Solution Architect - Kidlington, United Kingdom - Service Care Solutions - Criminal Justice

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Service Care Solutions are recruiting for a Solutions Architect to work for a Police Force in Kidlington.

Role:
Solutions Architect


Pay:
£650 Per Day

Contract: 6 Months


The overall purpose of the role is to: Transform requirements and proposals of the business into solution designs that will enable their evaluation for review by internal stakeholders, go-ahead approval on proposals by internal sponsors, and delivery byinternal or external teams.

Deliver objectives with an awareness of the immediate challenges of a solution whilst taking account of the strategic direction of the organisation, of ICT, and of the enterprise architecture.


  • The design of solutions which are fully suitable for the problem they are resolving, taking into
account all requirements.

Information preparation for architecture consumers as appropriate:

  • Internal Sponsors: Provide high level summary on technical elements, relationship to existing capabilities in technology portfolio, and other information sufficient to enable go/no-go decisions on projects.
  • Internal Stakeholders: Provide detail on how solutions will resolve requirements sufficiently detailed to enable the stakeholder to give approval for the suitability of solutions.
  • Internal/External development teams: Provide technical detail to enable project management to drive work breakdown structures into tasks and requirements traceability matrices for progress tracking and estimation by delivery teams.
  • Internal Infrastructure team: Provide an outline of the solution infrastructure requirements suitable for assisting with provisioning infrastructure resources and planning utilisation of shared services.
  • Internal Maintenance: Complete base maintenance details and identify areas requiring completion as part of the implementation and deployment of solutions in order to best assist with issue resolution and solution extension.
  • Internal Training: Assist with confirming training needs and availability.
  • Testing: Enable design and execution of functional and nonfunctional tests.
  • Please note some of these elements may be combined into one document, or form parts of other documents owned by other roles in the organisation, however the preparation and accessibility of this information in a wellknown and accessible repository is theresponsibility of the Solution Architect.
  • Maintaining alignment of all solutions architecture with the enterprise architecture vision, and designing solutions accordingly.
  • Ensure the upkeep of an authoritative knowledge base documenting each solution according to a template or required information, including infrastructure, connectivity, data, product dependencies, and compliance with enterprise architecture vision.
The knowledge or skills required.

  • Proven background in architecture, its design & management.
  • Familiarity with implementation patterns/fluency with architectural language.
  • Comfortable with informal design methodology (UML diagrams and similar, narrative description).
  • Fluency with several programming languages.
  • Proven communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships, both internally and externally.
  • Familiar with project management in connection with solution delivery.

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