Solutions Architect

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Solutions Architect

Permanent, Full Time

Up to £54,713 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: Friday 20th May 2022

The Opportunity

This role is responsible for creating efficient and effective detailed technical, data, business and security solutions that adhere to the technical architecture and meet ECC business objectives and requirements ensuring alignment and adherence to the principles of simplification, sharing and re-use.

In collaboration with stakeholders, partners and third-party suppliers, contribute to the development of IT plans in exploiting the opportunities to deliver innovative products, services and solutions that deliver benefits to the business and the citizens of Essex.

Accountabilities Include

• Responsible for designing technical, data management, security and business solutions that successfully translate user requirements in to effective and efficient operationally viable technology to support the successful operation of business requirements and services for the citizen of Essex
• Ensuring that enterprise wide and specific business solutions are designed to align correctly to architectural principles and technical architecture to ensure standardisation, simplification, sharing and re-use
• Applying policies, standards and good practices when designing solutions to ensure compliance between business and technology plans and enterprise transformation activities in support of business operations
• Responsible for adherence to technical standards and principles to inform solutions design and ensuring they are correctly employed in all technical initiatives to achieve commonality of solutions design and implementation which reduces cost and creates a more efficient and easily maintained technology environment
• Provide expert technical advice and guidance to the Commercial Team to ensure suppliers and procured products adhere to the enterprise architecture and principles of operation

he Experience You Will Bring

• Educated to degree Level or equivalent by experience
• Evidence of continual professional development to keep pace with technical and business change that meet defined SFIA V7 competencies
• Able to demonstrate strong experience in a Solutions Architecture Role preferably working within a large Local Authority or with a private sector organisation providing Public Sector Services
• Accredited to TOGAF 9.2 and must have demonstrable understanding and capability to employ supporting frameworks and methodologies including ArchiMate, BPMN, COBIT and IT4IT
• Able to demonstrate a clear understanding and capability to work within relevant ICT related standards including IITIL V3, ISO/IEC 38500, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 22301, ISO/IEC 20000, PRINCE2 and MSP
• Experience in the use of Enterprise Modelling tools and methods such as EA Sparx and Orbus iServer and developing systems in line with GDS and Cyber Security Group guidelines

To read more about us please visit: https://www.workingforessex.com/role/finance-technology/

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here.

Essex County Council is proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all its employees. More information can be found here https://www.workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.