Report
• Future-State Reference Architecture Diagram(s)
• Technology Recommendations and Rationale
• Implementation Roadmap and Risk Assessment
• Presentation Pack for Executive Stakeholders