Technical Architect

Technical Architect

Salary:  Negotiable   Location: Brentwood

Type: Full Time  Postal/Zip Code:  90049 

Job description

Technical Architect / Mobile Strategic Architect - TOGAF, SOA 

£40 - £48 p/h

6 Month Contract (possible extensions)

Basildon, Essex commutable from London, Cambridge, Kent

Description:

Mobile Strategic Architect operating within the Solution Architecture team. This position will provide a co-ordinating function to establish a Mobile Reference Architecture, including frameworks, recommended tools and approaches for B2C, B2D and potentially B2E mobile development. 

As such co-ordination will be required between Solution Architects, Application Development and mobile SMEs globally, facing off to Enterprise Architecture /Information Management and Business IT teams. 

Responsibilities will include: 

. Develop a candidate Mobile Reference Architecture based on industry best practice and trends, within the parameters of technology standards and policy.

. Socialise the Reference Architecture with key stakeholders and SMEs, receiving feedback and clarification and treating these inputs appropriately. 

. Pilot use of the Reference Architecture to ensure practicability. 

. Work with the Technology Standards Processes to ensure a consistent set of compliant tools and products are available to implement the Reference Architecture.

. Version control architecture to provide a balance between flexibility and stability 

. Work with SMEs and others to resolve conflicts or competing approaches and modify Reference Architecture if necessary.

Technical Skills (Must Have): 

. Extensive experience in IT Architectural development and consulting, particularly within the mobile development space.

. Extensive commercial IT development experience across the full life-cycle, especially in design and development phases, and with experience of analysis and support

. Strong Solution Architecture experience including development of technical architecture documents

. Extensive knowledge of mobile development tools and approaches (e.g. adaptive design, mobile first, responsive design, progressive enhancement, MEAP)

. Strong written and verbal communication skills plus virtual collaboration skills for working within a global virtual team

. Experience in writing technical specifications for external partners (e.g. ISVs)

. Experience working in a large organisation

Technical Skills (Nice to Have): . Understanding of Object-Oriented software concepts

. Understanding of Service-Oriented software concepts

. Understanding Enterprise Architecture concepts (e.g. TOGAF and Zachman)

. Awareness of .Agile. development methods

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