Job Description

Organisation

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Customers, Communication and Technology

Job

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Technology Development

Position Type

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Full Time

Job title:

Consultant Architect - Digital

Salary:

TFL Band 4 -90,000 - 105,000

Location:

Pier Walk, North Greenwich

Contract Type

: Permanent

Overview

TfL exists to move London forward safely, inclusively, and sustainably. London's success depends on colleagues continuously improving and innovating to make moving around our city more safe, inclusive, and sustainable.


To do this we have to navigate an ever-changing environment. Technology continues to evolve rapidly. When and how customers use our network is shifting. The climate emergency is accelerating. TfL needs its architects to lead and shape technology projects with all this in mind.



We are looking for a Consultant Architect who is passionate about working for TfL, and has the business and technical skills to build team capability against the backdrop of complex solution delivery. You must be a critical thinker and possess the necessary leadership skills to ensure team success in the face of project technical and non-technical challenges. The post holder will be accountable for managing a team of Senior Solution Architects, ensuring architectures are developed and aligned to our project roadmaps.


This role will initially be recruited to develop our digital and identity management solution architecture team. You will need to have hands-on technical knowledge, skills, and experience in designing and building identity management, web, and mobile app solutions. A more detailed summary of role requirements is listed below.



The role requires you to be in the office 50% of the time, the department is based at offices in North Greenwich.

Key Accountabilities

Accountable for management of a team of Senior Solution Architects developing highly complex multi-vendor solution architectures in support of business objectives Accountable for the creation and maintenance of the Digital Capability and Technology Roadmap, gaining the senior management approval of solution, and technical delivery plan and budget

Accountable for the systematic breakdown, and subsequent clear definition and allocation of work packages to multiple partners to inform budgets and plans across development, test, operational support, and infrastructure architecture

Accountable for the creation of high quality project solution architecture documentation describing how people, processes and technologies inter-operate to deliver Tech and Data services, such as with TfL websites, app, and open data platform

Collaborate across Tech and Data to challenge budgets, discover and promote new business and solution architectures that support the business plan and reduce overall total cost to operate

Promote architecture work to customers and key stakeholders, establishing your team as authoritative point of contact for Digital business and solution architecture Accountable for quality assurance of all team outputs, establishing standards and building a strong and sustainable capability

Knowledge

Expert knowledge of large critical business and systems architectures, and modularisation techniques such as service oriented architecture and micro services

Expert in techniques to manage and resolve conflicting priorities in multi vendor environments, ensuring balanced and timely decision making, and architecture governance

Expert knowledge of digital and online technologies, particularly those relating to public cloud, identity management, content management, and public facing APIs

Detailed knowledge of architecture modelling techniques including functional decomposition, use cases, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, components and interface design

Detailed knowledge and understanding of planning and project management tools and techniques

Degree in relevant subject area or TOGAF certification is desirable

Skills

Ability to analyse complex business scenarios, identify key decisions points, opportunities, draw conclusions and produce architecture roadmaps

Ability to map the traceability between a business and technical requirement

Strong written and verbal communication skills including ability to explain complex information with senior management and directors, produce summary and feasibility reports on complex technical and business issues

Experience

Of graduate calibre with an excellent understanding of structured architecture approaches

Have experience of optimising business process implementation in multi-vendor business systems

Proven experience of developing business and systems architecture within an overall agile development process. Fully familiar with the tools and techniques used

A team player committed to getting the job done in a timely and quality driven manner

Have sound understanding of highly available large-scale business systems with specific experience of architecting cross functional high performance processing platforms (~100's of transactions per second)

Experience of communicating end to end solutions to a number of different audiences

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process

Please apply using your CV. Word format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

The closing date for applications is 1/6/2025@ 23:59

Benefits

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In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:
Final salary pension scheme

Free travel for you on the TfL network

A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan

30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays

Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)

Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

Retail, health, leisure and travel offers

Discounted Eurostar travel




We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.



We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.