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Technical Architects x 3 - SC Cleared

Job Posted: a day ago

Salary: £ 80 - 100 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: Reading, Berkshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Technical Architects x 3

+ Contracts initially to end March 26 - but extensions expected

+ SC Cleared role

+ Hybrid working from Berkshire

+ £80 to £100 per hour - Inside IR35

Key Skills:

+ System & Service Architecture

+ Architectural Frameworks - TOGAF, MODAF, etc..

Technical Architect - Defence Systems

As a Technical Architect, you'll define, assure, and evolve secure, mission-critical architectures across complex defence programmes. You'll act as the technical design authority, ensuring interoperability, resilience, and compliance with MOD and security standards.

Key Responsibilities

Define and govern system and service architectures for C4ISR, mission systems, and secure communications solutions.

Lead architecture design, decomposition, and interface definition, ensuring traceability from requirements through to delivery.

Apply and adapt architecture frameworks (MODAF, NAF, TOGAF) and secure-by-design principles.

Conduct technical reviews and trade studies, balancing capability, risk, and through-life cost.

Support bids, solution development, and stakeholder engagement at senior technical forums.

Provide technical assurance and mentor engineers in architecture best practice and model-based design.

What You'll Bring

Proven experience in defence or mission system architecture, ideally spanning multiple domains (sensors, comms, data, or platform integration).

Strong understanding of secure systems design, information assurance, and Defence Digital / JSP standards.

Hands-on familiarity with cloud, networking, and cross-domain architectures.

Experience applying Agile or SAFe methods within highly regulated environments.

Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage MOD and industry stakeholders.

Desirable

Certifications: TOGAF, ArchiMate, CISSP, AWS/Azure.

Experience with DevSecOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, or automation in secure environments.

Knowledge of Def Stan 00-055/056, JSP 604, or similar defence standards.

Experience contributing to technology roadmaps and enterprise architecture strategies

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