Defence Technical Architect - Secure Systems & Interoperability

Kingdom People; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingdom People seeks a skilled Technical Architect to support a busy MOD R&D programme in the UK. You will provide technical and architectural leadership across defence systems, ensuring secure, interoperable solutions and alignment with military objectives.

Your role includes translating requirements into scalable designs, guiding governance, and enabling secure technology adoption to sustain operational capability and cyber resilience.

Qualifications

• You must have valid SC Clearance.
• Provide technical and architecture expertise across a complex MOD R&D environment.

Responsibilities

• Technical Architecture Leadership: develop and maintain architecture artefacts, standards and design patterns.
• Solution Design and Integration: design secure and resilient architectures and ensure interoperability between MOD, allied and industry systems.
• Infrastructure and Platform Architecture: design hybrid/private cloud, edge, data platforms and secure networks.
• Cyber Security and Technical Assurance: ensure compliance with MOD Defence Standard 05-138, CAF, ISO 27001 and Zero Trust.
• Technical Governance: participate in architecture review boards and governance activities.

Job description

Kingdom People seeks a skilled Technical Architect to support a busy MOD R&D programme in the UK. You will provide technical and architectural leadership across defence systems, ensuring secure, interoperable solutions and alignment with military objectives.

Your role includes translating requirements into scalable designs, guiding governance, and enabling secure technology adoption to sustain operational capability and cyber resilience.