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.
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