Solution Architect

Our client is a high profile government agency that leads the delivery of whole of government, large scale technology development initiatives

They provide technical, tactical and transactional support for whole of government ICT

Role Description:

The Solution Architect will help deliver Digital Transformation projects - the agency is undertaking a significant digital transformation program for it's service delivery and are seeking to build digital services that are customised and personalised for the citizen experience

Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements from different stakeholders into solution options while maintaining business-critical systems' integrity, and then proactively drive/guide the agreed deliverables.
• Produce designs that are fit for purpose, adhere to relevant standards and patterns, leverage reusable components and are coherent with wider technology domains.
• Own partnerships with cross-functional technology and design teams to ensure consistent, beneficial client interaction and solution delivery.
• Ensure that solutions are aligned with the technology strategy and coherent with those of other capabilities and technology domain roadmaps.
• Contribute to selecting specific technologies and influence business and technology stakeholders to adopt the right technology solutions.
• Escalate risks, issues and critical dependencies to the appropriate leaders as required to ensure the successful delivery of the strategy.
• Participate in the technology assurance process, building reference models and enforcing standards, patterns and reusable components.
• Ensure that legacy technology is decommissioned to manage and reduce technical debt.
• Research customer issues that may be non-standard to offer solutions.
• Estimate the cost of implementing requirements and advise on high-cost/complex aspects where these could be omitted or requirement change could result in a more cost-effective implementation.
• Guide associate architects with architecture, design and the use of best practices.

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years experience in architecture (including design and consulting) across multiple domains and technologies.
• Experience delivering end-end enterprise grade solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline essential
• Must have a holistic view of technology stacks / digital transformation - including enterprise applications, integration, infrastructure components, cloud, service models (such as SaaS, IaaS etc)
• A technical background and an understanding of networks, storage solutions, servers and operating systems that form a part of a solution stack
• Proven track record of utilising architectural management principles / architectural frameworks and related disciplines (i.e. TOGAF, ITIL).
• Experience socialising solution intent, models and process to technical (i.e. architectural review board) and non-technical audiences (i.e. Business stakeholders).
• Proficient in generating professional, detailed, and accurate documentation for Architecture artefacts with experience in technical system design specifications - based on functional and non-functional requirements and current / target state analysis

Consultant: Colin Massey

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