Job Location : Bristol, UK
You will lead the development and maintenance of Architecture vision and roadmaps for digital infrastructure requirements such as cloud and on-premise hosting for Defence capabilities. Additionally, you will lead on technical design of specific solutions to meet business requirements ensuring they meet agreed architectural principles, standards, and policies to ensure that information and IT is secure, reliable, available, and managed in line with departmental and legal requirements.
We are recruiting into a very dynamic team which operates across multiple areas. You will be responsible for delivery at various levels, following a structured approach to enterprise/solutions architecture and design, to deliver projects and solutions in line with the strategic intent.
You will require pre-existing strong leadership skills to develop and maintain relationships and reputation with Defence business and technical stakeholder communities. As such, the post of Senior Solutions Architect is one of considerable influence and requires an individual with the appetite for significant intellectual challenge who is prepared to deliver leading edge technical solutions at pace. You will also benefit from being part of a large community of IT Architects and IT professionals, where best practice and ideas are shared.
For example, we are working to reduce the time it takes to design and deliver equipment to the armed forces through the adoption of digital techniques, to ensure the equipment we buy works as part of a coherent system with existing platforms within the UK Armed Forces, across NATO and with allies and industry.
To spearhead our strategic approach, we’ve established three Capability Centres. Each Capability Centre has a unique focus, playing a crucial role in developing our future transformative digital capabilities. Through collaboration and innovation, this exceptional team will help us maintain our strategic edge over adversaries, both now and in the future.
The Capability Centres offer excellent opportunities to work with and influence senior management within DE&S and the broader Defence Enterprise, fostering new ways of working and embracing cutting-edge technologies.
We hope you will join us, to help develop these approaches and to utilise new technologies, modelling, and analysis techniques, to equip the UK armed forces with the edge to protect our nation.
At DE&S, we champion flexible ways of working. 3 days attendance per week is required on site, to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.
What you’ll be doing
Person specificationTo be successful with your application, you’ll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
Benefits
Salary : 62800 - 81500
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