AMS PSR

On behalf of Sellafield, we are looking for a Lead Architect (Outside IR35) for a 12 Month contract based Remotely with occasional travel to the Cheshire office.

Work at Sellafield Ltd, and you’re not just building a career. You’re embarking on a mission. Joining 11,000 people on a 100-year project transforming the Sellafield site for all the generations that follow.

We have the site at Sellafield (West Cumbria) and our office at Risley (near Warrington). Join us and you’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with industry-leading – sometimes world-leading – experts. There are generations and generations of knowledge here and people are only too willing to share it. Our culture of continuous improvement is underpinned by commitment to professional and personal development few can match.

Our relentless pursuit of excellence is reflected in our health, safety, security, resilience, and environmental performance standards as well as the quality of the products and services we deliver to our customers.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance. 

As a Lead Architect, your main responsibilities will be:

• Support and guide projects through architecture governance and risk assessment.
• Provide technical leadership to less experienced architects and engineers, supporting career development and capability uplift.
• Collaborate across architecture, cyber, and delivery functions to ensure architectural alignment and risk mitigation.
• Perform security assurance activities including design reviews and architecture assessments for new and evolving solutions.
• Act as the domain lead architect within their area (Shared layer 3 system), accountable for design integrity and secure-by-design practices.
• Develop security architecture artefacts (e.g. threat models, design patterns, blueprints) in alignment with strategic frameworks and regulatory expectations.

Essential:

• Previous large scale virtualisation project experience
• Modern infrastructure delivery projects experience.
• previous experience working in a highly regulated environment

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Sellafield Ltd is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst its workforce.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Sellafield guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Sellafield guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".