At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a major Maritime programme and set the technical direction for innovative digital products.
- Company: High-profile technology organisation with a focus on defence and military support.
- Benefits: Long-term role in a dynamic environment with opportunities for career advancement.
- Other info: Join a collaborative team and work with modern engineering practices and tools.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by supporting thousands of personnel with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Experience in military environments, enterprise architecture, and emerging technologies like AI and ML.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Our client, a high profiling technology organisation, urgently require an experienced Technical Director to run a major Maritime programme that they are delivering.
In order to be successful, you will have the following background:
- Background within either UK Military, or working with the Military/MoD as a customer
- Experience of acting as a senior technical authority, providing architectural leadership
- Enterprise Architecture background across software engineering and platform delivery, including cloud-hosted services, APIs, DevSecOps, CI/CD and test automation
- Experience of introducing emerging technologies including AI, ML and data enabled services
- Strong and robust stakeholder management skills
- SC Cleared
Within this role, you will be responsible for:
- Senior leadership role within a multi-year delivery environment, supporting thousands of uniformed personnel and civil servants
- Set the technical direction for the software house, ensuring digital products and services are aligned to MoD priorities and wider defence policy
- Define and maintain technical architecture roadmap
- Translate operational and business needs into coherent technical strategy
- Ensure that platforms, products, data, integration patterns and engineering approaches support long-term mission outcomes as well as immediate delivery priorities
- Provide technical leadership across complex code, low-code, data and platform services
- Work with stakeholders across MoD organisations
- Lead the approach surrounding modern engineering and emerging technologies
- Provide governance, assurance and risk management across the delivery portfolio
Tech: Python, TypeScript, React, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, Tekton and associated DevSecOps toolchains, SaaS platforms, Microsoft Power Platform, Palantir Foundry.
This represents an excellent opportunity to secure a long term role, within a high profile and dynamic organisation.
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