Technical Architect x2, Crawley

These roles are Inside IR35.

Our client is looking for 2x Technical Architects to join their team.

Clearance: SC

Location:Reading or Crawley – 2 days per week onsite.

Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks:

• End-to-end experience of Secure Software Development Lifecycle processes and methodologies.

• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Extensive knowledge and experience of delivering complex technology services across one or more specialist technology and/or business domains.

• Knowledge and experience of Agile development, tools, and methods

• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice for handling personal data. E.g., GDPR.

• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice for solution security. E.g., OWASP, NCSC cloud security principles.

• Knowledge and experience of applying best practice within one or more specialist architecture domains.

• Knowledge and experience of delivering complex technology services across one or more specialist technology and/or business domains.

• Knowledge and experience of designing and delivering solutions based on the capabilities of public cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services.

• Knowledge and experience of DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools and practices.

• Knowledge and experience of Microservices, Webservices and associated technologies and frameworks including Rest, SOAP, JSON.

• Knowledge and experience of Single Sign on and Authentication/Authorisation technologies such as SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, Active Directory, ADFS and LDAP

• Knowledge and experience of Web Application design and delivery.

• Knowledge of applying best practice for handling personal data. E.g., GDPR.

• Strong understanding and practical experience of working with multi-discipline teams to deliver complex technology services.

• Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology

• Extensive experience of secure development using either Java or .NET and associated tools and frameworks.

Personal attributes:

• Degree level education, or equivalent.

• Able to work independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies and architecture patterns.

• Understands and communicates industry developments, and the role and impact of technology

• Consultancy skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders at senior levels.

• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to guide, direct, motivate and support staff either directly or indirectly.

• Highly customer focused, able to quickly build trust and develop customer intimacy

• Promotes a learning and growth culture in their area of accountability.

• Actively support and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

• Solution-oriented with the imagination to identify innovative approaches to critical problems.

• Effective time management and an ability to recognise and respond to changing priorities and requirements.

• Good organisation skills.

• Self-starting and self-motivated with a positive, can-do attitude.

• Strong team-player, able to work well with others.

Desirable skills

• Experience of working in secure customer environments

• Experience working in the UK Central Government or Defence sectors.

• Industry recognised Technical Qualifications. E.g., Microsoft certifications, Amazon certifications and similar.

• Knowledge and experience of data architecture and associated patterns and technologies.

• Knowledge and experience of delivering AI-based solutions

• Knowledge and experience of delivering real time data integration e.g., streaming (IoT) and APIs.