Oracle Solution Architect; Lead Architect-SC Cleared

Overview

Oracle Solution Architect — Lead Architect for the Managed Service-SC Cleared

• Employer
  : VE3
• Engagement
  : UK Public Sector — Oracle ERP Managed Service
• Contract type
  :
  Permanent, full-time
• Duration
  :
  Length of the managed service contract
• Location
  : UK only. Hybrid with on-site attendance at client locations across the UK as required
• Security clearance
  : SC clearance and UK Nationality essential. Pre-cleared candidates strongly preferred. Eligibility for DV sponsorship desirable if role scope includes privileged administrator access
• Reports to
  : VE3 Account / Engagement Director (with strong functional line into the Service Delivery Manager)
• Key interfaces
  :
  Client Design Authority, client Enterprise Architecture, client Service Owner and Platform Owner, VE3 Security Lead, VE3 Service Delivery Manager, third-party software vendor (Oracle), other third-party providers

The Solution Architect is VE3 s Lead Architect with overall responsibility for the design of changes and solutions on the managed service. They ensure designs meet business needs and requirements, comply with contractual and current Service and Architecture Standards, align with UK Government "Secure by Design" and "Technology Code of Practice" principles, and integrate cleanly with the existing client estate and third-party-vendor roadmap.

This is the senior technical authority for the engagement. They are the design owner the client looks to in Design Authority forums, the technical conscience for the VE3 delivery team, and the bridge between client business intent and VE3 delivery capability across both run-the-business changes and project-scale solutions.

The architectural estate spans the Oracle Fusion SaaS application suite (HCM, ERP, EPM, Supply Chain & Manufacturing, Risk Management Cloud, OTBI, BIP, Oracle Guided Learning), the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure PaaS layer (Oracle Integration Cloud, Visual Builder, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, Autonomous Database, Database Cloud Service), the OCI IaaS layer for bespoke and third-party-hosted applications, and a portfolio of standard, custom and manual integrations between these components and external systems.

Designs are submitted and presented at a structured Design Review for approval, administered through the client s Service Now Change Management module. The current development lifecycle is Waterfall, with a strategic move toward Agile sprints and an Adaptive approach for exploratory work — the Solution Architect plays a central role in that modernisation.

Oracle Solution Architect — Lead Architect for the Managed Service-SC Cleared

• Hold overall responsibility for the design of all VE3-led changes and solutions, ensuring designs meet the client s business needs, written instructions, and Solution Acceptance Criteria.
• For large or complex designs, assemble and direct the supporting design team:
  Business Analysts, Researchers, and a Delivery Manager / Project Manager as appropriate.
• Author and present System Change Requests and Design Authority papers for changes where VE3 leads on design, build and delivery.
• Undertake impact assessments of System Change Requests approved for impact assessment by the Design Authority, within the contractually agreed Service Levels.
• Attend Design Authority forums; make recommendations for service improvements; maintain an understanding of the wider client business and technical roadmaps.

• Design solutions in accordance with existing contractual and current Service and Architecture Standards.
• Design solutions in accordance with UK Government "Secure by Design" and "Technology Code of Practice" principles, plus all referenced security policies and standards.
• Document, submit and present designs at a structured Design Review for approval, and complete any resulting remedial or improvement actions as part of solution design acceptance.
• Ensure each design package includes: a delivery plan with resource and cost estimates; a change Impact Assessment; a risk assessment; and an assessment of dependencies.
• Track and report design…