Sam Pyzer
Associate Director
Technical Architect
Bristol, South West, England
Apply by 8 Jun 2026
£580 - £650 per day
Job Ref.: BH-57347
Job Type: Contract
Job Description
For our customer in the Utilities / Energy sector we are urgently seeking an SC Cleared Technical Solutions Architect for a 6 month contract
the role is remote with some travel to South West England (Bristol/ Gloucester)- Previous experience of Business Impact Analysis and DR principals/ Methods (RACI etc... is essential as is an active SC clearence
Role is Insude IR35
Disaster Recovery & Resilience Expertise
- Strong understanding of Disaster Recovery (DR) concepts, patterns, and best practices
- Experience designing end?to?end recovery approaches rather than partial or component?level recovery
- Practical experience defining minimum viable recovery (MVR/MVI) states
- Understanding of severe failure scenarios (e.g. full environment loss, data corruption)
- Ability to analyse and interpret BIA outputs
- Translate business recovery requirements into technical recovery steps
- Strong grasp of RTO/RPO principles and their technical implications
- Ability to challenge unrealistic recovery objectives based on technical constraints
- Proven experience creating operational runbooks from scratch
- Strong technical writing skills, producing:
- Clear, structured, unambiguous instructions
- Explicit pass/fail and go/no?go decision points
- Ability to define standards, templates, and quality guides
- Experience producing documentation suitable for operational execution under pressure
- Deep understanding of:
- Application architectures (monolith, microservices, SaaS, COTS)
- Infrastructure components (compute, storage, network)
- Cloud and hybrid environments
- Ability to identify dependencies, sequencing, and failure points
- Strong skills in dependency mapping and recovery order definition
Governance, Standards & Assurance Mindset
- Comfortable working within:
- DR standards and patterns (e.g. CIP?aligned frameworks)
- Quality gates and assurance criteria
- Ability to define “what good looks like” and assess compliance
- Strong sense of accountability for technical correctness
We believe in equal opportunity for all and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Source Group International Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy