Solutions Architect

Salary: £46,735.00 - £55,755.00  per annum (with potential for market factor supplement)

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 27 April 2025

About us 

Our IT Service exists to deliver an excellent service for its users, enabling world-class teaching, learning and research at our university. 

We are committed to expanding our knowledge and expertise with a strong focus on the training and development needs of our people. Your contribution will help shape the future of education and contribute to ground-breaking projects through IT innovation. To find out more about our dynamic customer-focussed teams, visit  Working in our IT Service.

The Role 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Solutions Architect to expand our established Architecture Team within the IT Service. The team has a maturing enterprise architecture capability and is looking to augment this with solution architecture to ensure projects and changes meet business needs while adhering to architectural principles, standards, and the target architecture. 

The University has a strong commitment to investment in digital technology to improve the student and staff experience. The Architecture Team is part of the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). Working alongside the Project Management Office, which comprises Project Management and Business Analysis practices, the team helps design and deliver University-wide IT solutions. These solutions are prioritized by the Technology Portfolio Board. 

You will define solution architectures through close collaboration with colleagues in the OCTO, Technical Operations and Service Delivery sections, working alongside subject-matter experts, suppliers, business partners, and key stakeholders. You will champion cutting-edge solution architecture practices, drive the development and adoption of standards through proven methodologies to elevate project and change outcomes. 

This role is permanent, based at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne campus, and offers a variety of attractive benefits including hybrid working. 

About you:  

We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate the following essential qualities:  

• Demonstrable, breadth of experience in a Solutions Architecture capacity 
• Experience with diverse, complex application and infrastructure technology stacks 
• Evidence of practical application of industry-recognised architecture frameworks such as TOGAF 
• Ability to develop architecture models to depict current and future states of the IT architecture 
• Broad knowledge of IT industry standards and best practice 
• Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing skills 

We will support you and invest in your personal and professional development to help you succeed in the role and build the knowledge and skills to thrive. You will benefit from: 

• A highly collaborative team that builds on their collective knowledge, skills, and experience to continuously adapt and improve
• A variety of development pathways with time and funding to ensure your progression

Ready to architect solutions that impact 30,000+ students and staff?

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply by submitting an up-to-date CV and a covering letter. Your application should outline examples where your knowledge, skills, and experiences meet the requirements of the IT Architect (Solutions Architect) job description.

If we deem your application suitable for this role, we will invite you to interview expected  Thursday 8th May , during which you will be asked to deliver a short presentation. 

For further details reach out to Alan Cecchini - Enterprise Architect  alan.cecchini@newcastle.ac.uk for an informal chat about this opportunity. 

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Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 28003

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