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Technical Architect - Bedford
£42,000 - 72,500
IO Associates
Cauldwell Street, Bedford
£42,000 - 72,500
Requirements
Must:
- Minimum SC clearance and ability to work with SECRET-level systems.
- Strong infrastructure and network architectural background.
- Experience designing for secure, classified, air-gapped, or defence environments.
- Background in Operational Technology (OT), CNI, or other critical estates.
- Proven ability to work in complex, highly regulated technical environments.
- Comfortable being onsite in Bedford 3-4 days per week.
- Strong understanding of VMware-based virtualisation and on-prem architectures.
- Desirable: Experience within defence, RAF, MoD, or defence-aligned organisations.
- Desirable: Experience designing solutions for SECRET-classified environments.
- Desirable: Prior work in mixed IT/OT operational estates.
Responsibilities
- Lead architectural discovery and requirements gathering with internal teams.
- Interpret and apply defence-grade security and compliance requirements (up to SECRET).
- Develop solution options and produce target-state and N-state phased architectures.
- Design solutions across mixed internet-connected and air-gapped environments.
- Architect on-prem infrastructure with heavy use of VMware technologies.
- Support design work across highly specialised Operational Technology (OT) systems.
- Document architectures, provide design governance, and support technical teams through delivery.
- Work collaboratively across engineering, operations, and security to validate solutions.
Description
We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect for a 6-month contract, paying £600 per day, located in Bedford with 3-4 days onsite. This role involves supporting a major estate transformation programme that encompasses both internet-connected and air-gapped environments. You will have the opportunity to shape secure infrastructure and influence the technical direction of a critical, high-impact program while working closely with technical teams and security stakeholders.
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