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Lead Solutions Architect

Merseyside

Permanent

Up to £63k

Flexible working hours/ hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)

Excellent benefits

Sellick Partnership are supporting a Public Sector organisation to recruit for a Lead Solutions Architect on a permanent basis.

The organisation is embarking on an ambitious customer centric, data driven, digital transformation journey. This is an exciting time to join a forward thinking, digitally focussed business.

The Lead Solutions Architect will be responsible for leading the design, implementation and development of new solutions across the organisation to meet key strategic drivers and ambitions.

The Lead Solution Architect will be responsible for providing architectural services across the organisation, ensuring that solutions are designed to meet the requirements and services to achieve true integration of all systems.

Responsibilities:

Leading and managing the delivery, development and identification of solutions to digitise and make improvements to the organisations ICT services.
Engaging with Heads of Service and other senior stakeholders across the organisation to help define technology, data and digital requirements and to develop appropriate solutions.
Update and review documentation templates and standards.
Communicating new initiatives and the impact these are having on business objectives to inspire others.

What we are looking for:

Good understanding of IT strategy, technical architecture and its application.
Good knowledge of IT management standards including DevOps, TOGAF and ITIL.
Thorough understanding of large-scale systems management and corporate data.
Proven experience of conducting architectural assessments and creating roadmaps, including technology gap assessments, approached to cloud transition and architectural governance.
Significant experience of managing and motivating a team and motivating other employees.
Conducting staff appraisals and performance reviews.
Relevant professional qualification eg. Chartered IT Professional (CITP), BCS Practitioner or certified in architecture design methodology eg TOGAF.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team a time of positive change. Please apply by Friday 13th December to be considered.

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