Lead Architect

Lead Architect

Posted 1 day ago by NonStop Consulting

£114 Per hour
Outside
Onsite
Cheshire

Summary: The Lead Architect role involves driving the design and technical leadership for the Shared Layer 3 project, ensuring secure architectural practices across IT and OT systems. The position requires collaboration with various functions to align on architecture governance and risk assessment while maintaining design integrity. The role is based in Cheshire and requires office presence for at least two days per week. The contract is for 12 months with a competitive pay rate.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive the high-level and low-level designs for the Shared Layer 3 project.
  • Produce high-level, detailed, and other relevant documentation.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance, taking ownership of decisions until resolved.
  • Act as the domain lead architect within the Shared Layer 3 system, ensuring design integrity and secure-by-design practices.
  • Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural designs across IT and OT systems.
  • Develop security architecture artefacts and support projects through architecture governance and risk assessment.
  • Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure alignment and risk mitigation.
  • Perform security assurance activities, including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions.
  • Delivering Evergreen end-to-end design process ownership.
  • Technical specialist work to create a coherent story.
  • Outline system design, taking it through high & low level.

Key Skills:

  • IT skillset encompassing Virtualisation, Directorate services, management, monitoring, updating.
  • Outcomes from leading multimillion £ deliveries.
  • Large-scale deployment experience with virtualisation platforms, private clouds, and modern infrastructure.
  • Minimum of English and Math's A-C GCSE certificates required.

Salary (Rate): £114.86/hour

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role Overview

Position : Lead Architect

Location : Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Cheshire WA3 6GR

Contract Length : 12 months

Pay Rate : £110 - 114.86/hour

Work Arrangement : Office presence required for at least 2 days per week

Scope of IR35 : Out of scope

Security Clearance : SC (ACTIVE)

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the high-level and low-level designs for the Shared Layer 3 project.
  • Produce high-level, detailed, and other relevant documentation.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance, taking ownership of decisions until resolved.
  • Act as the domain lead architect within the Shared Layer 3 system, ensuring design integrity and secure-by-design practices.
  • Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural designs across IT and OT systems.
  • Develop security architecture artefacts and support projects through architecture governance and risk assessment.
  • Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure alignment and risk mitigation.
  • Perform security assurance activities, including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions.
  • Delivering Evergreen
  • End-to-end design process ownership.
  • Technical specialist work to create a coherent story.
  • Outline system design, taking it through high & low level.

Essentials

  • IT skillset encompassing Virtualisation, Directorate services, management, monitoring, updating.
  • Outcomes from leading multimillion £ deliveries.
  • Large-scale deployment experience with virtualisation platforms, private clouds, and modern infrastructure.
  • Minimum of English and Math's A-C GCSE certificates required.

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