Summary: This role is for an SC Cleared Technical Architect to lead a greenfield digital transformation program focused on autonomous, AI-led technology for defense operations. The position requires exceptional stakeholder leadership skills and a strong background in software development and government digital services. The architect will drive the technical direction and architecture of the project while maintaining close relationships with stakeholders. The role is set in a military context, emphasizing user-centered design and agile practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership and oversight to development resources in an agile environment.
• Technically leading the development of an enterprise-class digital service.
• Driving the technical direction for the project, drawing upon modern tools and frameworks to best suit the requirement.
• Assisting in defining the architecture from an infrastructure, microservices, integration, security, and visualisation perspective.
• Supporting in project delivery within Scrum / Kanban environments, seeing projects through to commercially successful conclusion.
• Maintaining close relationships with demanding stakeholders throughout the project.
• Using iterative software development practices to continuously evolve and deploy solutions.

Key Skills:

• Anticipated core tech: Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, & ArchiMate.
• Good knowledge of DevOps, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience building complex data centric microservice solutions.
• Experience in creating Real-time and Secure systems, ideally in a military context.
• Experienced with Service Mesh (Istio or ideally Open Service Mesh).
• A proven background in the delivery of projects to GDS (Government Digital Services) standards.
• Appreciation for security standards in military / sensitive public sector digital services.
• Experienced practitioner within multidisciplinary agile teams.
• Very comfortable with the concepts of user-centred design and how architecture supports user-centred decision making.
• Desirable experience of defence and defence architectures but not at the cost of user-centred design, interpersonal skills, agile practice or cloud-native technology.
• A rich technical background including hands-on software development in a digital services environment.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to lead technical and business teams to a successful solution.
• Active SC level security clearance.

Salary (Rate): £675

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT