Solution Architect

University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic institution in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced architect to work within its architecture team. Candidates should have significant experience in enterprise and solution architecture, particularly with AWS, integration, and metadata tooling. The role involves collaboration across various projects and requires strong analytical skills. Benefits include competitive leave, flexible working opportunities, and a commitment to diversity and development.

Benefits

Competitive annual leave

Generous pensions scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Development and wellbeing commitment

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Significant practical experience as an enterprise, solution, technical or systems architect.
• Experience supporting cloud environments (AWS primarily, some Azure) and on-premise infrastructure.
• Experience with metadata tooling and data cataloging (e.g., AWS Glue Data Catalog).

Responsibilities

• Work across a range of projects within Solution Architecture including integration and cloud environments.
• Support cloud environments and on-premise infrastructure in Technical Architecture.
• Assist the data team with metadata tooling using AWS Glue Data Catalog.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Experience with AWS

Experience with integration

Experience with Salesforce

Experience with SAP

Job description

Overview

Architecture is a key part of how we work at the University. Built out over the last two years, the team works in tandem with colleagues in our Product and Technology Teams, helping define how solutions are built and how our data is managed as well as providing technical expertise and defining strategy. The team is split into two areas: Solution Architecture and Technical & Data Architecture, with a Lead Architect for each section who both report to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Responsibilities

• Work across a range of projects within Solution Architecture, including potential involvement with Salesforce, SAP, integration, AWS, in-house software development and more.
• Support both cloud environments (mainly AWS with some Azure) and on-premise infrastructure in Technical Architecture.
• Assist the data team with metadata tooling to build on the existing use of AWS Glue Data Catalog.
• Maintain and leverage our repository, BizzDesign, as part of architecture work.
• Apply significant practical experience as an enterprise, solution, technical or systems architect, and work collaboratively with stakeholders across the University to meet current and future IT needs.
• Challenge the status quo, work collaboratively but independently, and help elevate architecture's role across the organisation; adapt to an evolving structure and view constraints as a creative challenge.

Qualifications

• Significant practical experience as an enterprise, solution, technical or systems architect.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the University.
• Experience with Salesforce, SAP, integration, AWS, in-house software development, and related technologies mentioned.
• Experience supporting cloud environments (AWS primarily, some Azure) and on-premise infrastructure.
• Experience with metadata tooling and data cataloging (e.g., AWS Glue Data Catalog).
• Willingness to operate within a flexible, evolving organisational structure.

Benefits

The University of Sheffield offers a range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more. Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.