Domain Architect

Riverside; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside, a progressive housing association in Liverpool, seeks a Domain Architect to spearhead IT solutions across diverse projects. This role focuses on ensuring IT strategies align with business objectives while leading technical teams. Candidates should have a rich background in solution architecture, stakeholder management, and a commitment to inclusivity.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Investment in learning and development

A wide range of benefits

Qualifications

• Proven track record in defining IT solutions for significant projects.
• Experience leading technical teams formed from internal and external resources.
• In-depth knowledge of solution architecture tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Define high-level solution designs for diverse projects.
• Lead the definition of end-to-end IT solution design.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders for IT solution design.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Solution Architecture

Negotiation Skills

Customer Focus

Communication

Tools

TOGAF

Agile Techniques

DevOps

Job description

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Job Title: Domain Architect
Contract Type:Permanent
Salary:£64,438.10 Per Annum (£71,058.27 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
Working Hours:35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, Hybrid
Location: Speke, Liverpool

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don'tmeet all the essential criteria on the job description.

The difference you will make as a Domain Architect:

Own the high level solution designs for a diverse range of projects across the Group. Assist the Project Manager to deliver timely and cost effective projects, whilst ensuring that IT solutions support optimised business or IT process and are aligned to the IT Strategy and business objectives.

About you

We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven track record of successfully defining IT solutions for significant projects, working within a structured development environment in a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Experience leading composite technical teams formed internally and from delivery partners
• In-depth knowledge of solution architecture tools and techniques.
• Experience of implementation and support of industry standard IT practices.

Why Riverside?

At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you’ll enjoy:

• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:

We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.

Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteedinterview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrateyou meet the minimum criteriafor the role you will be guaranteed an interview.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Role Profile

• Define the IT solution scope and deliverables for assigned projects ensuring alignment to business needs and strategic objectives, as well as the target IT Strategy, IT Architecture and IT roadmaps.
• Lead the definition of the end-to-end IT solution design (covering the application, data and infrastructure aspects) in line with the project requirements and ensuring that the subsidiary lower level architecture and design product are compliant with the end-to-end solution design.
• Ensure good design principles are maintained so that non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, availability, reliability, operability and security are appropriately elaborated and addressed.
• Produce agreed solution designs in accordance with agreed scope, timeframe, financial and quality measures.
• Evaluate and undertake impact analysis on the IT solution options available to ensure the most appropriate solution meets IT and business requirements, gaining approval from the Architecture Governance Board as appropriate.
• Support change impact assessment processes and work/pipeline/demand planning activity as required by the project pipeline management process owners.
• Provide appropriate contributions to any IT related Invitations to Tender and Requests for Proposal, as well as supporting the evaluation of associated responses.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders effectively in relation to IT solution design, including third-party suppliers and partners, building constructive relationships to deliver business objectives by creating an inclusive, supportive and professional environment.
• Ensure any key IT architecture risks are identified and managed during the project lifecycle.
• Support the Project Manager with the estimating and resource planning of the IT solution design aspects of the project.
• Manage the coordination of any required technical resources needed to assist in defining the IT solution.
• Actively participate in the Group’s wider IT Architecture community to ensure knowledge, understanding and best practice is shared effectively.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
• Ensure that all Information Security requirements, including data protection, are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures and statutory requirements
• Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
• Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.

Person specification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Proven track record of successfully defining IT solutions for significant projects, working within a structured development environment in a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Experience leading composite technical teams formed internally and from delivery partners
• In-depth knowledge of solution architecture tools and techniques.
• Experience of implementation and support of industry standard IT practices.
• Experience of working with multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Experience using standard solution architecture modelling notations and modelling tools
• Thorough understanding of the issues surrounding information and data security and validity.
• Evidence of effective stakeholder management, including at a senior level, both internally and external to the organisation.
• Effective negotiation skills and the ability to successfully persuade and influence others.
• Customer focused with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work at all levels within the business.
• Ability to show initiative and mitigate the impact of emergent risks or propose solutions to issues identified
• Ability to identify residual accrued risk (technical debt) and shape remediation work
• Results focussed with the ability to take ownership of tasks.
• Commercially aware with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements.
• Understanding of lean business re-engineering principles and processes.
• Understanding of architecture frameworks and methods such as The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF).
• Understanding of sustainable hybrid Agile techniques such as SAFE
• Understanding of DevOps and continuous integration/delivery pipelines