Duration: 6 months initially (3-5 year programme)
Location: Remote with 1-2 days onsite in Warwick/Perth per month
Role: Enterprise Architect/Lead Solutions Architect (UK based)
Rate: £635 per day via umbrella
Scope of Services/Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate delivery of architectural outputs of the SSE/NGSI JV architecture practice to ensure the JV architecture team are aligned to the required standards and deliverables required for the JV to meet the required outcomes.
Provide solution and enterprise level architectural guidance, direction, and assurance for the SSE/NGSI JV digital estate.
Act as the independent procedural Chair and Facilitator of the Architectural Design Authority (ADA) preparing agendas and ensuring submission readiness, facilitates sessions and documents decisions and actions.
Deliver outcomes that comply with JV partner IT governance policies and satisfy formal sign-off requirements, unless an exception is granted in writing from the JV partner's lead Architects.
Provide input into the NGSI Architecture function to advise on the SSE/NGSI JV architecture context.
Provide support and input into cross-JV deliverables where necessary as requested by NGSI Product Line Director and/or NGSI Lead Architect
Continuous alignment with both JV partner's standards and practices to ensure adherence to governance.
Seek formal sign-off from the JV partners Lead Architects and NGSI Product Line Director for all architectural deliverables.
Coordinate delivery of architectural outputs by the offshore architecture team against a work allocation plan aligned with JV delivery needs and in line with the agreed JV RACI.
Provide assurance that technical deliverables adhere to all agreed standards and delivery & governance frameworks.
Identify technical and architectural non-compliance to agreed governance standards and report progress
Embedding consistent quality and best practices across teams.
Coordinate architecture activities across multiple projects or workstreams within the NGSI/SSE JV.
Provide hands-on architectural leadership for JV digital estates and solution designs.
Produce high-quality architecture deliverables including blueprints, assessment reports, decision logs, and roadmaps
Provide assurance of alignment of all artefacts to agreed standards.
Participate in Governance forums as per the JV and JV partners terms of reference.
Input into workshops to provide expert architectural guidance
Salary description
£635.00 - £635.00 per day