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Lead Architect - SC Cleared - 6 Month Contract
£68,000 - 108,000
Involved Solutions
Green Street 1, Warrington
£68,000 - 108,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong IT architecture background, including virtualisation, platform services, monitoring, and infrastructure management.
- Exposure to Operational Technology (OT) environments.
- Experience delivering large-scale infrastructure or platform programmes.
- Demonstrated leadership in multi-million-pound technology deployments.
- Experience delivering enterprise virtualisation platforms, private cloud solutions, and modern infrastructure environments.
- Experience with cross-domain solutions within secure or regulated environments (desirable).
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of high-level and detailed architecture designs for the Shared Layer 3 programme.
- Produce and maintain architecture documentation and design artefacts to support delivery.
- Provide technical leadership and decision ownership across the architecture domain.
- Act as the domain lead architect for the Shared Layer 3 platform, ensuring design integrity and security best practices.
- Translate business and risk requirements into secure architectural solutions spanning IT and OT environments.
- Develop architecture artefacts such as threat models, design patterns, and solution blueprints aligned with strategic frameworks.
- Support programmes through architecture governance processes and risk assessments.
- Conduct architecture reviews and security assurance activities for new and evolving technology solutions.
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the Security Architecture Framework, providing insight into emerging threats and technologies.
- Maintain an up-to-date understanding of cyber security threats and defensive technologies within the relevant domain.
Description
We are a leading organisation seeking an experienced Lead Architect (SC Cleared) to support the delivery of a Shared Layer 3 programme. This role offers a competitive rate of £850 per day and is outside IR35, with an initial duration of 6 months located in Warrington, requiring onsite presence 2 days per week. You will play a crucial role in defining and executing both high-level and low-level architecture designs while ensuring adherence to secure-by-design principles across complex IT and operational technology environments.
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