Technical Architect

FGH (Freemans Grattan Holdings); Bradford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Bradford seeks a Technical Architect to enhance their technology architecture by advising and coordinating the integration of new applications. This role includes conducting technical assurance, establishing best practices, and managing stakeholder communications to ensure high-quality IT services.

Qualifications

• Excellent relevant development skills including analysis, design, programming, testing, implementation.
• Confident in application of structured methods and techniques.
• Good awareness of retail and financial service operations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough reviews of technical designs and documentation.
• Manage stakeholders and ensure effective communication.
• Establish coding standards and conduct code reviews.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Analysis

Job description

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Architect, To advise, assist and co-ordinate integration of new and enhanced applications into the technology architecture, acting as the technical lead in architecture ensuring a consistent approach and build practicesare assured, compatible with IT strategy; and consistent with vendor standards. To contribute proactivelyensuring a high-quality IT service is maintained.

Role Responsibilities

Technical Assurance
• Conduct thorough reviews of technical designs and architectural documentation to ensure alignmentwith project requirements, best practices, and industry standards.
• Identify and address potential design flaws, security vulnerabilities, and scalability concerns duringthe early stages of the project.
• Design, Specify or Coding of complex, specialist or critical elements of applications/platform services.

Quality Assurance
• Establish and influence coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines to maintain codequality and consistency across development teams.
• Conduct code reviews to identify and rectify potential issues related to coding standards,
performance, and maintainability.

Relationship Management
• Manage stakeholders, ensuring effective and timely communication, realistic expectations anddisplaying a positive ‘growth mindset’.
• Liaise with internal subject matter experts/Independent 3rd Party Software Vendors/Strategic
software partners on matters within their area of expertise, to understand business needs and
support efficient problem resolution.
• Act as expert technical consultant in the areas of software development, platform considerations andarchitectural issues.

Personal
• Maintain a good awareness of developments across the IT industry in technologies, tools andtechniques.
• Supervise, organise and control the work of others as and when required.
• Manage engagements on smaller projects and technical change initiatives
• Providing coaching/training to less experienced colleagues and senior business stakeholders

Best Practice
• Set best practices and standards for software development, supervise and verify results of featuredevelopment and extension of MS Dynamics, Azure PaaS and bespoke software solutions. Develop,or contribute to, software peer review, development practices, security standards, software releasesand technology strategy.

Point of contact for assistance in resolving complex technical problems and using awareness ofbusiness/commercial impact, prioritiseown and others workloads. Proactive contribution to improving the effectiveness of IT, promoting good practice throughout thedepartment.

General
• To be committed to good outcomes for customers at all times
• Ensure compliance with all applicable UK and local regulations, Company Policies and FCA

ConductRules
• Demonstrate behaviours in line with our Company values
• To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other persons who may be
affected by acts and omissions at work

About you

Technical Knowledge

• Excellent relevant development skills includingsome/all of analysis; design, specification;programming; testing, implementation.
• Confident and proficient in the application ofstructured methods, tools and techniques

Best Practice

• Able to contribute positively across differingSoftware Development Lifecycles, Applicationarchitectures and associated development tools,techniques and methods.

Problem Solving

• Strong planning, analytical and reporting skills,able to assimilate complex information andpresent concise reasoned recommendations.

Communication

• Excellent interpersonal and communicationskills, able to engage effectively at all levels,both internally and with 3rd parties.

Business Knowledge

• Good awareness of retail and financial servicesbusiness operations and how these aresupported by IT systems.

Strategic thinking skills, able to place FGH

• IT activity and broader industry trends in anorganisational context.

Managing Change

• Flexible and proactive approach to change,encouraging innovation and presenting changepositively.

Business Knowledge

• Makes IT decisions consistent with goodcommercial basis.

Leadership

• Coaches/motivates/ develops lessexperienced/skilled members both across IT andthe organisation as a whole.

Drive

• Maintains a high level of personal motivation,working with pace and energy, respondingpositively to setbacks, enabling performanceimprovement.

Accountability

• Accepting responsibility and delivering results.

Collaborative working

• Displays and encourages strong sense ofteamwork within the department and across allstakeholders.

Customer Focus

• Champion a customer focused environmentstriving to exceed customer expectations.

Be able to commute to Bradford City Centre