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We are currently creating a pipeline for Digital Service Architect roles that we will be recruiting for across several Government Organisations and Contracting Authorities in the coming weeks / months.

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of civil service roles.

As Digital Service Architect, you will: 

• In conjunction with the US DoD through CTTSO 1and CTTOG 2document an approach for testing the application of FPGA technology in a network security
• Document the capability of a network security appliance for porting to an FPGA device
• Document the ruleset to be deployed within an FPGA based network security package for orchestrating the instantiation of network security capabilities
• Implement, by way of a trusted industry partner, an FPGA based network security capability and deliver in to an appropriate testing environment
• Implement, by way of a trusted industry partner, an orchestration mechanism for dynamically, and intelligently, deploying different network defence capabilities dependant on context and threat profile. Deliver this capability in to an appropriate testing environment
• Explore, test, and document with recommendations various methods of linking physical objects to their digital records
• In partnership with existing defence suppliers, test the deployment of a DLT-based system for tracking objects as they travel through the supply chain.
• Identify a suitable cross-border sub-set of a supply chain in order to pilot integration with HMRC systems for collection of duty
• Report progress to the cross government Distributed Ledger Technology Community of Interest to facilitate future involvement of other government departments who have expressed interest (e.g. DFID, UKEF)

You’ll have:

• Valid and active SC Clearance
• Experience of Agile delivery methods - must hold formal agile certifications
• Extensive and demonstrable knowledge of FPGA architecture in high performance, high security applications
• Understanding dataflow applications and platforms deployed to FPGAs
• Experience of IOT deployments in high security, geographically dispersed, environments
• Experience of centralised, distributed, cloud, fog, and edge computing paradigms in relation to high security IOT deployments
• Technical understanding of multiple Distributed Ledger platforms with knowledge of their application in different contexts and unique challenges faced by UK government in their exploitation
• Knowledge of cross-government Distributed Ledger programmes and their interaction

If this sounds like you and you would be interested in being added to our pipeline, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our PSR team now.

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