Are you ready to shape the future of digital technology? Our leading client has an exciting new opportunity for a Lead Architect and be at the forefront of an exciting digital transformation! This is your chance to play a pivotal role in defining and executing their digital strategy, driving innovation, and embedding a leading digital culture within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and shape the digital technology strategy, target architecture, and technology roadmap.
• Innovative Design: Design new digital applications and services to foster a leading digital culture and capability.
• Technical Governance: Manage partner technical relationships to ensure efficient delivery of digital products.
• Solution Support: Research and recommend pragmatic technical solutions to support product teams, highlighting technical considerations for solution delivery.
• Roadmap Planning: Align digital technology teams to work towards a simpler, more manageable digital estate through strategic roadmap planning.
• Agile Processes: Develop architecture processes that align with agile delivery methodologies.
• Detailed Design: Create and maintain design viewpoints that illustrate the detailed workings of the digital architecture landscape.

What You’ll Bring:

• Certification: TOGAF or equivalent certification in architecture methods.
• Supplier Management: Experience in third-party supplier management.
• Governance Framework: Experience working within IT Governance, Technical Design Authority, and Change Advisory Boards.
• Technical Expertise: Deep technical experience with key software/hardware technologies, including cloud, cyber, CRM, Microsoft development tools (.NET, API, microservice frameworks), Azure, AWS, mobile app technologies, hosting platforms (SaaS/IaaS/PaaS), and Big Data solutions.
• Lifecycle Understanding: Comprehensive understanding of the full software development lifecycle.

ServiceNow ITOM/ITAM Consultant – SC Cleared
Location: Salisbury – hybrid
Rate: £650 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months
Clearance: SC Clearance required

We are seeking a skilled professional to drive the implementation of ServiceNow ITOM Discovery and/or ServiceNow ITAM, ensuring a robust and well-governed CMDB.

Key Responsibilities:

Implement ServiceNow ITOM Discovery and/or ITAM solutions
Lead workshops, run ITOM Discovery, analyse results, and fine-tune implementations
Ensure CMDB governance, maintaining accuracy and compliance

Requirements:

Proven experience with ServiceNow ITOM Discovery and/or ITAM
Strong understanding of CMDB governance and best practices
Ability to engage stakeholders and lead workshops
SC Clearance required

Security Architect – (Cloud – AWS, Azure, GCP)

Rate – £550 Outside IR35

Duration – 6 months

Location – Bristol (Ad-Hoc time on site – Hybrid)

A leading financial services company in Bristol are looking for a Security Architect to join their team. Someone who can act as a bridge between the stakeholders and the development / engineering members.

You will need technical understanding to a level where converting business requirements into technical language and vice versa is seamless.

Skills / Understanding required

• Understand Security Architect concepts (All areas security)
• Build applications looking at App security, IAM and Cloud (Native security), Cyber Threat
• Specify what needs to be done to improve security working with product members, developers, engineers and senior stakeholders.
• Complete high level risk assessments
• Multicloud – AWS, GCP, Azure

Must have hands on tech understanding and the ability to speak technically but also with seniors.

Interview

• Initial screening call + Team’s call
• Technical questioning and experience review

SAP Solutions Architect – R2R / Record to Report

Reading – 3 days per week in the office

£75,000 – £85,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Fantastic new permanent opportunity for an experienced SAP Solutions Architect with this market leading global manufacturing business based in Reading. Reporting into the Head of Enterprise Architecture, you will be responsible for key decision-making on Solution designs within the SAP R2R / Record to Report process. You will ensure that business requirements are met while supporting the overall objectives for the business and adhering to Industry best practices.

You will combine your deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of business processes to design and implement solutions that contribute to the business’s overall success. You will be the bridge between business requirements and technical solutions, ensuring that systems enable and enhance the efficiency of business operations.

As a specialist of the R2R / Record to Report functional area, you will work closely with the functional global process owner team to ensure that the solutions they design and develop will meet the requirements of the business; be compliant with overall Enterprise Architecture; and be as close to core standard as possible, with minimal change. You will also work closely with their delivery partners to ensure that what is built meets the design and technical specifications, is delivered to standards, is fit for purpose, and is fully documented.

Main responsibilities:

• Solution Design:
  • Develop comprehensive and fit-for-purpose solution designs.
  • Collaborate with Global Process Owners to gather, understand and analyse business related requirements and the processes that they support.
  • Translate these business requirements into effective solutions using the best-fit applications, collaborate with vendors to assess cost implications and ensure the complete impact is accessed and documented.
  • Ensure the design considers fit-with-standard, scalability, flexibility, future growth and assure the quality of the solution via the review and approval of testing outcomes, assess the impact on the existing solution for regression and maintain documentation updated.
• System Architecture:
  • Define and implement an optimised system architecture.
  • Plan and design the system landscape, considering factors such as performance, security, and integration related to Solutions.
  • Align the architecture with industry best practices, standards and Enterprise Architecture.
  • Evaluate and select technologies that offer a cost-effective solution for supporting all desired business processes. Selection should be made in collaboration with global process owners, and both implementation and maintenance expenses should be considered.
• Integration with Existing Systems:
  • Ensure seamless integration of solutions with existing systems.
  • Collaborate with other architects, developers, and integration teams to design effective interfaces and end-to-end integration across solutions.
  • Identify and resolve integration challenges to maintain data flow and business process continuity.
• Project Delivery:
  • Support delivery of projects to time, quality and budget.
  • Participate in the project planning to ensure there is full coverage of Solution activities and the timelines are realistic.
  • Collaborate and engage with 3rd party delivery partners to ensure that what is being built aligns with requirements and specifications.
  • Collaborate with project managers to identify and mitigate risks that could impact project delivery.
  • Accountable for creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation of the solution architecture, configurations, ensuring accessibility and compliance.

Skills Required:

• Proven experience as an SAP R2R / Record to Report Solution Architect.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP technologies and a strong focus within R2R / Record to Report.
• Extensive knowledge of SAP technologies, including SAP S/4 HANA, which includes General Ledger, Accounting, Financial Closing, Fixed Asset Accounting, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Cost Accounting, Financial Reporting, Compliance and Audit
• Strong technical skills in SAP S/4 HANA architecture, configuration, and customisation
• Ability to design and implement complex SAP solutions to meet business requirements.
• Strong understanding of SAP integration technologies and methodologies, data migration, and system landscape design.
• SAP certification e.g., (SAP S/4HANA for Financial Accounting Associates) is a
• Familiarity with industry best practices and emerging trends in:
  • SAP Treasury
  • E-invoicing
  • SAP Group Reporting
  • Concur Integration
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Strong negotiation and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Effective planning, organisation, and delegation skills.
• High energy, tenacity, and enthusiasm for delivering results.

For any further queries regarding the role, please contact Danny Palmer at danny.palmer@sandersonplc.com

Network Architect (WAN)

£60,000 – £70,000 + up to £13,000 in additional guaranteed cash benefits

Basingstoke – 3-4 days on site per week on average

Eligibility for DV clearance required

A big name client of ours is on the look out for an established architect to come in to their Basingstoke office on a permanent basis. They are looking for someone with previous Network Architecture experience and strong understanding of WAN architecture across low and high level design.

It would be ideal also if you have experience in the following:

• Juniper EX
• JUNOS
• Cisco/Juniper qualifications
• WAN routing (MPLS/BGP/ISIS)
• Encryption

We would require someone with 10 years experience in total in networking, 5 of which should be in Design/Architecture.

If you have any questions about the role, please call Patrick at Sanderson Government and Defence (phone number available on Linkedin, or email patrick.dixon @ Sandersonplc.com (no spaces).

Network Architect, Cisco, Juniper, MPLS

Network Architect (WAN)- Permanent – MOD DV Eligible

Type – Permanent, Possible Hybrid

Salary – £60,000 – £70,000 + DV Bonus (Once Attained) + Company Bonus + Car Allowance

Clearance – Must be eligible for MOD DV + (Sole British National)

A leading technical supplier to the MOD is seeking to expand its Architectural teams. As part of this team, you will collaborate with highly skilled Network Architects, contributing to various project life cycles that encompass security, service, and management. Successful candidates will thrive in a collaborative environment where teamwork is essential.

This Role Will Involve:

• The Successful candidate will be working as part of a highly skilled team of Architects, where teamwork and collaboration is key. Communicating with multiple stakeholders ensuring work is aligned to the client’s needs.
• Your role will entail providing technical leadership within a project, being responsible for network design and configuration documentation, including navigating through governance review.
• The role will provide hands-on technical configuration/implementation support and ensure a successful handover to service.

Your Experience:

• Knowledge and expertise in Networks and Network Architecture/Design
• Strong technical networking knowledge of network certifications such as Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Juniper JNCIS-ENT.
• WAN routing expertise, including MPLS, BGP, and ISIS.
• Knowledgeable on HLD and LLD
• Understanding of encryption overlays such as IPSec, GRE
• Proficiency in LAN switching, including extensive knowledge of the Juniper EX switch platform and JUNOS operating system.
• Understanding of the Cisco Switch platform and Cisco IOS.
• Solid understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle.
• Understanding of Service Level Agreements (SLA).

Benefits:

• 25 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Company wide incentive plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays / travel / dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work – employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme / virtual GP

If you’re interested in the above and would like to learn and discuss more, reach out to [email protected]

Enterprise Architect (Event Bus / Kafka)

12 Month contract

£900 per day

UK Wide – limited on site presence

We’ve partnered with a leading Insurance firm as they look to bring in a contract Enterprise Architect with a strong technical background and exceptional leadership capabilities to join a leading enterprise organisation. This role focuses on delivering cutting-edge solutions around event bus implementation and integration within a complex enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leverage deep technology knowledge to drive strategic decision-making and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Lead the deployment of enterprise event buses, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
• Oversee the on boarding of both consumers and providers to the event bus.
• Collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including technical teams, business leaders, and compliance experts.
• Utilise expertise in Kafka to design, implement, and optimise event streaming solutions.

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience delivering in complex enterprise environments, ensuring alignment with compliance and service fundamentals.
• Proven track record of leading technology initiatives involving Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Technical and Solution minded

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Position: Senior Technical Architect
Contract Duration: 6 months
Location: Milton Keynes (3 days in the office, 2 days wfh)
Rate: £640 pd outside IR35
Clearance: Must have SC

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Architect with expertise in networking and infrastructure technologies to deliver scalable, secure solutions within complex environments. The role involves designing architectures, leading automation initiatives, and supporting secure deployments in Public Sector environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement technical architectures using technologies like VMware NSX-T, Cisco ACI/Nexus, Palo Alto NGFW, Azure, AWS, and Hybrid Cloud.
• Automate network provisioning and enhance workflows using DevSecOps and CI/CD processes.
• Produce high- and low-level technical designs, adhering to frameworks like TOGAF.
• Support secure deployments aligned with NCSC, GDS, Cyber Essentials, and NIST standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and deliver technical requirements.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Expertise in networking protocols (TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VPN, SD-WAN).
• Experience with server/OS and network technologies, including SASE and virtualisation platforms (VMware VCD, VSAN, NSX).
• Strong background in public cloud migrations (Azure, AWS, M365).
• Proven ability to work in secure environments and manage security products.
• Familiarity with automation tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Certifications such as TOGAF, MCSE, VCP, CCNP (desirable).