HelloKindred
Application Architect
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Company Description
Who is HelloKindred?
HelloKindred are specialists in staffing marketing, creative and technology roles, offering a range of talent solutions that can be delivered on-site, remotely or hybrid. Our vision is to make work accessible and people’s lives better. We do this by disrupting traditional employment barriers – connecting ambitious talent to flexible opportunities with trusted brands.
Job Description
Anticipated Contract End Date/Length
6 months
Work Set Up
Hybrid (3 days per week onsite, 2 days remote)
Clearance Required
BPSS
Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for an Application Architect to support complex applications within a workspace technology portfolio. The role will serve as the technical point of contact for application support and future development, requiring a deep understanding of application and infrastructure components across messaging, logging, security, identity, cloud, SaaS, compute, storage, networking, and databases.
What you will do:
- Act as the technical point of contact for complex applications, interfacing with customer and technology stakeholders.
- Develop a complete understanding of the architecture supporting complex workspace applications.
- Review and maintain architectural and operational documentation.
- Maintain a catalogue of application integrations with external technologies.
- Assess cyber, identity, and external security technology requirements across applications.
- Manage inter-application dependencies for data transfers, messaging, events, and related services.
- Coordinate with application administrators and technical specialists across interconnected technology areas.
- Assess infrastructure dependencies across cloud, SaaS, compute, storage, networking, and database technologies.
- Ensure compliance with required security policies and standards.
- Develop and manage patching strategies across the full technology stack.
- Manage upgrade strategies and activities across the full technology stack.
- Support incident and problem management, including root cause analysis and remediation activities.
- Maintain future application roadmaps in line with customer business requirements.
- Collaborate with business users and technology specialists to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and service delivery.
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Qualifications
- Bring extensive experience across End User, Workplace, and Collaboration environments.
- Possess extensive experience with Windows Enterprise environments and associated tooling.
- Bring strong experience with Windows Operating Systems and familiarity with Linux.
- Possess experience designing and supporting complex application architectures across multiple technology components.
- Bring experience with application deployment technologies and integration catalogues.
- Possess strong knowledge of application protocols and inter-application dependencies.
- Bring strong experience with Azure Public Cloud, including landing zones, compute, storage, networking, and application services.
- Possess strong understanding of infrastructure services across compute, storage, networking, and database technologies.
- Bring deep knowledge of security principles and technologies including Entra ID, SCIM, SSO, certificates, and RBAC models.
- Possess strong experience with service management and ITIL.
- Bring strong application troubleshooting and problem management experience.
- Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills across business users and technology specialists.
- Hold or obtain BPSS clearance eligibility.
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Additional Information
- Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.
- HelloKindred is committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills, experience, and role-related requirements.
- We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Department: Tech Staffing
Anticipated Hours per Week: 37.5
Work Setup: Hybrid
Compensation: from GBP 0 - daily
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