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Solutions Architect

Employer
Alexander Mann Solutions (on behalf of Public Sector Resourcing
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Salary
Day Rate of £500 - £600
Closing date
4 Jan 2019

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Clearance Level
SC
Sector
Information Technology, Public Sector
Job Type
Contract

Public Sector Resourcing is currently seeking a Solution Architect for a 6 month contract on behalf of DEFRA Marine Management Organisation

Location: Newcastle

Day rate: £500 - £600

Purpose of the Role:

Defra and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) are undertaking a challenging programme of business process and ICT system review and remediation to enable it to respond to changing and uncertain policy requirements within tight timescales and to support a broader programme of transformation to enable us to meet the Department’s longer term needs to support the UK’s Fisheries and Trade.

The role of Solution Architect is to support the delivery of technical solutions by delivery partners at a project level to deliver consistent, robust solutions and outcomes that meet Defra’s needs.

The Candidate:

Skills and Experience

A candidate for this role should be able to display skills and experience in line with the Government Digital Service skills description for a  SeniorTechnical Architect:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/senior-technical-architect-skills-they-need/senior-technical-architect-skills-they-need (& see appendix)

In particular the candidate should have excellent and demonstrable skills and experience delivering solutions in a challenging delivery environment, desirably in a public sector context. 

Candidates will need:

  • A passion for fast moving, agile delivery environments.
  • The confidence and interpersonal skills to become the trusted advisor to supplier counterparts.
  • A collaborative and team-building attitude
  • Strong communication skills (speaking, writing, listening).
  • Existing Security Clearances (SC) would be desirable
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Candidates should be familiar with the following technologies:
 
Candidates should demonstrate a solid understanding across multiple technology domains, including:
 

  • System Delivery using Node.JS, Java, c#. .NET and related technologies and application styles (including Web, Batch and component Integration using Micro-services, APIs, SOA, Web services, JSON, etc.).  Ideally the candidate will have previous (fairly recent) and relevant experience as a developer in these technologies
  • Broad experience of Cloud (preferably Azure) IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and legacy application cloud readiness/migration
  • Continuous Integration and Delivery techniques and technologies; Infrastructure as Code; Performance and operability testing
  • Data management including SQL, XML, JSON and distributed transaction integrity
  • Identity and role based access solutions
  • Agile delivery
  • Highly secure public sector services.
  • Utilising common/shared platform services, internal and external (e.g. GDS common platforms)
  • Specific experience in MS Dynamics, Azure AD and Dell Boomi would be advantageous.

            If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our sourcing specialists now.

This Role is OUT of Scope of IR35

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