Technical Transition Architect
About the work
Who the specialist will work with
The specialist will be required to work with internal technical and project management teams, other suppliers and external stakeholders.
What the specialist will work on
The role will be working within the National Law Enforcement Data Programme. It requires a deep understanding of BS2000 Adabas/Natural mainframe environment and Software AG integration products. The specialist is expected to be a self-starter who can produce detailed transition plans for services by undertaking analysis of a very complex IT environment and engaging with technical stakeholders in order to produce a solution architecture that mitigates business impact. The candidate will be responsible for detailed specification of interfaces working with external stakeholders and build teams where required.
Work setup
Address where the work will take place The following locations:
- Hendon Data Centre, Collindale
- Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
- Home Office, Croydon
Working arrangements 5 days a week, based at the Home Office in Marsham Street / Croydon /Hendon Data Centre.
Security clearance A minimum of SC clearance is required – candidates must be cleared or have the ability to be cleared
Skills and experience
Essential skills and experience
- Recent (within the last 4 years) demonstrable experience of working on a transition from an Adabas-based mainframe environment to a modern open system.
- Recent (within the last 4 years) demonstrable experience of producing a detailed solution architecture for transition. In particular defining solutions for user/system to system interfaces.
- Recent (within the last 4 years) demonstrable experience of co-ordinating activities across various programme work streams to ensure an effective, efficient and joined up approach to transition activities
- Recent (within the last 4 years) demonstrable experience of working with many external stakeholders, data consumers or providers to define an agreed transition solution architecture.
- Experience of Software AG integration products.
Nice-to-have skills and experience
- Experience with Agile development
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