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Senior Technical Architect (SC Cleared/SC Eligible)

Scrumconnect Consulting
London, GBR
Onsite
Discovered 4 days ago
Technical architectureWordPress architecture and hostingPlatform options appraisalSecure service designIdentity and access managementData protection

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The role

Provide technical direction across two product teams: a council digital and cyber playbook being rebuilt in-house, and a product analyzing technology used by councils.

The playbook currently runs on WordPress; its re-platforming requirements are not yet drafted.

Establish secure, assured foundations aligned with government standards and prepare a handover for the permanent team.

Key responsibilities

  • Draft re-platforming requirements and appraise platform options, including costs, risks, and trade-offs.
  • Define playbook architecture for hosting, content and contribution, authentication, and relevant GOV.UK integrations.
  • Design how the technology analysis product collects, stores, and secures local-authority data.
  • Run threat modelling and security design; support assurance, security reviews, and penetration testing.
  • Record architecture decisions and align choices with the Technology Code of Practice and Service Standard.
  • Guide a developer and data analyst, review technical quality, and identify useful shared components and data patterns.
  • Coordinate with wider programme workstreams and prepare architecture documentation and a team handover pack.

Essential requirements

  • Active SC clearance or eligibility for SC clearance.
  • Substantial technical or solution architecture experience on web-based digital services.
  • Strong WordPress architecture and hosting experience, including security, performance, plugin governance, and release management.
  • Experience with options appraisals, platform decisions, and migration planning.
  • Secure service design experience covering identity and access, data protection, logging, and secrets handling.
  • Experience with assurance processes, security reviews, and controlled data collection and storage for sensitive information.
  • Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and work across two teams.
  • Experience documenting architecture decisions.

Desirable experience

  • UK central or local government experience and familiarity with the Technology Code of Practice.
  • Familiarity with GOV.UK platform services, the GOV.UK Design System, and common components.
  • Knowledge of cloud hosting patterns, infrastructure as code, local government technology landscapes, or cyber risks.

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Digital consultancy delivering technology solutions for UK government departments.

The company emphasizes user-centred design, agile delivery, and scalable digital services.

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