Lead Domain Architect - Infrastructure
Role Overview
The Lead Domain Architect - Infrastructure is a senior leadership role within the University of Sheffield's Architecture Practice.
The role defines and governs infrastructure architecture so platforms are secure, resilient, scalable and aligned with the University's strategic direction.
The post holder provides technical leadership across networking, cloud, end-user computing, hosting, data centres, storage, virtualisation and core infrastructure services.
The role leads a small team of domain architects and works with product, project and engineering teams.
IT Services supports teaching, learning, research and professional services; the role supports strategic product areas using product-based and agile delivery approaches.
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Role overview
The Lead Domain Architect - Infrastructure is a senior leadership role within the University of Sheffield's Architecture Practice.
The role defines and governs infrastructure architecture so platforms are secure, resilient, scalable and aligned with the University's strategic direction.
The post holder provides technical leadership across networking, cloud, end-user computing, hosting, data centres, storage, virtualisation and core infrastructure services.
The role leads a small team of domain architects and works with product, project and engineering teams.
IT Services supports teaching, learning, research and professional services; the role supports strategic product areas using product-based and agile delivery approaches.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Infrastructure Architecture capability and provide day-to-day leadership, mentoring and professional development for two domain architects.
- Build a collaborative architecture culture and support development of the Architecture Practice, governance processes and standards.
- Lead architectural design for infrastructure initiatives, including cloud adoption, networking, hosting, identity, end-user technologies, data centre modernisation and technology refresh.
- Work with Solution Architects to include infrastructure requirements in project architectures and support detailed engineering designs while maintaining architectural integrity.
- Ensure solutions meet appropriate resilience, performance, availability, security and operational supportability needs.
- Build relationships with senior technical leaders, product teams, project managers and suppliers.
- Identify technology opportunities, monitor emerging technologies, and identify and mitigate business and architectural risks.
- Guide project teams, assist with business cases, and review vendor proposals for architectural alignment and cost-effectiveness.
- Embed the University's sustainability principles in activities and undertake other duties commensurate with the post.
Essential criteria
- Significant practical experience as an enterprise, solution, domain or systems architect in a large, complex organisation.
- Experience undertaking complex analysis and facilitating the redesign of strategically critical business systems.
- Broad knowledge of networking, cloud, end-user computing, identity, virtualisation, storage, compute and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
- The description is truncated after the next criterion begins; no further criteria can be reliably extracted.
Work arrangement
- The role is described as full time and hybrid.
Salary
- Salary is listed as £48,822 per annum.
About the University
The University describes IT Services as providing technology and digital services supporting teaching, learning, research and professional services across the University.
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