Business Solutions Architect (Consultant)
As a Business Solutions Architect at Actica, you will provide support to a wide range of high-profile UK public sector and defence organisations. Your role enables them to get maximum benefit from technology investments and play a key role in nationally critical projects that make a real difference to people’s everyday lives.
You will use your architecture skills across consulting projects and clients to provide high-value strategy, business analysis, technology and procurement consultancy to ensure any solution aligns with business strategy and aspirations.
Candidates must be eligible and willing to obtain a high-level UK Security Clearance to apply for this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide architecture services in complex transformation programmes to align and drive coherent delivery based on value streams;
- Develop baseline and transition architectures to support the client’s strategic or implementation planning of ICT services within a business change programme;
- Develop architecture views describing all aspects of the client’s organisation, such as its business, application and data architecture;
- Develop and assure high-level solution designs.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- Experience with enterprise or business architecture frameworks and practices such as TOGAF;
- Experience producing architecture documentation (e.g., options assessments) to engage business stakeholders;
- Consulting mindset – quick thinkers, proactive, self-motivated, able to apply structured approaches to unfamiliar subject matter;
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and written communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience in public sector, defence or financial services, preferably within ICT on enterprise solutions;
- Consulting experience in the public sector or defence;
- Architectural expertise in one or more domains (business, solutions or service architecture).
Career Development
You will have opportunities to further your career in consulting, specialising in a broad range of methodologies and technical specialisations. A career mentor and a performance and development manager will support your growth.
Benefits
- 25 days of paid leave per annum plus 8 UK bank holidays;
- Participation in a discretionary bonus scheme;
- Participation in a stakeholder pension scheme;
- Participation in a cycle-to-work scheme;
- Employee Assistance Programme;
- Electric Car leasing scheme.
Working Arrangements
- Hybrid working model with office base in Guildford and access to branches in London, Swindon and Cheltenham;
- Typical work week may involve 2-3 days on client premises or other locations, remainder at home or office;
- Some projects may require up to 5 days per week on-site; occasional travel away from home may be required;
- Team-based project environment with opportunities to participate in internal initiatives.
About Actica Consulting
Actica Consulting is a leading digital transformation and cyber security consultancy focused on the UK public sector.
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