About this role
Senior / Principal Consultants: £50,000 – £80,000. Yearly bonus + Hybrid Working: Depending on experience.
Overview:
We are seeking talented and motivated Enterprise, Solution and Technical Architects to join our growing Architecture Practice.
We are building a broad and diverse architecture capability and are keen to hear from individuals across a range of disciplines, including Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Data Architecture, Integration Architecture and Platform Architecture.
Our architect’s partner with clients to define technology strategy, shape future-state architectures and oversee the delivery of complex transformation programmes. You will work across the full architecture lifecycle, from strategic discovery and business alignment through to solution design, implementation support and continuous improvement, helping organisations realise value through modern technology, data and digital services.
We operate across both public and private sectors, including defence, central government, local government, financial services and critical national infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
Enterprise Architecture
Develop enterprise-wide technology strategies, roadmaps and target architectures
Align business goals with technology capabilities and investment decisions
Assess current-state architecture landscapes and define future-state operating models
Facilitate architecture governance and design authority activities
Support capability mapping, business architecture and strategic planning
Establish architecture principles, standards and reference architectures
Solution Architecture
Design end-to-end solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements, including resilience, performance, interoperability and appropriate security considerations.
Translate business needs into logical and physical solution architectures
Produce high-quality architecture artefacts, including diagrams, decision records and technical specifications
Ensure solutions integrate effectively with existing platforms and services
Support agile delivery teams throughout implementation
Manage architectural risk, trade-offs and technical decision-making
Technical & Cloud Architecture
Design scalable, secure and resilient supportable cloud-native solutions
Define infrastructure, platform and application architectures
Support migration and modernisation initiatives across legacy and cloud environments
Establish engineering standards, patterns and automation approaches
Provide assurance on technical designs and implementation practices
Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code, automation and modern engineering practices.
Integration, Automation & Emerging Technology
Design modern data platform architectures
Define integration patterns, API strategies and event-driven architectures
Support the effective integration of applications, platforms and services
Support data governance, analytics and AI-enabled transformation initiatives
Promote responsible adoption of AI, automation and emerging technologies
Identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness through technology innovation
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
Facilitate workshops and architecture reviews
Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Mentor consultants, engineers and junior architects
Contribute to business development, bids and capability growth initiatives
Skills and Experience:
Architecture & Design
Experience in one or more of:
Enterprise Architecture
Solution Architecture
Technical Architecture
Cloud Architecture
Data Architecture
Integration Architecture
Platform Architecture
Demonstrable experience delivering architecture services across large-scale transformation programmes.
Cloud Platforms
Experience with one or more major cloud platforms:
Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Knowledge of:
Cloud adoption frameworks
Landing zones
Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures
Cloud governance and cost optimisation
Knowledge of cloud governance, operational controls and well-architected practices.
Infrastructure & Automation
Experience with:
Terraform
Bicep
CloudFormation
Infrastructure as Code
Configuration management
CI/CD pipelines
GitHub
Azure DevOps
GitLab
Knowledge of:
Knowledge of DevOps, automation and modern engineering practices
Platform engineering
Site Reliability Engineering principles
Data & Analytics
Experience with technologies such as:
Databricks
Microsoft Fabric
Azure Data Factory
Synapse Analytics
Snowflake
BigQuery
Redshift
Kafka
Apache Spark
Knowledge of:
Data modelling
Data governance
Data integration
Data migration
Data warehousing
Master Data Management
Applications & Integration
Experience designing solutions using one or more of the following approaches: API-led architectures
REST APIs
Event-driven architectures
Microservices
Service-oriented architectures
Integration platforms
Containerisation technologies
Technologies may include:
Kubernetes
Docker
OpenShift
MuleSoft
Boomi
Kong
Apigee
Delivery & Ways of Working
Strong understanding of:
Agile delivery
SAFe
Lean approaches
Architecture governance
Design Authority processes
Technical assurance
User-centred design principles
Government Digital Service (GDS) standards
Additional Technologies (useful but not essential):
Power Platform
Azure OpenAI
OpenAI Services
Kubernetes
OpenShift
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
Neo4j
Elastic
Event Hub
Service Bus
Kafka
Confluent
GraphQL
FinOps
Platform Engineering
AI/ML Operations (MLOps)
Data Mesh
Data Products
Digital Twin
The suitable candidate will need National Security Vetting (NSV) security clearance. They will preferably already hold NSV clearance to a high or very high standard but must be able and willing to achieve it.
Role Location:
This role is a full-time position (40 hours/5 days a week)
Our consultants are expected to work in a hybrid environment, in accordance with our clients. We require our people to be within an easily commutable distance of our Bristol office and to be able to co-locate at our client locations, which are typically 50 miles of Bristol or along the M4 corridor. New clients are always coming on board, and we require our consultants to be able to work flexibly and wherever this work requires.
Benefits at i3Works:
Private healthcare/medical cover & Group life insurance
Annual bonus scheme (dependent on personal and company performance)
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing by 1 day per each calendar year, after your 3rd anniversary with the company– rising to a maximum of 30 days + bank holidays).
Enhanced Reservist Leave – up to 10 days paid.
Annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 days per year)
6% company pension contribution
£250.00 annual donation towards a charity or grassroots organisation of your choice
Personal wellness benefit of £120.00 per month, access to unlimited 1-1 counselling support and a wealth of wellbeing and support resources
Enhanced parental leave
Electric car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
Cycle to work scheme (save 25-39% on a bike and accessories)
Paid qualifications for employees at all levels
Internal Employee Networks, regular social events throughout the year and charity fundraising activities to get involved with if you wish.
At i3Works we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
We ensure that all hiring decisions are made without regard to age, race, national origin, sex, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, or any other protected characteristics, and will treat all applications with the strictest confidence. Please don’t be afraid to ask about what we can do to support your needs. All requests will be carefully and fairly considered. We wish you every success in your job search.