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Lead Technical Architect
£18,000 - 18,900
SmartSourcing Ltd
McConnell Drive, Milton Keynes
£18,000 - 18,900
Requirements
Must:
- STEM degree or equivalent experience
- One or more major certifications, e.g.: CCNP, VCP, PCNSE, Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate, AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
- Proven experience designing secure enterprise networks across on-prem, private cloud, and public cloud
- Experience with network automation, orchestration, and provisioning
- Strong datacentre design and infrastructure integration capability
- Skilled in producing architecture across conceptual, logical, and physical layers
- Experience leading and developing technical architecture teams
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders with evidence-based recommendations
- DV clearance required (sole British nationals only)
Responsibilities
- Design and govern secure network architectures across VMware private cloud, Microsoft on-premise, and Azure/AWS
- Lead creation of scalable, resilient LAN, WAN, hybrid cloud, and datacentre solutions
- Translate business/security needs into conceptual, logical, and physical architectures
- Produce high-quality HLDs/LLDs aligned to TOGAF
- Lead and mentor technical architects, providing direction and coaching
- Act as escalation point for complex technical incidents
- Evaluate design options and advise on cost, security, quality, and delivery trade-offs
- Design secure architectures, ideally with government/defence exposure
- Develop DDoS, firewall, WAF, IDS/IPS, EDR/XDR/NDR protection strategies
- Design business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilient datacentre solutions
- Review and assure complex solutions for compliance and performance
- Use operational data to identify optimisation opportunities
- Maintain technical roadmaps aligned with organisational goals
- Stay current with emerging tools and technologies
Description
We are seeking an experienced Lead Technical Architect with strong networking expertise and end-to-end datacentre design experience to support a secure government programme. This role is based in the Milton Keynes area and requires on-site presence for 3 days each week. We offer a 6-month contract at a competitive day rate of £790 inside IR35. You will work within a high-security environment, ensuring the integrity and reliability of our technical architecture.
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