Rate: £80 - £105 per hour

IR35 status: Inside IR35

Duration: Initially 6 months

Location: South West (Bristol) - Hybrid circa two days a week in the office

Clearance: Active SC Clearance is required.

You will join a global technology consultancy working with the MoD. As a technical Architect you should be comfortable working in a customer facing role. This role requires an understanding of the mission critical communications space and associated standards.

The role:

Act as the technical authority for systems and services.
Define and evolve architectures that balance customer needs, architecture principles, and secure-by-design standards.
Contribute to divisional and line-of-business roadmaps, identifying opportunities for technology insertion and innovation.
Lead technical reviews, trade-off studies, and risk assessments for major design decisions.

Your skills and experience:

Knowledge of 3GPP technical standards
Proven experience in system and service architecture in a domain (infrastructure, applications, data, networking, cloud)
Knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, MODAF, NAF)
Advanced understanding of secure system design principles and cyber security standards
Experience shaping architectures within Agile or SAFe delivery environments

Desirable:

Industry certifications (e.g. TOGAF, ArchiMate)
Vendor certifications (e.g. AWS)
Knowledge of TETRA / ESN and emergency services organisations
Knowledge of mission critical communication software
Experience contributing to technology roadmaps and enterprise strategy

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Must Have 3GPP Specifications and Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner

Nice To Have

ArchiMate
AWS Solution Architect
Certified TOGAS Enterprise Architect
DevOps/DevSecOps
ESN/TETRA
Mission Critical Communications