DV Cleared Architects | Active Directory & DevOps

DV Cleared Architects | UK Government Secure Programme | 3 Roles

Three architect contracts on a high-assurance UK Government secure account. Fully transferrable DV clearance is essential on every role. Dual nationals cannot be considered.

1. Active Directory Architect

→ Leading the architecture and evolution of on-premises Microsoft AD across multi-domain and multi-forest environments

→ Technical SME on domains, forests, trusts, replication and Group Policy strategy

→ Designing tiered administration models, privileged access controls and PAM integration

→ Health checks, security assessments, remediation planning, HLDs, LLDs and runbooks

'05; Deep hands-on AD, DNS and DHCP at enterprise scale, Kerberos, NTLM, LDAP, SAML and OAuth, PowerShell automation, PAWs and least privilege design, SIEM integration

2. DevOps Tooling Architect, Air-Gapped

→ Leading the design, build and assurance of DevOps toolchains inside offline, air-gapped environments

→ Owning GitLab repositories, CI/CD, runners and security controls, plus Jira, Confluence and Ansible

→ Designing secure software promotion, patching and plugin management for disconnected environments

→ Supporting security accreditation, evidence production and compliance validation

'05; Proven air-gapped delivery, package mirroring and artifact control, infrastructure as code and configuration management, Bash, Python and Ansible YAML, VMware, segregation of duties and audit traceability

3. Information Security Architect, Air-Gapped | Newcastle

→ Supporting the design, build and assurance of backend platform and endpoint protection within secure offline environments

→ Applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and MoD security policy across the platform

→ Delivering antivirus and vulnerability management platform capability

→ Designing security controls across infrastructure and end user endpoints

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• '05; Security Architect or senior SME experience in secure or regulated environments, NIST CSF applied in practice, endpoint protection and vulnerability management tooling, air-gapped delivery, security assurance and compliance evidence
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