Lead Network Architect

On behalf of HM Land Registry we are looking for a Lead Network Architect (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. Hybrid working with 3 days per week required in Plymouth.

Working as a contractor for HM Land Registry

Our ambition is to become the world's leading land registry for speed, simplicity, and an open approach to data. Our award-winning digital team is the in-house directorate at the heart of our transformation into a digital, data driven organisation. We are playing a pivotal role in ensuring that we are able to respond swiftly to our current challenges. We are providing a robust and resilient technical infrastructure to support our workforce. We are enabling our customers to interact with us in increasingly digital and automated ways and delivering our transformation portfolio which will revolutionise the way that we operate and provide services.

Our Digital teams are at the core of our plans for digital transformation for the future. At HM Land Registry we have a vision of a fully connected, digital system for buying and selling property that enables a more secure and more efficient land registration process. By joining us in a digital role, you can be at the cutting edge of our work to revolutionise the way property and land is transacted in the UK, supporting our vision of a world-leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future.

In this role you will lead the design of HM Land Registry's (HMLR) network architecture, linking the strategic aims of the organisation to a cohesive network architecture that delivers a cost effective, maintainable, secure technology estate. This role is aligned to the Lead Network Architect role within the Government Digital and Data Profession.

The post holder will provide architectural leadership within our Network Optimisation projects. They will work with project stakeholders inside and outside of the organisation to ensure the successful delivery of the projects. They will have responsibility for the technical design of our network solutions, ensuring alignment with our Technology Strategy, Standards and Patterns

As a Lead Network Architect your main responsibilities will be to:

. Develop and implement an architecture solution that supports the organisation's technology strategy, including the associated architectural standards, principal and roadmaps
. Engage with senior stakeholders to establish future needs to ensure that the structure is suitable for the future as well as for right now
. Act as technical designer and expert authority for major programmes of work
. Build strategic partnerships with key suppliers, other government departments and wider industry bodies to deliver the strategy, ensuing that the technical choices of the organisation evolve at pace with technological change
. Use technology to drive innovation and value for money within HMLR
. Provide leadership, support and clarity to the organisations technical architecture function.
. Operate across the organisation and technology functions to drive common approaches with a cohesive strategic outcome.

Essential:

. An active SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. (Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.)
. Expertise in datacentre network technologies, particularly Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).
. Expertise in SD-WAN technologies, deployed within a complex multi-site environment.
. Familiarity with HMG technology standards including NCSC Network Architectures and the GOV Technology Code of Practice.
. Familiarity with HMG network security standards/patterns including the Network Security Fundamentals and the Secure by Design Principles.
. Experience of leading the design of network solutions within an IT Project/Programme.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Land Registry guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".