Head of IT Service Architecture & Delivery
Location: Yorkshire
Salary: £65,000 + Bonus + Full Benefits
Security Clearance: SC required (must hold or be eligible) - DV desirable
We are recruiting for an experienced and influential technical leader to head up Service Architecture & Delivery for a secure Defence communications and infrastructure programme.
This is a senior leadership role with full accountability for the technical design, governance and operational assurance of a complex, secure IT service. You will act as the senior technical authority, ensuring the service is secure, resilient, compliant and continually improved in line with Defence requirements and contracted SLAs.
The Role
You will:
1. Lead all architectural, technical and operational elements of a secure IT service
2. Chair the Technical Design Authority and own the service blueprint and roadmap
3. Maintain governance across service design, transition and operational delivery
4. Own non-functional requirements including performance, resilience, recoverability and security
5. Provide L4 technical oversight and assurance across infrastructure, networking, virtualisation and secure environments
6. Act as the primary technical interface to senior Defence stakeholders and accreditation bodies
7. Lead multi-disciplinary t...