Onsite in Bracknell
Eligible for DV clearance
£65-70K per annum + benefits package
We are recruiting an Application Architect to support the ongoing evolution of a Gateway solution for a strategic UK defence customer. Working alongside senior solution leaders, you'll contribute to secure design, controlled change, and operational resilience within a mission-critical environment. This is a development opportunity for an aspiring architect looking to build design authority and architectural experience in a high-assurance setting.
The Role
You will:
Contribute to infrastructure and Gateway design changes to maintain availability and performance
Produce structured design documentation alongside the customer and Programme Manager
Support architectural governance and ensure alignment to solution intent
Provide technical oversight during incident troubleshooting with SOC and 3rd Line teams
Assist in maintaining secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure components across Windows and Linux environments
Your technical experience;
Core Infrastructure
VMware / vSphere
RHEL & Windows Server
Microsoft Services
Active Directory, including Group Policy (GPO), DNS integration
Linux & Platform Engineering
Experience working within Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments
Ability to write scripts to automate operational or security processes
Familiarity with pattern matching techniques and regular expressions (Regex), particularly within security or antivirus tooling
Configuration and management of the standard RHEL firewall
Exposure to Linux-based security tooling and antivirus technologies
Networking & Gateway Technologies
Citrix NetScaler
Wireshark
Understanding of Gateway appliances and associated software
Knowledge of secure communications protocols, including messaging platforms such as XMPP
Storage & Data
NetApp SAN
NAS
Backup solutions
Security & Web
PKI management applications
Web applications and protocols
Experience supporting file validation, inspection, and content verification within secure transfer environments
If you are interested in discussing this Application Architect role further, please reply back with a copy of your updated CV
Salary description
£65000.00 - £70000.00 per year