Technical Architect

Job Description

Technical Architect

Permanent

Up to £65,000 per annum

Northampton (hybrid – 3 days on site, 2 WFH)

Purpose of Role:

The Technical Architect provides a bridge between understanding business needs and technological solutions while acting as a gatekeeper between the organisation and their Managed Service provider for technical IT solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designs and evaluates systems architectures, which include infrastructure, storage repository creation and system diagrams
• Responsible for the physical design of technical solutions and formulating plans to deliver those solutions. Focus on building a technical strategy/roadmap as part of the wider IT strategy
• Work with the wider project team, e.g., IT Project Managers, Advanced (Managed Service Provider), and IT Security, to effectively deliver solutions
• Act as an IT Infrastructure knowledge expert for the organisation and be responsible for overseeing technology selections and implementation strategies suggested by partners
• Understand the business and non-functional requirements and identify suitable architecture (including broader technologies, if applicable, application structure and conceptual approaches) that best meets any relevant budgetary and/or timescale constraints
• Translates business needs into long-term architecture solutions
• Own the design and present it to the relevant governance bodies for review and approval
• Mentor and support BAU support staff and project resources so they meet their objectives
• Be the IT Infrastructure knowledge authority during defect triage and defect resolution
• Own the IT Infrastructure vision and strategy with the Head of IT Operations
• Provide guidance and oversight to minimise technical risk and business risk arising from technology and technical solutions
• Undertake detailed design reviews
• Identify appropriate and cost-effective physical architectures that provide resilience commensurate with business risk and impact
• Develop a roadmap for technical assurance in line with the organisations 5-year strategy.This will include:
• Win 11 Build
• Network Redesign
• Server 2012 refresh
• Central point of control for all infrastructure design to deliver efficiencies through best practice solutions
• Working in conjunction with the IT Security and Risk Officer in creating and maintaining Security documentation, conducting Security audits, and resolving identified Security issues appropriately
• Advise on appropriate data backup, disaster recovery and testing as per policy
• Carry out any other duties requested by line management to achieve the IT department's aims and objectives

Requirements:

• Extensive experience as a Technical Architect
• Previous track record with Azure
• Experience of migrating from on prem to cloud

Should this role be of interest and you feel you have a suitable background, please apply now.