Solutions Architect

The Role
The ID Solutions Architect will develop and verify that the IT and digital strategy is aligned with the business entity's strategy and mission by analysing business properties as well as the external environment and define all business needs.

Your responsibilities:
Strategic Planning Creating and maintaining a strategy to align organisational actions, plans and resources with business objectives. (L5)
* Collates information and creates reports and insights to support strategy management processes.
* Ensures that all stakeholders are aware of the strategic management approach and timetables.
* Provides support and guidance to help stakeholders adhere to the approach.
* Develops and communicates plans to drive forward the strategy and related change planning.
* Contributes to the development of policies, standards and guidelines for strategy development and planning.

Information Systems Coordination, coordinating information and technology strategies where the adoption of a common approach would benefit the organisation. (L6)
* Maintains awareness of the global needs of the organisation.
* Promotes the benefits that a common approach to technology deployment will bring to the business.
* Coordinates and collaborates with others on the promotion, acquisition, development, and implementation of information systems and services.

Information Management Planning, implementing and controlling the full life cycle management of digitally organised information and records. (L5)
* Ensures implementation of information and records management policies and standard practice.
* Communicates the benefits and value of information, both internal and external, that can be mined from business systems and elsewhere.
* Reviews new change proposals and provides specialist advice on information and records management. Assesses and manages information-related risks.
* Contributes to the development of policy, standards and procedures for compliance with relevant legislation.

Enterprise & Business Architecture, aligning an organisation's technology strategy with its business mission, strategy, and processes and documenting this using architectural models. (L6)
* Develops enterprise-wide architecture and processes to embed the strategic application of change in the management of the organisation.
* Leads the creation and review of a systems capability strategy that meets the strategic requirements of the business. Ensures the buy-in of all key stakeholders.
* Captures and prioritises market and environmental trends, business strategies and objectives, and identifies the business benefits of alternative strategies.
* Develops and presents business cases for approval, funding and prioritisation of high-level initiatives.
* Sets strategies, policies, standards and practices to ensure compliance between business strategies, technology strategies, and enterprise transformation activities.

Emerging Technology Monitoring, identifying, and assessing new and emerging technologies, products, services, methods and techniques. (L5)
* Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies.
* Assesses and documents the impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation.
* Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others.

Investment Appraisal, assessing the attractiveness of possible technology investments. (L4)
* Develops and documents investment appraisals for a range of different projects.
* Identifies suitable appraisal techniques based on the characteristics of a project.
* Collects the information required to create an investment appraisal in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
* Presents findings of investment appraisals to selected stakeholders.
* Refines and maintains investment appraisals.

Sustainability, providing advice, assistance and leadership to enable the organisation to minimise negative environmental impact. (L5)
* Provides expert advice and guidance on planning, designing and implementing sustainability solutions.
* Evaluates and selects sustainability methods, tools, and practices to be used in line with agreed policies and standards.
* Identifies and recommends improvements to the organisation's approach to sustainability.

Continuity Management, developing, implementing and testing a business continuity framework. (L5)
* Manages the development, implementation and testing of continuity management plans.
* Manages the relationship with individuals and teams who have authority for critical business processes and supporting systems.
* Evaluates the critical risks and identifies priority areas for improvement.
* Tests continuity management plans and procedures to ensure they address exposure to risk and that agreed levels of continuity can be maintained.

Business Process Improvement, creating new and potentially disruptive approaches to performing business activities. (L5)
* Manages the execution of business process improvements.
* Analyses and designs business processes to identify alternative solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness and exploit new technologies and automation.
* Develops graphical models of business processes to facilitate understanding and decision-making.
* Assesses the feasibility of business process changes and recommends alternative approaches.

Stakeholder Relationship Management, influencing stakeholder attitudes, decisions, and actions for mutual benefit. (L5)
* Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups.
* Translates communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables.
* Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders.
* Acts as a single point of contact by developing, maintaining and working to stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
* Provides informed feedback to assess and promote understanding.

LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.