Technical Architect - SC Cleared

ARM (Advanced Resource Managers); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

ARM (Advanced Resource Managers) seeks a Technical Architect for a 6-month Inside IR35 contract based in London. The role offers hybrid working with 2–3 days on site and requires active Security Clearance (SC).

The ideal candidate will assess Alpha technical options, align with governance stakeholders, map dependencies, and design cloud-enabled architectures using AWS-native services to support cross-boundary information sharing and delivery.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Assess the technical implications of potential Alpha scenarios, including feasibility, integration, cloud hosting, environments, security, tooling and governance considerations.
• Work with digital, architecture, platform and technical governance stakeholders to understand existing technical constraints, opportunities, dependencies and assurance requirements.
• Identify technical dependencies that must be resolved during Alpha, including access, environments, cloud platforms, interfaces, data availability and delivery capability.
• Support exploration of whether and where a digital service is the appropriate delivery vehicle, including what should be prototyped, simulated, manually tested or technically implemented during Alpha.
• Define indicative technical options, cloud architectures and integration patterns, including the use of AWS-native services, to support testing of information sharing, collaboration, feedback mechanisms and partner interactions across organisational boundaries.
• Contribute to technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, resource requirements and delivery considerations for Alpha mobilisation and subsequent delivery phases.

Job description

Technical Architect

6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £675 per day

London based - hybrid working - 2-3 days a week onsite

Government sector - must have active SC Clearance to be considered

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess the technical implications of potential Alpha scenarios, including feasibility, integration, cloud hosting, environments, security, tooling and governance considerations.
• Work with digital, architecture, platform and technical governance stakeholders to understand existing technical constraints, opportunities, dependencies and assurance requirements.
• Identify technical dependencies that must be resolved during Alpha, including access, environments, cloud platforms, interfaces, data availability and delivery capability.
• Support exploration of whether and where a digital service is the appropriate delivery vehicle, including what should be prototyped, simulated, manually tested or technically implemented during Alpha.
• Define indicative technical options, cloud architectures and integration patterns, including the use of AWS-native services, to support testing of information sharing, collaboration, feedback mechanisms and partner interactions across organisational boundaries.
• Contribute to technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, resource requirements and delivery considerations for Alpha mobilisation and subsequent delivery phases.