Technical Architect
Permanent
Up to £65,000 per annum
Northampton (hybrid – 3 days on site, 2 WFH)
Purpose of Role:
The Technical Architect provides a bridge between understanding business needs and technological solutions while acting as a gatekeeper between the organisation and their Managed Service provider for technical IT solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designs and evaluates systems architectures, which include infrastructure, storage repository creation and system diagrams
- Responsible for the physical design of technical solutions and formulating plans to deliver those solutions. Focus on building a technical strategy/roadmap as part of the wider IT strategy
- Work with the wider project team, e.g., IT Project Managers, Advanced (Managed Service Provider), and IT Security, to effectively deliver solutions
- Act as an IT Infrastructure knowledge expert for the organisation and be responsible for overseeing technology selections and implementation strategies suggested by partners
- Understand the business and non-functional requirements and identify suitable architecture (including broader technologies, if applicable, application structure and conceptual approaches) that best meets any relevant budgetary and/or timescale constraints
- Translates business needs into long-term architecture solutions
- Own the design and present it to the relevant governance bodies for review and approval
- Mentor and support BAU support staff and project resources so they meet their objectives
- Be the IT Infrastructure knowledge authority during defect triage and defect resolution
- Own the IT Infrastructure vision and strategy with the Head of IT Operations
- Provide guidance and oversight to minimise technical risk and business risk arising from technology and technical solutions
- Undertake detailed design reviews
- Identify appropriate and cost-effective physical architectures that provide resilience commensurate with business risk and impact
- Develop a roadmap for technical assurance in line with the organisations 5-year strategy.This will include:
- Win 11 Build
- Network Redesign
- Server 2012 refresh
- Central point of control for all infrastructure design to deliver efficiencies through best practice solutions
- Working in conjunction with the IT Security and Risk Officer in creating and maintaining Security documentation, conducting Security audits, and resolving identified Security issues appropriately
- Advise on appropriate data backup, disaster recovery and testing as per policy
- Carry out any other duties requested by line management to achieve the IT department's aims and objectives
Requirements:
- Extensive experience as a Technical Architect
- Previous track record with Azure
- Experience of migrating from on prem to cloud
Should this role be of interest and you feel you have a suitable background, please apply now.