Business Solutions Architect

Business Solutions Architect (Consultant)

As a Business Solutions Architect at Actica, you will provide support to a wide range of high-profile UK public sector and defence organisations. Your role enables them to get maximum benefit from technology investments and play a key role in nationally critical projects that make a real difference to people’s everyday lives.

You will use your architecture skills across consulting projects and clients to provide high-value strategy, business analysis, technology and procurement consultancy to ensure any solution aligns with business strategy and aspirations.

Candidates must be eligible and willing to obtain a high-level UK Security Clearance to apply for this position.

• Provide architecture services in complex transformation programmes to align and drive coherent delivery based on value streams;
• Develop baseline and transition architectures to support the client’s strategic or implementation planning of ICT services within a business change programme;
• Develop architecture views describing all aspects of the client’s organisation, such as its business, application and data architecture;
• Develop and assure high-level solution designs.

• Experience with enterprise or business architecture frameworks and practices such as TOGAF;
• Experience producing architecture documentation (e.g., options assessments) to engage business stakeholders;
• Consulting mindset – quick thinkers, proactive, self-motivated, able to apply structured approaches to unfamiliar subject matter;
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and written communication skills.

• Experience in public sector, defence or financial services, preferably within ICT on enterprise solutions;
• Consulting experience in the public sector or defence;
• Architectural expertise in one or more domains (business, solutions or service architecture).

You will have opportunities to further your career in consulting, specialising in a broad range of methodologies and technical specialisations. A career mentor and a performance and development manager will support your growth.

• 25 days of paid leave per annum plus 8 UK bank holidays;
• Participation in a discretionary bonus scheme;
• Participation in a stakeholder pension scheme;
• Participation in a cycle-to-work scheme;
• Employee Assistance Programme;
• Electric Car leasing scheme.

• Hybrid working model with office base in Guildford and access to branches in London, Swindon and Cheltenham;
• Typical work week may involve 2-3 days on client premises or other locations, remainder at home or office;
• Some projects may require up to 5 days per week on-site; occasional travel away from home may be required;
• Team-based project environment with opportunities to participate in internal initiatives.

Actica Consulting is a leading digital transformation and cyber security consultancy focused on the UK public sector.