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This brand new role as a Technical Architect is pivotal in optimising IT infrastructure and aligning technology strategies with business goals, making it an ideal position for ambitious professionals looking to make a significant impact.

You would join a small IT team and be comfortable jumping in and working as both the solution and technical architect. The focus for the business is the completion of AWS backend for their current stage of the transformation. Growing a data platform is also key. You need to be able to jump in and help devs with tech stories and also architect out the future state.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to align IT strategies with business objectives.
  • Evaluate the architectural landscape, defining current and target state architectures along with transition plans.
  • Lead the development and implementation of architecture governance frameworks and standards.
  • Create and maintain architectural documentation, including roadmaps and service catalogues.
  • Provide architectural support to projects, ensuring technology solutions meet business requirements.

    Skills:
  • Experience with IS technology solution implementations
  • 5+ years of experience with solution architecture, with experience across a broad range of solutions
  • 5+ years of experience with cloud technologies, e.g AWS
  • Experience of re-architecture of applications based on cloud strategy, e.g. MACH architecture
  • Experience of Information Security
  • Experience in Architectural Modeling and Diagramming
  • Experience of software development lifecycle
  • Experience of a Business Analysis Framework
  • Experience of a Project Management Framework
  • A bachelor's degree in science (BSc) in IT, application or network architecture, computer science or data architecture.

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