Job Description
About the Role
AQA is committed to advancing education and we're committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it's our people who make this happen.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver Information Architecture services shaping and guiding delivery in partnership with architects across the Enterprise Architecture team.
* Provide information architecture consultancy support to colleagues and business stakeholders, providing effective and pragmatic advice, guidance, direction and architectural liaison between technology and business stakeholders.
* Develop and maintain Information Architecture policies, procedures, guidance and standards.
* Refresh, implement and maintain the AQA technology strategy, leading on the delivery and maintenance of Information Architecture aspects of the strategy.
Requirements
* Proven information / data architect with a strong track record of related IT expertise and delivery across a number of practices within the IT industry.
* Expert working knowledge and understanding of Information modelling and design frameworks and a broader familiarity with the application of such frameworks across Enterprise Applications frameworks, Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise architecture, Physical Infrastructure deployment models and Architecture / design frameworks such as TOGAF, ZACHMAN etc.
* Experience of enterprise class organisations with cloud / mixed IT footprints and related modernisation of corporate architecture and application of appropriate governance.
Working Environment
AQA has an opportunity for an Information/Data Architect to join our growing team in either Manchester or Milton Keynes. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver an information architecture service and approach that positively enables and evolves the information technology landscape across AQA education with initiatives that develop and grow information / data architecture related capabilities and services.