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Salary: The starting salary will be from £42,632 to £52,183 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.
Digital Solutions Architect
Location: Exeter (Hybrid)
Date: 01/01/2025
Job details
Salary: The starting salary will be from £42,632 to £52,183 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.
Contractual hours: 36.5
Region: West
Package: Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable)
Job category/type: IT and Digital
Date posted: 17/12/2024
Job reference: P99118
Job description
IT Services and Digital Transformation
Full time (36.5 hours per week)
Flexible hybrid working – This is a hybrid role that offers flexible working between home and our Campus’s.
What you’ll be doing…
As a Solutions Architect, you will be pivotal in designing solutions to support the University’s modernisation and digital transformation programmes. Building upon the vision, the Solutions Architect will be responsible for defining the baseline (as-is) and target (to-be) business, information and technology architectures. Demonstrating leadership and governance, you will be responsible for designing and developing artefacts that will align with the University’s strategies, principles, and standards.
The role will involve you working collaboratively with all areas of the University to understand business processes, applications, and data. As a Solutions Architect, you will bridge the gap between technical and non-technical to translate technical concepts, so they are understood by all. The role will work closely with Delivery and Service Management teams to support the development, testing, and deployment of infrastructure, hybrid, and cloud solutions, ensuring they are implemented according to design.
The role will report to the Head of Architecture and will work with other Solution and Technical Architects, each bringing unique skills and perspectives to the team. As a valued member of the architecture team, you’ll participate in design sessions, contribute to architectural reviews, and engage in knowledge-sharing activities to enhance the architectural practices, principles, and standards.
We’re really looking for…
* Lead the development of architecture for our Digital team and deliver designs to support the digital strategy.
* Experienced in AWS / Azure cloud technologies with supporting evidence of delivery of large scale projects.
* Experience in developing solution architecture artefacts including architecture visions and high-level designs.
* Strong technical skills and experience in the development and delivering detailed design documentation.
* Passionate about new IT and digital technologies and promote and be an advocate for IT & Digital Strategies.
* Proven communication and collaboration skills demonstrating the ability to understand complex conceptual ideas and experience in conveying information to stakeholders.
* Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.
Just some of the benefits that come with this role include:
* Substantial annual leave package of 41 days!
* Incredible USS pension scheme
* Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy.
* Flexible Working options
* Benefit from fantastic discounts at local and national shops through numerous discount schemes including TOTUM cards.
* We take your personal and professional development very seriously and we’ll empower you to keep developing your expert skills and give you access to the latest technologies and platforms.
* Access to discounted state-of-the-art fitness centres on all our campuses.
* Sustainable travel initiative - enjoy a 10 percent discount on bus passes, cycle to work scheme and car sharing incentives. Save money and reduce your carbon footprint.
* Recognition and Rewards: We have multiple schemes that help us celebrate your contributions.
* Stunning campus locations in Exeter and Cornwall
Apply with your CV and a cover letter outlining how your relevant experience, skills and qualities meet the Person Specification.
The closing date for this role will be the 1st January.
Please note that the university will be closed from the 24th December to the 2nd January so we will be unable to respond to any queries during this time.
The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).
We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Further information
Please contact Mike Westwood, M.Westwood@exeter.ac.uk
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