NPL hasa never-expandingportfolio of technologyacross the organisation.Frombusiness systems,to scientific IT solutions, to software engineering platforms, all the way to IoT systems inremote isolatedenvironments.
Youllbe joiningNPLs CIOfunctionunder the Enterprise Architecture team, steering business stakeholders toward making the most informed decisions around technology.
Key responsibilities include:
* Engaging with business, scientific, and IT stakeholders to discover their processes, information systems, and the constraints they work with.
* Maintain diagrams and databases for enterprise architecture artifacts.
* Provide oversight to technology integration projects to ensure architectural direction is followed, business constraints are notintroduced, and technical debt is limited.
* Working with the solution architecture team to ensurethey are best equipped with the knowledge and details they need todevelopdesigns.
* Performing initial project engagements with business stakeholders to ensure thatcatalogedtechnologysolutions can be re-used and that wedontre-invent the wheel.
* Managing the complexity of NPLs IT estate by recommendingthe mostappropriateclassesof solution(re-use vs. new instance vs. new tech)
Key projectsyoullbe working oninitially:
* ERP2 -our next stages ofintegrating HRIS, e-Commerce, CRM, andother business systems with our new Dynamics 365 ERPsystem.
* Digital and Data Strategy shaping the future and laying the foundations for NPLs journey to digitising a legacy lab estate and better enabling science and use of cloud services.
About You
Essential
* You havea previous background in (or career pathway to) Enterprise Architecture
* You have a previous background in senior IT engineering position (Sysadmin, Infrastructure, IT architecture, cloud)
* You are an excellent communicator and go the extra mile to make sure people are informed.
* You are a trustworthy individual that excels at building business relationships.
* You have extensive experience in diagramming and visual representation (Draw.IO preferable, optionally Visio)
* You have experience in using data visualisation software (PowerBI, Tableau, Grafana)
* You have the ability to quickly sketch/draw technical architecture, processes, graphs, and charts for facilitating communication in meetings
Highly Desired
* Understanding or experience with the CSVLOD EA artefact taxonomy
* Knowledge of the Zachman framework
* Experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365
* Experience in SalesForce
* Experience in Microsoft Azure
* Experience in SQL
Beneficial
* Experience in using many different operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux)
* Experience in working with containerisation technology (Docker, LXC)
* Experience in working with complex data models, SQL, and normalisation
* Experience in MBSE and/or use of MBSE Tools
* Experience in using UML or SysML
* Experience in using a markup language (Markdown, ReStructuredText)
We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in this specific area means that nationality, residency and security requirements are more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS and SC security clearance withno restrictions, or you must have the ability to obtain an SC clearance.
Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
We strive to offer a great work life balance - we are looking for full time candidates but will also consider part time or flexible time applications, where its possible for the business. This will be dependent on the role and in which part of the business the candidate works in.