Job Description

The role is available to current employees within IT Services at the University of Leeds only.

Salary Grade 8 (\xc2\xa345,585\xe2\x80\x93 \xc2\xa354,395 p.a. depending on experience)

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you a highly skilled, delivery focused Solution Architect with experience of contributing to successful business change programmes? Do you have exceptional business and IT systems architecture skills? Are you interested in supporting the delivery of the university\xe2\x80\x99s digital transformation?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 135 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities.

As we embark on an ambitious Digital Transformation, we are investing in our IT Service, which is key to developing our learning and research capability as we strive to collaborate across the globe, challenging global issues.

We are looking for an innovative Solution Architect to join IT at one of the largest universities in the UK to develop and implement systems architecture to meet business needs.

Reporting to the Head of Solution Architecture and contributing to the Solution Architecture practice of the University your primary role will be to analyse business and technical requirements and develop solution architectures for project delivery. In addition you will assist with the development of solution architecture assets and accelerators such as University integration principles and design pattern libraries. Your role is distinguished from the role of a technical architect by a focus on solution architecture elements such as functional software selection, mapping of functional requirements to solution components, application integration and data migration. You will focus less on technical components such as compute and storage platform design but your role will not exclude these entirely.

You will work collaboratively with project managers, business representatives, end-users and technical teams with IT and the wider university to deliver systems that support effective and efficient business processes and align with university strategy.

You will analyse requirements and functional specifications, assess the current software systems in place in order to develop your proposed solution architectures. Once approved, you will support development teams in the delivery of the architecture. You should also be able to regularly update the university\xe2\x80\x99s IT governance groups on any developments in systems architecture.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) \xe2\x80\x93 That\xe2\x80\x99s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance\xe2\x80\x93 the University contributes 21.6% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

If you thrive working in a complex and varied environment this is an exciting opportunity for you to make a real difference in a world class organisation, apply today.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Antony Wood, Head of Solutions Architecture

Email:

University of Leeds