Public Sector Resourcing

Define secure cloud and AI architecture, govern design assurance, advise stakeholders, and coach delivery teams. | Requires 10+ years leading enterprise cloud architecture with secure landing zones, IAM, AI safety controls, government assurance processes, and cybersecurity standards. | DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Technical Architect Lead (Inside IR35) until 30/4/2027 contract based REMOTELY . The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office As a Technical Architect Lead, your main responsibilities will be: * AI Architecture Strategy & Vision: Define architectural roadmaps and principles for the Cabinet Office AI buildout, establishing secure Cloud Landing Zones and technology-agnostic integration layers that bridge enterprise AI software with custom-built tools. * Technical Design throughout the Lifecycle: Create modular, scalable cloud and microservice architectures capable of supporting complex AI workflows, setting technical design standards across the project lifecycle. * Architectural Decisions & AI Guardrails: Make high-impact design decisions to manage architectural risk, designing mandatory human-in-the-loop approval gates, identity federation, and AI safety baselines (such as prompt protection and PII masking). * Cabinet Office Governance & Assurance: Lead architectural governance for AI systems, steering solutions through formal Cabinet Office Technical Design Authority (TDA), Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), and cyber security checkpoints. * Architecture Communication & Strategic Leadership: Articulate complex architectural trade-offs, security postures, and risk models to Cabinet Office senior leadership (CDIO, TDA Board) while coaching delivery teams and aligning delivery partners. Essential: * Enterprise Cloud Architecture: Significant experience leading cloud platform architecture (GCP/AWS), secure Cloud Landing Zones, Identity and Access Management (IAM) hierarchies, and microservices design for complex enterprise environments. * AI Guardrails & Perimeter Defence: Hands-on experience designing deterministic AI safety controls, including human-in-the-loop approval gates, VPC Service Controls, identity federation (WIF, Entra ID), and privacy/PII masking baselines. * Strategic & Technical Design Leadership: Expertise in both strategic and technical design, with a proven track record of designing modular components and services and defining how they interoperate seamlessly to deliver intended end-to-end service * outcomes. * Technology-Agnostic Systems Integration: Proven ability to architect modular, vendor-neutral software systems and API layers that seamlessly connect core enterprise platforms into central AI and workflow backbones. * Architectural Assurance & Governance: Strong understanding of central government architectural governance, with proven experience navigating Technical Design Authority (TDA) sign-offs, DPIA assessments, and cyber security/NCSC standards. * Architecture Communication & Leadership: Ability to communicate complex technical designs and risk models to stakeholders, mediate difficult architectural decisions, and provide coaching to engineers and architects. Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas. Disability Confident  As a Disability Confident employer, the Cabinet Office encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance. Armed Forces Covenant As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, the Cabinet Office welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the 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". GENERAL INFORMATION Posting ID PSR1JP00106826 Type of employment Contract Organisation Cabinet Office Contract duration 6 Months Location London Workplace Type Remote

Design automated data pipelines and enterprise integrations for AI applications while coordinating secure, compliant, and scalable solutions across engineering and business teams. | Requires 10+ years of experience and hands-on expertise in scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, AWS, Python, SQL, data governance, security frameworks, and agile technical leadership. | DESCRIPTION & REQUIREMENTS On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a Lead Data Engineer AI (Inside IR35) until 30th April 2027 contract based REMOTELY. The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office As a Lead Data Engineer AI, your main responsibilities will be: * AI Data Integration & Pipeline Design: Establish Cabinet Office data integration standards and lead the engineering of automated data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and API connections connecting enterprise SaaS and internal databases to AI applications whilst ensuring alignment with existing pipelines and standards. * AI Data Security & Compliance: Implement identity and access controls, including SSO, conduct data quality, sensitivity and access checks before indexing, and ensure AI applications respect source-system permissions to prevent data leakage. * AI Data Innovation & Diagnostics: Conduct early-stage data quality diagnostics to test dataset viability for AI automation, configure synthetic test datasets within isolated sandboxes, and structure domain-specific knowledge engines. * Data Development Process: Establish repeatable, secure, and maintainable data solutions, managing metadata repositories and configuring observability pipelines across Cabinet Office AI workflows, reusing existing repositories and observability pipelines where possible. * Technical & Stakeholder Communication: Act as the key bridge between technical engineering partners and Cabinet Office business leads, interpreting data requirements and translating complex data risks into clear choices for stakeholders Essential: * Technical Mastery & Engineering Practice: Hands-on expertise in building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, designing robust API integrations, and configuring vector indices or retrieval systems for large-scale enterprise AI architectures. * Data Governance, Security & Compliance: Expert knowledge of Identity and Access Management, identity federation, data classification standards, and UK GDPR/DPA compliance frameworks within AI environments. * Analytical Proficiency & Data Diagnostics: Substantial experience conducting quantitative data quality assessments, structuring synthetic testing environments, and * Evaluating dataset readiness for complex automation or ML models. * Languages & Software Engineering Standards: Advanced proficiency in AWS, Python, SQL, and query optimisation, alongside demonstrated experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, automated testing, and metadata management best practices. * Strategic Communication & Leadership: Proven ability to translate complex technical data risks into strategic guidance for senior leadership, alongside a track record of leading cross-functional engineering teams in agile environments Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas. Disability Confident  As a Disability Confident employer, the Cabinet Office encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance. Armed Forces Covenant As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, the Cabinet Office welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the 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". GENERAL INFORMATION Posting ID PSR1JP00106828 Type of employment Contract Organisation Cabinet Office Contract duration 6 months Location London Workplace Type Remote