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# SC Cleared Lead AI Technical Architect

- **Company:** IF Recruitment
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, Software Safety, Software Systems, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AI Platforms, Automation Anywhere, Microservices
- **Published:** October 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-9B3A9F345329A4DE0A/

## About the Role

* Previous experience working as a Lead Technical Architect on an AI project
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Google Cloud experience
 * Expertise in both strategic and technical design, with a proven tack record of designing modular components and services.
 * Proven ability to architect modular, vendor-neutral software systems and API layers that seamlessly connect core enterprise platforms into central AI and workflow backbones.
 * Strong understanding of public sector architectural governance
 * Ability to communicate complex technical designs and risk models to stakeholders.

## Description

As a Lead Technical Architect supporting the AI buildout, and will provide end-to-end technical oversight, strategic perspective, and architectural governance for the transition to AI-assisted and agentic workflows. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the technical design of AI platforms and cloud infrastructure., * Define architectural roadmaps and principles for the AI buildout, establishing secure Cloud Landing Zones and technology agnostic integration layers

 * Create modular, scalable cloud and microservice architectures capable of supporting complex AI workflows, setting technical design standards across the project lifecycle.
 * Provides technical leadership and architectural design.
 * Make high-impact design decisions to manage architectural risk
 * Lead architectural governance for AI systems, steering solutions through formal Technical Design Authority (TDA), Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), and cyber security checkpoints.
 * Regularly collaborate and find agreement with senior stakeholders
 * Be proactive in identifying problems and translating these into non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood.
 * Apply strategy, using patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements.