Technical Architect

Technical Architect

+6 months +

+Hybrid in London

+eDV clearance

+Inside IR35

+£650 - £700 a day

We are seeking an experienced eDV Cleared Technical Architect to design and assure secure, mission-critical infrastructure within a high-security government environment.

The Role

You will lead the production of High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs) for secure, multi-tenant platforms, ensuring alignment to Secure by Design principles and frameworks including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CAF and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST 800-53). You'll present at TDA, act as the infrastructure SME, and ensure all solutions are hardened to CIS/STIG standards.

Key Experience

• Modern data centre networking (Clos-fabric, BGP, ECMP, DCI, EVPN/VXLAN)

• Palo Alto firewalls and secure cross-domain architectures

• VMware private cloud, including VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VxRail/vSAN and NSX-T

• Secure multi-tier environments (DMZs, segmentation, high-grade crypto)

• Linux & Windows Server administration (AD, PKI, SQL)

• Docker, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)

Desirable

Kubernetes, Vault, Splunk, Panorama, Avi, SRM, Dell Powerscale, NVIDIA GPU, VDI (Omnissa Horizon).

This is a high-impact role shaping secure cloud and infrastructure architecture at scale.

If you hold active eDV clearance and thrive in complex, secure environments, we'd like to hear from you.