Infrastructure Architect

Tektora; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Tektora in Hampshire is seeking a DV Cleared Infrastructure Architect for a contract role on client site. You will work with a multi-disciplinary agile team to design secure, large-scale infrastructure and to drive service transition.

You will own proposals, coordinate with senior stakeholders, and ensure compliance with security standards while coordinating third parties and deployments.

Qualifications

• DV clearance active and able to work on client site.
• Senior client-facing communication with executives.
• Experience designing secure, resilient large-scale infrastructures.
• Experience delivering production deployments and service transitions.
• Knowledge of security standards and compliance.
• TOGAF certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of technical proposals aligned to client vision.
• Report to the CTO Lead Architect for the customer.
• Collaborate with customers to elicit infrastructure requirements.
• Design infrastructure that meets security standards.
• Deploy production implementations through service transition.
• Manage third parties and change requests within the architecture baseline.
• Coordinate across internal teams and senior stakeholders.
• Work in a multi-skilled agile team with cross-training.

Skills

DV Clearance

Client facing

Secure infrastructure

Agile delivery

TOGAF

Tools

GPO

WMI

PowerShell

Windows Installer

Active Directory

Job description

Location: Hampshire – Basingstoke, 5 days a week office based
Working Pattern: On site, customer premises
Type: Contract, outside IR35
Rate: Open to discussion
Clearance: UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
Company: Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider

Tektora are supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider who are looking to speak with DV Cleared Infrastructure Architects for a contract opportunity working as part of a multi-skilled agile team spanning security, service and management.

This role would suit someone with extensive secure large-scale infrastructure design experience who is comfortable working directly with senior customer stakeholders and is looking to develop further across secure architecture and service transition.

The Role

You will be involved in:

• Owning all aspects of the delivery of technical proposals, ensuring alignment to the client's vision
• Reporting into the CTO Lead Architect for the customer
• Working directly with customers to define and elaborate infrastructure requirements
• Designing infrastructure solutions to be compliant with security standards
• Deploying production implementations through to successful project completion and service transition
• Managing third parties and requests for change, ensuring no impact on the overall architectural solution
• Interacting across multiple internal areas and senior customer stakeholders to drive collaboration across the delivery lifecycle
• Working as part of a multi-skilled agile team where cross training is expected and challenges are shared

Key Experience Required

• UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
• Client facing skills at a senior level, communicating ideas to senior executives
• Extensive knowledge of the design and implementation of secure, highly resilient, large-scale infrastructures
• Experience working directly with customers to define and elaborate infrastructure requirements
• Experience deploying production implementations through to service transition
• Experience designing infrastructure solutions compliant with security standards
• Knowledge of Microsoft Windows systems administration in an enterprise environment, including GPO, Registry, Filesystem, PowerShell, WMI, Windows Update and Windows Installer
• Experience in the development and delivery of software using Agile methodologies
• Prior delivery within a Defence or National Security programme
• Experience managing third parties and change control against an architectural baseline
• Relevant architecture certification such as TOGAF

Interested?

Tektora are looking to speak with DV Cleared Infrastructure Architects who are open to contract opportunities and keen to develop further across secure infrastructure design and Defence programme delivery.