It Architect

Hampshire County Council IT requires an IT Architect to join its diverse, and talented IT Delivery Architecture Team.

You will be responsible for the development of solutions built on enterprise class platforms to meet business requirements, corporate strategies, and architectural standards. The new solutions are delivering real change, across the wide range of services we as an organisation provide, helping to improve the lives of people living in Hampshire, including some of the most vulnerable. You will have an opportunity to really make a positive impact through the solutions you design. You will act as a trusted advisor to colleagues at all levels across IT and the wider business. Working alongside highly skilled and supportive Technical Specialists, Enterprise Architects, Business Analysts, and Project Managers, you will produce fully costed end-to-end solution designs that meet functional and non-functional requirements, conform to County Council architecture standards, and oversee the implementation of these.

To be successful in the role, you need to have Hybrid Cloud experience including design work, utilising a wide range of concepts and technologies such as SaaS/PaaS/IaaS/On-Premises hosting, application provisioning and integration, Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Windows Server, firewalls, load balancers, and databases (both HCC hosted and cloud).

About you and what we are looking for:

• Motivated by architecture, design, and innovation, with the energy and capability to consistently deliver in a fast paced, high-quality environment.
• Ability to develop architecture and solutions, built on enterprise class platforms, that meet requirements and architectural standards.
• Proven delivery of architecture and design documentation and identification of risks and architectural issues through to project closure.
• Strong presentation skills, and the ability to distil complex technical concepts, and communicate them in a clear and easy to understand way.
• The ability to quickly familiarise yourself with new technologies, identify opportunities these present and adapt to organisational culture and new ways of working.
• An aptitude for understanding business problems and solving challenges through the application of technology.
• Experience in leading the technical shaping of projects at early stages, supporting development of business cases.
• A self-starter, capable of managing a demanding, dynamic workload and the expectations of a varied set of stakeholders.
• A strong team player who enjoys facilitating discussions and workshops, listening, and learning from others.

If you are already working at a senior technical level and have a strong technical understanding of the areas we cover, then we would like to hear from you.  

We offer a flexible working environment, competitive salary, and great opportunities to enhance your existing skill set and knowledge.