Technical Architect - SC Cleared in London

Energy Jobline CVL; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL is hiring a Technical Architect for a 6-month contract in London. This hybrid role requires 2–3 days on site and an active SC Clearance for government-sector work.

You will assess Alpha scenario implications, define cloud architectures and integration patterns (incl. AWS services), and collaborate with digital, architecture, platform and governance teams to manage risks, dependencies and assurance requirements. The contract is Inside IR35.

Responsibilities

• Assess technical implications of Alpha scenarios including feasibility, integration, cloud hosting, environments, security and governance.
• Collaborate with digital, architecture, platform and governance stakeholders to understand constraints and assurance requirements.
• Identify Alpha dependencies: access, environments, cloud platforms, interfaces, data availability and delivery capability.
• Explore whether a digital service should be delivered, including what to prototype, simulate, manually test or implement.
• Define technical options and cloud architectures, including AWS services, to support testing across organisational boundaries.
• Contribute to risks, assumptions, dependencies, resource needs and delivery considerations for Alpha mobilisation.

Job description

Technical Architect

6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £630 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- 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.