AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Solution Architect (Inside IR35) for a 10 Month contract based REMOTELY with occasional visits to Swindon.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields –from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Solution Architect, your main responsibilities will be:

• Ensure that DDG projects adhere to DDaT architecture principles, standards and patterns at the enterprise- / macro-level. 
• Support the development of investment cases for DDG projects and follow through into the design and delivery so that they can be managed through live by Data Services.
• Act as lead architect on the DDH team advising on overall solutions to ensure any issues are uncovered and resolved quickly. 
• Work closely with solution architects in the DDG and other programmes to ensure that they are implementing solutions in keeping with the agreed design intent and adhering to TDA requirements. 
• Own the Enterprise Scope / Solution Overview / High Level Design documentation so that it can be approved by UKRI Technical Design Authority (TDA). 
• Responsible for keeping it up to date throughout the lifecycle and attending the UKRI TDA with any changes as necessary. 
• Develop the Solution Roadmap to show how the solution will be further enhanced after minimum-viable product and through to retirement. Look forwards to identify common needs, and gaps and work with the wider programme teams to influence the technology roadmaps and necessary components. 
• Creation of appropriate formal architecture products for (amongst other activities) product selection, options and impact assessment to validate or solution choices, enable traceability and provide corporate knowledge for ongoing support efforts.
• Work with commercial colleagues to provide input to tender materials and conduct supplier and product evaluation. Commission the Solution Architecture overview documentation and any roadmaps for DDG and ensure it is kept up to date throughout its lifecycle and attending the UKRI Technology Governance with any changes as necessary.

You will have proven and substantial experience in: 

• Defining requirements in an agile development framework based upon user needs, from vision, through epics to user stories and tasks.
• Identifying opportunities for service and business improvement, pinpointing opportunities to allow organisations like UKRI to perform more effectively. 
• Writing business cases justifying investment in digital spend, ideally having participated in a GDS spend approval process. Specifying requirements from both a business and user perspective to enable agreed changes to be implemented effectively.
• Been an architect on an agile programme that used enterprise scale cloud computing platform. TOGAF, SAFe or agile architecture qualification

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Commitment

UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".