Engineering Process Architect

Location: Hampshire – Basingstoke / Farnborough, on site
Working Pattern: On site, customer premises
Type: Contract, outside IR35
Rate: Open to discussion
Clearance: UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
Company: Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider

Tektora are supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider who are looking to speak with DV Cleared Engineering Process Architects for a contract opportunity within the Joint Design Team, shaping the engineering process and governance that underpins Major Service Change.

This role would suit someone with a strong technical engineering background who has designed engineering development processes within defence or complex engineering programmes and is looking to develop further across governance, continuous delivery tooling and multi-supplier assurance.

You will be involved in:

• Assisting MOD stakeholders in the design, development and optimisation of the overarching engineering process and governance
• Enabling effective delivery of Major Service Change across its different categories
• Tailoring process and governance to cater for continuous delivery pipeline tooling
• Tailoring process and governance to cater for automated testing
• Assisting supplier stakeholders in designing and optimising their own engineering processes, governance and related tooling
• Assuring supplier compliance against the overarching MOD processes
• Providing advice and guidance to MOD and supplier stakeholders on engineering process and governance
• Engaging multidisciplinary technical teams and senior stakeholders across the programme

• UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
• Strong technical engineering background across system design, integration or related disciplines
• Experience with in defence or complex engineering projects
• Proven ability to design and implement engineering development processes that support technical delivery
• Understanding of systems engineering principles and multidisciplinary collaboration
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across technical teams and stakeholders
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on practical, scalable solutions
• Relevant engineering or technical qualification
• Experience with project management and engineering lifecycle methodologies
• Exposure to continuous delivery pipeline tooling and automated test frameworks
• Prior work within a Joint Design Team or equivalent MOD design authority