About this role
Salary: £100,000 - 120,000 per year
Requirements: Knowledge of cloud, APIs, CI/CD, automation, and platform engineeringExperience building and assessing technology investmentsExperience managing technical risk, scalability, and securityStakeholder engagement experienceAbility to govern architecture and engineering practicesExperience in government or a highly regulated environmentExposure to data platforms and machine learning Responsibilities: Lead our technical team and provide strategic insightProvide strategic technical leadership for secure defence applicationsMaintain our technical architecture and roadmap for the software houseWork alongside our head of delivery to ensure technical decisions and strategies align with defence applicationsHelp ensure delivery of our applications is efficientEngage with key stakeholdersDrive modern engineering practiceSupport work across AI, data platforms, and machine learningReduce strategic dependencyTranslate business needs into coherent technical strategy Technologies: AICI/CDCloudSupportMachine LearningSecurityAWSAzureDevSecOps More:
We are a well-respected UK client offering a Head of Technical role based in Southampton with a hybrid working model of 3 or 4 days on site. The role offers a salary of up to £120k, along with benefits including 25 days holiday increasing to 30, flexible working, 16 full weeks of maternity leave, a 5% matched pension, and annual bonuses. We are looking for someone to help shape our technical direction, modern engineering approach, and secure defence applications within a software house environment.
last updated 30 week of 2026