Enterprise Architect

NHS Band 8A Salary: 57528 - 64750 per annum                     

Hours Per Week: full time 37.5

Contract Type: 23 months Fixed Term

Job purpose

Play a leading senior technical role in the provision of effective efficient and fully integrated IT Infrastructure services that maximise their availability and integrity for end-users and optimise the value gained by the Trust from its investment in IT. This will be achieved by:

• Designing multiple architectural models with varying complexities ensuring business strategy and processes are considered in translation to IT solutions;
• Ability to operate across organisation and computer technology silos to drive common approaches across the Trust enterprise architecture;
• Acting as champion for the departments ITIL processes providing professional guidance in and execution of Change Release Problem Performance and Availability Management;
• Provide leadership in enterprise architecture technologies when working with external vendors suppliers and other stakeholders.
• Provide leadership in application performance monitoring detection of potential performance changes and overseeing action plans in ensuring users quality of experience.

Job summary

• Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks
• Support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice guidance and support as appropriate.
• Ensure that approved budgets are spent effectively and in accordance with agreed procedures
• Liaison with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated
• Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the shared services as required
• Maintain and continuously improve specialist knowledge in an aspect of Health Service which significantly contributes to the Trusts stated objectives & aims
• Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders or manage the links made through the team. Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work.
• Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues
• Increase the level of knowledge & skills within the Trust through documenting key learning and supporting others to develop their professional abilities.
• Dissemination of knowledge through engagement in report writing and reviewing taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications of that dissemination.
• Ensure that expertise is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with government departments national agencies and key stakeholders.
• Develop structures systems ways of working and personal values that will support the Trusts sustainable development objectives with regard to issues such as Carbon reduction and waste minimisation; and to encourage all stakeholders of the Trust to act as enthusiastic agents of change.

For full job details please refer to enclosed job description.

Qualifications :

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in computing or related field.
• Technical accreditation in at least two or more of the following; Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certified Virtualisation Expert (CVE) or Citrix Certified Architect (CCA).
• ITIL Foundation Certificate
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate

Additional Information :

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. 

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract