- Company Name
- LA International
- Job Title
- IT Technical Lead - High Level Clearance Needed
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
IT Technical Lead
**Role Summary**
Lead the ownership, design, development, testing, and deployment of multi‑platform IT work packages, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, security and compliance standards, and organisational best practices.
**Expectations**
- Deliver technical projects on schedule and within scope.
- Maintain high‑level technical excellence across Wintel and heterogeneous environments.
- Resolve technical and organisational impediments proactively.
- Communicate clearly with all stakeholders and enforce rigorous quality and compliance controls.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Own end‑to‑end lifecycle of assigned work packages: design, build, test, release, and live service integration.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship across Wintel and multi‑platform teams.
- Identify and eliminate technical blockers, bureaucratic delays, and interpersonal issues.
- Verify and validate engineers’ technical deliverables, flaging inconsistencies early.
- Coordinate with engineering, architecture, test, change, and operations to maintain momentum and meet milestones.
- Align technical decisions with program goals, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Monitor progress, manage risks, escalates issues, and report status to senior stakeholders.
**Required Skills**
- Proven experience as Technical Lead, Delivery Lead, or Senior Engineer in complex IT environments.
- Deep knowledge of Wintel platforms (Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, virtualization, infrastructure services).
- Broad technical exposure to networks, security, applications, and integrations.
- Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving capabilities.
- Ability to constructively challenge teams and separate fact from fiction.
- Demonstrated success delivering under bureaucratic or high‑pressure conditions.
- Experience working with or within Agile teams.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (preferred).
- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., MCSE, MCSD, CISSP, Azure/AWS certification) are an advantage.
- High‑level security clearance required.
Basingstoke, United kingdom
On site
Senior
24-11-2025