Senior Solution Architect
Job summary
As part of our Solution Architect team, you'll work closely with stakeholders and technology professionals to ensure that Data Design & Architecture (DD&A) solutions meet the business and technology requirements. You will develop solution designs across AWS, Azure, and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring the most effective use of components which also meet current and future requirements. You will be responsible for ensuring that solutions are properly elaborated and documented, reporting to the Lead Solution Architect on progress, and leading the delivery of solutions on daily stand-ups. You will also co-present these solutions for review to the appropriate governance bodies for approval. When required, you will also support implementation of architecture, lending expertise to ensure any implementation challenges are overcome while aligning to the approved architecture.
Main duties of the job
Your role as Senior Solution Architect will include:
- Gathering, analysing, and documenting requirements for solutions across cloud and on-premises infrastructure Confluence and LeanIX
- Creating and managing solution designs for required solutions
- Creating design patterns and blueprints for solution architecture
- Aligning to best practice using TOGAF and Government Digital Services frameworks
- Identifying opportunities for improvement in current solution architecture
- Meeting tactical requirements where applicable with strategic thinking
Senior Responsibilities
- Taking a specific area of accountability on data ecosystem solution architecture, e.g., master data management, reference data management, enterprise data catalogue, metadata
- Taking a specific area of responsibility in organisation wide data policies, e.g., data privacy, data archival, data lifecycle management, data processing, data analysis
- Ensuring specific areas of accountability and responsibility are accurately reflected in Enterprise Data tooling, including LeanIX enterprise architecture diagrams, data solution and data platform reference models, architecture principles, blueprints and implementation patterns
- Building strong relationships with equal grade counterparts, e.g., enterprise architecture, information management and privacy, engineering and enablement, and devops
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The UKHSA Data Design & Architecture (DD&A) team is responsible for supporting data architecture and data solutions across the organisation. We are a small team of solution architects, data architects, and data modellers. We also work closely with other parts of the organisation who also are involved in development and maintenance of infrastructure and software, including Programme Teams, Engineering & Enablement, Surveillance Systems, Data Services & Quality, Genomics, Enterprise Architecture and the Development and Operations team.
The DD&A team supervises and actively develops solutions and data architecture which meet both our own and wider strategies and design principles/blueprints. We also work on solution migration, consolidation, transformation, improvement, stabilisation, and decommissioning. We are seeking solution architects with AWS/Azure experience.
This role will be a senior solution architect with direct accountability for specific solutions.
This is not an exhaustive list please see Job description document for full list of duties.
You will be assessed on the 5 essential criteria listed below.
Essential Criteria
Understanding of TOGAF and other major data and solution related architecture frameworks (DMBOK) Cloud architecture expertise, AWS or Azure Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex topics into simple language Development of architectural principles and blueprints Integration experience
Selection Process Details:
This vacancy is using SuccessProfiles and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
Success profiles
You willbe required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the above listed 6essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
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Application form(Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
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500 word Statement of Suitability.
This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The Application Form and Statement of Suitability will be marked separately, and you must pass both to move forward to interview.
In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on Cloud architecture expertise, AWS or Azure
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment
Please do not exceed 500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview (success profiles)
You will be invited to a (single) remote interview.
Behaviours, technical, experience, ability and strengths will be tested at interview.
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
Communicating and Influencing Working Together Delivering at Pace Making effective decisions Changing and Improving
Interview dates to be confirmed.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.
Person Specification
CV
- CV
Statement of Suitability
- Statement of Suitability
Behaviours
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Making effective decisions
- Changing and Improving
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Employer details
Employer name
UK Health Security Agency
Address
London, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham
London, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham
E14 4PH
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency
- Company
- UK Health Security Agency
- Location
- London, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, United Kingdom E14 4PH
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £51824.00 - £65089.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- UK Health Security Agency
- Location
- London, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, United Kingdom E14 4PH
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £51824.00 - £65089.00 a year
- Posted