Sopra Steria
Sep 21, 2022
Full time
Are you an experienced technical architect looking for a new opportunity? We are looking for a principal technical architect to join our fantastic team in the SSCL sector. In this role, you will be an acknowledged leader in Sopra Steria in your technology area. You main responsibilities within this role will be to maintain ownership, enabling technology and infrastructure architecture throughout the program. You should have end-to-end awareness and visibility of all the physical, virtual and software assets in use by all parts of the business. The daily activities will include providing guidance and support to both fellow EAs, Solution Architects, Designers and run-staff on the best possible selection and use of supporting technology and infrastructure to deliver the business outcomes at the optimised level of TCO and compliance. We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities. What you will be doing: Lead development of the Technology road map and infrastructure reference architectures, working in conjunction with Defence Digital, DBS MP&V representatives, IT Operations and Security Lead on development of strategy, approach and roadmaps for the selection and implementation of Technologies and their supporting infrastructures. Develop Technology strategy and infrastructure operating model supporting implementation of a Cloud First operational stance suitable to deliver the program objectives around improved transparency, disaggregation and lower operating costs Provide coaching, guidance and direction to service design resources aligned to delivery project workstreams within the Technology and Infrastructure space Provide direction and guidance to service transition managers supporting implementation of new technologies and integration into the service operating model Develop organisation design, roles and responsibilities and processes, working with business analysts, process designers, solutions architects and other stakeholders across SSCL Defence for the ongoing support and upkeep of business supporting infrastructures Support and direct the work of the designers to ensure solution design adherence to the Technology Reference Model and roadmap Chair working groups on new capability delivery to ensure appropriate use of Technology and Infrastructure throughout the business Represent the business interests in industry and supplier forums Maintain the business demand position for current and future technologies and services with Defence Digital Consult on all Evergreen decisions to ensure Technology and Infrastructure lifecycle management is being applied in the most cost-effective manner Maintain on-going market survey for new Technologies and infrastructure providers and best-practice models What you'll bring: WAN & LAN services: Carrier networking: MPLS, Carrier Ethernet, network edge services network security: Fortinet FW, Web application firewalls, Vulnerability scanning & vulnerability management network services, Cisco switching and routing Cloud and virtualisation services: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IaaS and PaaS Azure, AWS VMWare, Hyper-V Public and private cloud (cloud at customer, VMWare, Citrix Cloud provisioning & build tools - FlexDeploy, Terraform, Chef/Puppet, Python etc. End-user compute/Collaboration platforms: Windows Server SCOM/SCCM and supporting technologies Collaboration technologies: MS Exchange, O365, SharePoint JIRA / Confluence IP Telephony and Contact centre: Enterprise IPT and Contact Centre solutions (Cisco UCCX/UCCE, Avaya etc.) Omnichannel and portal/contact centre integration OSS / BSS tools: ITSM tools: ServiceNow / SolarWinds SOC/SIEM: Splunk, Nexus, Syslog NG, Capacity Management Application performance management Application integration API Management / API gateway services inc. Software AG webMethods, Oracle Integration Cloud Managed file transfer If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full-time Location : Anywhere Security Clearance Level: SC Internal Recruiter: Marion Salary: £80,000 to £100,000 Benefits: £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical (couple), life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Shared Services Connected Ltd was established as a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Sopra Steria, in 2013 as part of the Government's Shared Services Strategy for Smarter Government programme and operates from four regional centres of excellence: Blackpool; Newcastle; Newport; and York. We deliver best in class business transformation programmes to across the Public Sector with a target to release one billion pounds of savings to the public. We have established an enviable track record in the design and delivery of large-scale innovative HR, Payroll, IT, and Finance & Accounting solutions to significantly improve efficiencies and enhance service levels across Government and Public Sector. Our clients include a number of government agencies including the Department for Work and Pensions, Environment Agency Department for Education, Ministry of Justice and Home Office as well as the Metropolitan Police Service and the Construction Industry Training Board. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. 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