Technical Architect
12 Months
Hybrid - 2 Days per week on site in West London
£750 per day (Inside IR35)

Please Note - Due to the nature of the work with my client, the selected candidate MUST BE a Sole British National and who has not been out of the UK for longer than 28 days in a single period over the last 5 years

Job Summary
This role will support the Senior Architect (aka Chief Technical Architect) to provide Enterprise design and support expertise for a range of ICT Projects and the overall business Architecture
This role is vital to ensure the infrastructure, systems and services are built, designed and architected to ensure that they are secure and efficient in use.
This role requires a flexible working approach and be self-motivated to help ensure that the various environments are well architected and documented.

Key Tasks

• Document current 'As-Is' and future 'To-Be' designs for projects.
• Design solutions
• Create Architecture diagrams and data sets to help communicate the changes occurring across the organisation.
• Identify technical experiments to validate design decisions.
• Work across projects and with other architects to ensure that all systems align to the Strategic vision and any technical debt identified.
• Ensure that any architectural dependencies between projects are understood, documented and accepted.

Essentials Experience

• Experience and knowledge of the Government Security Classifications levels and an understanding of the Cabinet Office Security Policy Framework
• Experience of designing system via Architectural Frameworks especially TOGAF
• Experience in writing Design Documentation suitable for accreditation at up to IL5
• Experience of working with Accreditor to ensure the design meets the needs of the security standards being applied for IL5
• Able to demonstrate Expert knowledge in the design and build of resilient designs
• Expertise of designing a Microsoft Windows environment with a significant combination of the following key components:
  • Windows Server
  • Microsoft SQL server
  • Active Directory
  • GPO
  • High Availability services
  • Windows desktop / VDI
  • Certificates and PKI design
  • RSA Tokens

Expertise of designing a network infrastructure with a significant combination of the following key components:
E.G - Cisco Routing / Switches, TCP/IP, Network Services (DNS/DHCP/NTP) and Intrusion protection / Detection.

Expertise of designing solutions hosted on AWS including their Well Architected Framework and Landing Zones (experience of PALZ is a bonus)
Expertise of designing and working with AzureAD and Office 365 Services
Expertise of designing a Linux environment within a larger Windows environment.
Expertise of VMware Virtualisation
Expertise of designing and developing software solutions using some of the following technologies
.NET (VB, C#, ASP.NET, .NET CORE)
MVC Framework
Python, JavaScript (REACT, Bootstrap Frameworks)
Database design, SQL / SQL Server
NoSQL technologies e.g. MongoDB, Hadoop, etc.
Expertise of documenting business processes using BPMN (or similar frameworks)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.