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Technical Architect - Cabinet Office - G7
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Location
Existing CO Staff can work in their original contractual work location.
Existing Civil Servants working in all other departments can work in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, York, Glasgow, and Norwich.
External candidates can work in Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, York, Glasgow, and Norwich.
About The Job
Job summary
The Cabinet Office is modernising the platform used by over 10,000 civil servants each day, replacing Google Workspace with Microsoft 365 and provisioning access via a resilient zero-trust network. If you are a self-motivated Technical Architect who can help this project, we would like to hear from you.
The Cabinet Office is at the centre of government. Its purpose is:
- To maintain the integrity of the Union
- To co-ordinate the security of the realm
- To sustain a flourishing democracy
- To support the design and implementation of HM Government’s policies and the Prime Minister’s priorities
- To ensure the delivery of the finest public services by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government
Falcon is being run by Cabinet Office Digital, in collaboration with the DESNZ Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) team.
The work pattern is Hybrid with a mixture of home working and collaboration sessions based in London and Bristol.
Job Description
What you’ll do
- Write and own high-level and detailed designs and specifications for the platform
- Create/maintain core architecture artefacts including data/identity flows, and security controls
- Produce option appraisals with clear trade-offs (cost, risk, resilience, performance, operability)
- Drive and own governance and compliance to standards set by the Cabinet Office
- Collaborate with ICS on delivery, champion our requirements, review the output, and test the solutions
- Champion best practice and quality delivery
- Balance trade-offs of cost, quality, and risk, with a particular focus on Cyber security and incremental delivery
- Excite and energise the team, bringing people together and fostering collaboration
- Be an early adopter and evaluator of the platform
- Engage in cyber risk reduction through Cyber Threat Modelling and collaborating with the Cyber Defence team
- Provide support and knowledge to assurance teams focused on Information Assurance, Data Protection, and AI Policy
- Define technical standards and guardrails for the zero-trust/SASE platform, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, information security policies, and legal compliance (e.g. UK GDPR/Data Protection Act)
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Person specification
Who You Are
- A hands-on Technical Architect with an eye for the big picture, who can drill into detail as required
- A collaborative person who is excited about working within a team as part of a wider network of teams
- Self-motivated and resilient with a track record of delivery in complex and highly regulated organisations
- A problem solver who is able to leverage the people, process, and technology to get the job done
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Requirements
- Passionate and knowledgeable about Cloud Architecture
- Familiar with zero-trust network concepts and identity centric designs
- Significant experience as a Technical/Cloud/Enterprise Architect or equivalent, delivering large-scale cloud-first end-user compute and identity solutions
- Experience of developing designs for Microsoft Cloud Architecture (M365, Azure, Power Platform, and EntraID)
- Experienced with mobile device management solutions for Laptops (Windows & IOS) and mobile devices (Android & IOS)
- Experience of engaging with business analysts and tailoring product offerings to their needs
- Familiar with Google Workspace (AKA Google Suite)
- Strong analytical skills, able to drill to detail when problem-solving
- Strong strategic thinking and ability to analyse and interpret data
It’s Desirable That You Have
- Worked with Okta identity management and SSO
- Worked with Zscaler Zero-Trust Exchange platform
- Familiarity of the public sector and government processes
Additional Information
Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%. Requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.
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