Solution Architect, Inside IR35
Public Sector Resourcing
Role
Job Description
Solution Architect - Inside IR35
Contract Term: 7 Months
Contracting Authority: BEIS UK Research and Innovation
Location: Hybrid/London/Swindon/Bristol
Purpose of the role:
UKRI Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) department provides the enterprise technical services that underpin and enable UKRI's business capabilities. Within DDaT, the Data Portfolio Team are undertaking a number of change projects to enhance UKRI's data landscape.
Overall Purpose:
To design effective business solutions using Salesforce and Mulesoft technologies.
Key duties will include:
This position reports into the Data Portfolio Manager. The successful applicant will be a leading member of the Partner Data Solutions Team within Data Portfolio.
List of Duties / Work Programme / Responsibilities:
- Work with the Partner Solutions Product Manager and product teams in other programmes to understand stakeholder business strategy and needs
- Design high level technical solutions using Salesforce and Mulesoft technologies
- Assist product managers in developing user stories & acceptance criteria
- Assess the strengths, weaknesses and costs of different options
- Work with Enterprise Architect & wider technical community to create requisite design artifacts to meet government and UKRI specific software development lifecycle pre-requisites
- Engage with security, privacy and operations teams to make sure the new solution meets industry regulations
- Facilitate detailed design workshops / hackathons to progress complex design challenges
- Day to day membership and engagement with agile delivery team
- Engage in planning for transitions to live
Essential skills, qualifications and experience:
- Recent demonstrable experience in designing business solutions using Salesforce technologies, supported by appropriate technical certifications (eg Salesforce Certified Technical Architect).
- Knowledge of Master Data Management and Service based Architectures
- Ability to absorb technical information and communicate effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrable ability to create high quality design artefacts
- Excellent verbal communication, facilitation and listening skills and the ability to influence delivery within and across project teams
- Experience working in agile delivery teams
- Awareness of ITIL disciplines that govern the running of live services
- A self-starter with a track record of delivery and good teamwork
Desirable:
- Relevant architectural qualifications e.g. TOGAF
- Experience of working within the Public Sector