AWS Infrastructure Architect

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom West Midlands Police Full time
Principal Infrastructure Architect

West Midlands Police is seeking a highly skilled Principal Infrastructure Architect to join our IT & Digital department. As a key member of our Architecture Management function, you will play a crucial role in shaping our technology strategy and driving real-world impact on policing technology.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the design and modelling of strategic and tactical architectures for delivery, development, and support of projects.
  • Build the long-term strategic roadmap for infrastructure architecture, prioritising the removal of technical debt.
  • Lead a team to develop end-to-end solution designs to meet business objectives and deliver great customer outcomes, ensuring adherence to all architectural, security, and quality standards.
  • Work closely with the User Experience team to identify ways to improve existing solutions, systems, and processes for the benefit of the organisation and the public we serve.
  • Develop and maintain policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure a consistent framework is applied across the organisation.
  • Be accountable for the design and architecture deliverables created by the team, ensuring they are fit for purpose in scheduled governance meetings and meet our high-quality standards.
  • Manage and mentor a team of infrastructure architects and supporting staff, including the management of workload, demand, and performance measurement and reporting.
  • Stay up-to-date with regards to new technology as it relates to infrastructure architecture and design.
  • Promote and champion the Force's diversity agenda.
  • Negotiate with partner agencies, suppliers, and contractors to achieve desirable outcomes.
  • Plan and organise individual or team activity with an appreciation of longer-term issues.
  • Assist the Head of Architecture in formulating strategic direction for the team and unit.
Requirements
  • Must hold a valid infrastructure technology certification from either AWS or Azure, with experience building infrastructure architecture roadmaps.
  • Ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems.
  • Experience of leading fellow technical professionals, especially coaching and mentoring of colleagues to achieve delivery outcomes.
  • End-to-end project experience, with strong consulting skills.
  • ITIL Foundation certificate or demonstrable skills that the ITIL principles are understood in the context of the role.
  • An understanding of the ITIL processes as they apply to the team and to the department as a whole.
Vetting and Security Clearance

Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, which will include a full background and financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Benefits

By choosing to join West Midlands Police, you will receive an enhanced benefits package, including fair remuneration with progression opportunities, access to a very competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave, discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living, and leisure activities, and a comprehensive wellbeing package.

Diversity and Inclusion Vision

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader, and we operate a 'Disability Confident Interview Scheme'. All candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.



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