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Enterprise Architect
£30,000 - 60,000
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation
Middlesex Avenue, Bedford
£30,000 - 60,000
Requirements
Must:
- Extensive background in Defence or National Security environments
- Experience with multi-classification architecture (crypto, data diodes, cross-domain solutions)
- Familiarity with legacy IT and modernisation, including 1990s technologies
- Knowledge of IT/OT environments and SCADA-type systems
- Understanding of Secure by Design principles, JSP604 / JSP453
- Strong stakeholder and architectural leadership skills
Responsibilities
- Develop the end-to-end technical architecture and transformation roadmap
- Shape modernisation strategy across legacy IT, OT and classified environments
- Interpret BA findings into actionable technical designs
- Work across multi-classification domains without needing separate systems
- Engage senior stakeholders across engineering, IT, security, and operations
- Ensure all designs meet Defence standards and secure-by-design principles
Description
We are a major Defence organisation embarking on an ambitious digital transformation programme across a highly complex blend of IT and OT systems, including National Critical Infrastructure. We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to lead our technical vision, modernisation roadmap, and multi-classification architecture strategy. This is a 12-month contract with a rate of up to £700 per day, inside IR35, and requires onsite presence in Bedford 3–4 days per week. Candidates must be eligible for UK Security Clearance.
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