Data Architect

Overview

Specialist role Technical Architect

Summary of the work Programme  will replace the legacy Military Medical Solutions with COTS over the Cloud using NHS suppliers or other suitable commercial products and services. To enable the AP to start a Data Architect is being sourced to support the MOD Programme Manager and Lead Architect develop the Target Architecture

Latest start date 06/06/16

Expected contract length 9 Months

Region South West England

What the specialist will work on

For each Programme Theme provide Technical DATA Documents describing the AS-IS (Legacy) and TO-BE environments in both Fixed and Deployed. 

Example Theme documents include but not limited to: 

• Solution Architecture Document 
• High Level Design Documents 
• Data Interface Documents with 3rd Party Apps
• Data Logical Models (work with Data Architect) 
• Data Migration docs 
• Data Dictionary 
• Data Canonical Model
• Data Workflow

Work setup

Address where the work will take place

Primary location to be: Corsham, Wiltshire, Due to the nature of the work to be delivered there will be a need to visit other locations including London, Lichfield, Bristol and Leeds.

Working arrangements This Data Architect will work under the Lead Architect who will be responsible for the transition and development of a new architecture for Programme. The main function of the Business Architect will be to understand and document the Architectural Design of the current system and how it will transition into Programme. To work closely with the Team and Stakeholders in the development of a Data Architecture for Programme 

Security clearance SC is needed

Skills and experience

Essential skills and experience 

• Experience in defining Data Architecture Frameworks and Blueprints for Large Scale Development
• Strong Experience in Data for Enterprise Web Applications for Front-end (Client) and Back-end (Server) Solutions
• Cloud Application/Data Design experience
• Data development, configuration and integration programme planning.
• Firm understanding of Web Service concepts and Technologies (WSDL, XSD, XML, REST and SOA)
• Extensive experience in multidimensional data modeling, such as star schemas, snowflakes, normalized and de-normalized models, handling “slow-changing” dimensions/attributes.
• Minimum of 3 years working in multi-disciplinary IT architecture teams.
• Minimum of 3 years Data Warehouse

Nice-to-have skills and experience 

• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF).(MODAF).
• Exposure to a wide range of OTS medical IS applications across primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare areas.
• Understanding of other NHS systems.
• Exposure to MOD medical IS systems.
• Development of architectures within an Agile programme framework, continuous and test driven environements
• Exposure to NHS systems of devolved administrations.
• Application and data migration.
• Working within an AGILE environment
• Working knowledge of JIRA and CONFLUENCE, Building Management, Jenkins, MAVEN, GITHUB etc.
• Integration of NHS England spine and N3 cloud
• Experience with Virtual environments (Citrix, Xen, VMware, Microsoft Intune etc)
• Minimum of 3 years working with the Health and Social Care Information Centre 
• Integration of medical IS applications, including Off-The-Shelf (OTS) Primary and Secondary Healthcare applications

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.