AMS PSR

On behalf of the MOD, we are looking for a Senior Technical Architect (Inside IR35) for a 12 Month hybrid contract based 1 day per week in Salisbury or Portsmouth.

Note: 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, (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

A senior technical architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking, adhering to Dstl policy and procedures.

You will:

• be responsible for leading the technical design of systems and services, justifying and communicating design decisions
• assure other services and system quality, ensuring the technical work fits into the broader strategy for government
• explore the benefits of cross-government alignment
• provide mentoring within teams
• provide leadership to other architects

Skills

Architect for the whole context

• work to support wider organisational objectives beyond your immediate goals
• track emerging internal and external issues over time that could affect the work of teams across the organisation
• take action to solve or mitigate problems by influencing colleagues across the organisation

Architecture communication

• communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organisations, using architecture communication techniques
• mediate between people in difficult architectural discussions
• gain support from business and technical stakeholders for architectural initiatives with high levels of risk, impact and complexity
• coach and support others in architecture communication

Community collaboration

• work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others
• adapt feedback to ensure it’s effective and lasting
• use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them
• identify issues through Agile ‘health checks’ with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses

Making architectural decisions

• make and guide architectural design decisions characterised by medium risk and complexity
• identify and address architectural risks that affect multiple teams or domains
• use architectural governance and assurance to make design decisions and manage technical risks at the appropriate level
• contribute to the development of architectural governance and assurance

Strategy design

• define strategies or visions across teams that align with organisational objectives
• direct the implementation of a strategy or vision, for example, by creating roadmaps or plans
• define architectural principles and patterns
• develop or maintain strategy in response to feedback and findings

Technical design throughout the life cycle

• create technical designs characterised by high risk, impact, and complexity
• lead and guide others in creating technical designs that achieve organisational objectives
• use feedback to optimise and refine standards for technical designs throughout the life cycle

Qualifications

• TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework)
• ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board) And one of the following
• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Certification
• IT4IT Certification
• COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) Certification

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

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the MOD 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

The MOD 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.