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Interim Solution Architect - ICT Services
Job Ref: Thames Valley BL TCL 361778
Pay Rate: up to £481.00 per day PAYE depending on experience (tbc)
Hours per week: 37 Monday–Friday, 08:40 - 17:00
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
City: KIDLINGTON
NPPV Level 2
WFH
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Transform requirements and proposals of the business into solution designs that will enable their evaluation for review by internal stakeholders, go-ahead approval on proposals by internal sponsors, and delivery by internal or external teams. Deliver objectives with an awareness of the immediate challenges of a solution whilst taking account of the strategic direction of the organisation, of ICT, and of the enterprise architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
The design of solutions which are fully suitable for the problem they are resolving, taking into account all requirements.
Information preparation for architecture consumers as appropriate:
Internal Sponsors: Provide high level summary on technical elements, relationship to existing capabilities in technology portfolio, and other information sufficient to enable go/no-go decisions on projects.
Internal Stakeholders: Provide detail on how solutions will resolve requirements sufficiently detailed to enable the stakeholder to give approval for the suitability of solutions.
Internal/External development teams: Provide technical detail to enable project management to drive work breakdown structures into tasks and requirements traceability matrices for progress tracking and estimation by delivery teams.
Internal Infrastructure team: Provide an outline of the solution infrastructure requirements suitable for assisting with provisioning infrastructure resources and planning utilisation of shared services.
Internal Maintenance: Complete base maintenance details and identify areas requiring completion as part of the implementation and deployment of solutions in order to best assist with issue resolution and solution extension.
Internal Training: Assist with confirming training needs and availability.
Testing: Enable design and execution of functional and non-functional tests.
Maintaining alignment of all solutions architecture with the enterprise architecture vision, and designing solutions accordingly.
Ensure the upkeep of an authoritative knowledge base documenting each solution according to a template or required information, including infrastructure, connectivity, data, product dependencies, and compliance with enterprise architecture vision.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
NPPV Level 2 Clearance
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Knowledge:
Familiarity with implementation patterns/fluency with architectural language.
Familiar with project management in connection with solution delivery.
Fluency with several programming languages.
Appreciation of formal design methodologies (Z, CSP, Any discrete mathematics skills) - desirable
Experience:
Proven background in architecture, its design & management.
Testing practice associated with code deliverables.
Testing practice associated with requirements verification and validation - desirable
Skills & Abilities:
Proven communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships, both internally and externally
Comfortable with informal design methodology (UML diagrams and similar, narrative description).
Flexible, positive approach to work commitments, with the ability to travel around the forces.
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Job Ref: Thames Valley BL TCL 361778
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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