About YouAre you passionate about protecting the environment while using architectural practices to drive innovative solutions across multiple projects Do you want to supportAbout YouAre you passionate about protecting the environment while using architectural practices to drive innovative solutions across multiple projects Do you want to support communities by leveraging your technical expertise and strategic vision to re-architect systems and services, continuously improving digital systems and data, and ensuring alignment with business goals Can you communicate and advocate for a shared architectural vision, working with stakeholders to transform digital landscapes and maintain industry best practices If so, read on To be successful and excel in this role you will need;Strategic Vision and Alignment: Ability to align the technology strategy with the organisation's business plan and vision.Technical Expertise: Demonstrable technical expertise across a broad range of domains, with the ability to identify and recommend technology solutions aligned with best practices.Collaboration and Communication: Strong skills in networking and communicating with suppliers, partners, customers, and stakeholders to promote the architectural vision and seek opportunities for digital transformation.Architectural Leadership: Experience in leading architectural practices, ensuring consistency of design, adherence to standards, and providing guidance and governance on solutions development.Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Proactively researching and developing knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends to exploit opportunities for improvement and innovation. Data Governance and Security: Advocating for good data governance, ensuring digital continuity, and applying relevant technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices, including security. About The RoleAt the Mining Remediation Authority, our work is crucial in safeguarding the environment and ensuring the safety of people living in areas affected by historical mining activities. As part of our Digital team, you will have the opportunity to lead on architectural practices, supporting and modernising our legacy systems and assisting in our ongoing migration to the cloud. This is a unique opportunity to work with the latest software development platforms on AWS. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the technical architecture roadmap, delivery strategy, and shared architectural vision.The ideal candidate will possess a blend of strategic thinking and technical expertise, demonstrate a strong passion for innovative solutions, and have the ability to guide and mentor teams on architectural best practices. You will be comfortable discussing technical designs and solutions at an advanced level with team members and stakeholders. And you'll have experience of; Application Architecture: Experience with application architecture frameworks, technologies, and best practices, including Java enterprise platform components.Integration Architecture: Proven experience with integration architecture frameworks, technologies, and tools.Public Cloud Technologies: Hands-on experience with public cloud technologies, including cloud hosting and best practices e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure.Geospatial Software: Experience with geospatial software architecture and tooling e.g., ArcGIS, PostGIS.Agile/DevOps Methodologies: Demonstrable experience with Agile and DevOps delivery methodologies and best practices.Enterprise RDBMS: Experience in the design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise relational database management systems e.g., AWS Cloud Database services, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server.High Availability Systems: Experience in designing and maintaining high-volume, high-availability transactional public websites and services.Programme Involvement: Experience in supporting the preparation of technical plans and working with project and programme managers to ensure appropriate technical resources are included within the delivery programme.Reducing Architectural Debt: Proven ability to advocate for and deliver solutions that reduce architectural complexity and technical debt.Exploiting Technologies: Experience in investigating and exploiting new technical options to reduce cost, reduce risk, and increase assurance.We don’t expect candidates to meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description. Role location: Hybrid working on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office Schedule:Application closing date: 02/03/2025Sifting date: 05/03/2025Interviews: w/c 10/03/2025If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative datesSecurity:Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.About Mining Remediation AuthorityOur benefits: A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97.Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay subject to eligibility.Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.Unlock exclusive employee discountsEnsure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.Working with us:We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.Who we are:Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with. What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively. That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details. If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference. By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive. If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know. You can get in touch by email at recruitmentcoal.gov.uk or give us a call on 01623 637000