Lead Technical Architect - SC

• AI Architecture Strategy & Vision: Define architectural roadmaps and principles for the AI buildout, establishing secure Cloud Landing Zones and technology-agnostic integration layers that bridge enterprise AI software with custom-built tools.
• Technical Design throughout the Lifecycle: Create modular, scalable cloud and microservice architectures capable of supporting complex AI workflows, setting technical design standards across the project life cycle.
• Architectural Decisions & AI Guardrails: Make high-impact design decisions to manage architectural risk, designing mandatory human-in-the-loop approval gates, identity federation, and AI safety baselines (such as prompt protection and PII masking).
• Governance & Assurance: Lead architectural governance for AI systems, steering solutions through formal Technical Design Authority (TDA), Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), and cyber security checkpoints.
• Architecture Communication & Strategic Leadership: Articulate complex architectural trade-offs, security postures, and risk models to senior leadership while coaching delivery teams and aligning delivery partners.

• 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, * 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.

Security Clearance: SC

Disability Confident

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