Role Description:

The Technical Architect works with operational and project teams to provide detailed designs and guidance on various aspects of infrastructure solutions. The role is responsible for producing high level plus low level designs and providing guidance and support for transition, transformation and delivery on a variety of initiatives. The Technical Architect also applies functional knowledge and technical expertise to design systems that support customer needs.

Key responsibilities include:

* To be responsible and accountable for the design of an integrated technical solution across all streams of a project or small programme.
* To understand the technical problems, challenges and complexities that exist within each stream or area of a programme and be able to manage and/or liaise with other technical stream leads to arrive at an integrated technical solution that meets the business requirements.
* Promote co-operation, and where necessary, coach and facilitate co-ordination of all technical streams leaders of a programme to achieve the successful delivery of an integrated technical solution.
* Identifies, understands and quantifies technical risk and advises on strategies to mitigate that risk.
* Support the project / programme manager in understanding the technical risks, dependencies and issues that exist, be able to quantify these and the impact that they may have on the project / programme.
* Ensures that all the agreed business requirements to be satisfied by the project are implemented in the overall solution, are traceable and are compatible with the project's technical architecture.
* Support the Solutions Architect to develop and enhance standards, policies/guidelines whilst driving adoption of standards.
* Perform audits, peer reviews and due diligence as required.
* Leverage and influence change programmes to develop/enhance the standards, policies/guidelines whilst driving adoption of standards.

Key Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

* Excellent communication skills, including stakeholder management experience.
* Exceptional writing skills, including documenting solution architectures and support information.
* Strong customer service focus and attention to detail.
* Ability to travel.
* Demonstrable experience reviewing and creating design documents as a subject matter expert for physical infrastructure solutions.
* Technical design, configuration, and implementation expertise within large-scale Transformations and Migrations.
* Strong knowledge and demonstrable experience with infrastructure architecture, implementation and support expertise.
* Expert technical and technical leadership skills.
* Technical risk identification and management.
* Planning and management of technical infrastructure tasks
* Delivery of new or refurbishment of facilities/buildings
o Audio Visual
o Containment & Ducting
o Networking
o Comms rooms
o Cabinet Infrastructure
o UPS
o HVAC
o Telephony
o Liaison with Building Contractors
Special Requirements or Accreditations


Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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