Salary: £To be confirmed on application (our client has asked for this not to be advertised).
Location: Remote
Contracting Authority: Government Client
Contract Length: Until 30/04/27
Clearance: SC
Additional:
- The candidate will need to come in and identify AI opportunities and will be able to execute them.
- Requires – A proven track record of multi cloud architecture expertise
- Google Cloud experience
- Expertise in configuring VPC service controls
- Must have a focus on security and be familiar with cloud platforms
Essential Criteria (Skills, Knowledge & Experience)
- Enterprise Cloud Architecture: Significant experience leading cloud platform architecture (GCP/AWS), secure Cloud Landing Zones, Identity and Access Management (IAM) hierarchies, and microservices design for complex enterprise environments.
- AI Guardrails & Perimeter Defence: Hands-on experience designing deterministic AI safety controls, including human-in-the-loop approval gates, VPC Service Controls, identity federation (WIF, Entra ID), and privacy/PII masking baselines.
- Strategic & Technical Design Leadership: Expertise in both strategic and technical design, with a proven track record of designing modular components and services and defining how they interoperate seamlessly to deliver intended end-to-end service outcomes.
- Technology-Agnostic Systems Integration: Proven ability to architect modular, vendor-neutral software systems and API layers that seamlessly connect core enterprise platforms into central AI and workflow backbones.
- Architectural Assurance & Governance: Strong understanding of central government architectural governance, with proven experience navigating Technical Design Authority (TDA) sign-offs, DPIA assessments, and cyber security/NCSC standards.
- Architecture Communication & Leadership: Ability to communicate complex technical designs and risk models to stakeholders, mediate difficult architectural decisions, and provide coaching to engineers and architects.