Onsite in Bracknell
Eligible for DV clearance
£65-70K per annum + benefits package

We are recruiting an Application Architect to support the ongoing evolution of a Gateway solution for a strategic UK defence customer. Working alongside senior solution leaders, you’ll contribute to secure design, controlled change, and operational resilience within a mission-critical environment. This is a development opportunity for an aspiring architect looking to build design authority and architectural experience in a high-assurance setting.

The Role

You will:

• Contribute to infrastructure and Gateway design changes to maintain availability and performance
• Produce structured design documentation alongside the customer and Programme Manager
• Support architectural governance and ensure alignment to solution intent
• Provide technical oversight during incident troubleshooting with SOC and 3rd Line teams
• Assist in maintaining secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure components across Windows and Linux environments

Your technical experience;Core Infrastructure

• VMware/vSphere
• RHEL & Windows Server
• Microsoft Services
• Active Directory, including Group Policy (GPO), DNS integration

Linux & Platform Engineering

• Experience working within Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments
• Ability to write scripts to automate operational or security processes
• Familiarity with pattern matching techniques and regular expressions (Regex), particularly within security or antivirus tooling
• Configuration and management of the standard RHEL Firewall
• Exposure to Linux-based security tooling and antivirus technologies

Networking & Gateway Technologies

• Citrix NetScaler
• Wireshark
• Understanding of Gateway appliances and associated software
• Knowledge of secure communications protocols, including messaging platforms such as XMPP

Storage & Data

• NetApp SAN
• NAS
• Backup solutions

Security & Web

• PKI management applications
• Web applications and protocols
• Experience supporting file validation, inspection, and content verification within secure transfer environments

If you are interested in discussing this Application Architect role further, please reply back with a copy of your updated CV.