Team –  Prospect, Direct and Life Adviser

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of our Vitality Offices. Full time hours

What this role is all about :

You will define the systems architecture, standards, and methodologies in accordance with industry best practices. Ensure the good functioning of the System Architecting Process. Serve as the high-level designer of the systems to be implemented. Establish the basic structure of the system, defining the essential core design features and elements that provide the framework for all that follows. Provide the architects view of the users' vision for what the system needs to be and do, and the paths along which it must be able to evolve, and strive to maintain the integrity of that vision as it evolves during detailed design and implementation.

Key Actions

• Balance system properties with internal design properties.
• Balance and support stakeholder needs with system context, during the entire system life cycle.
• Manage consistency across the various organizational and design boundaries.
• Maintain repository of systems architecture artefacts.
• Monitor high-level system performance.
• Data Security Management.
• Develop systems architectures containing logical models of the components and interfaces involved.
• Produce detailed component specifications from systems architectures, taking into consideration the intended uses of the architectures as a whole.
• Translate component specifications into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
• Produce documentation for systems architectures, making sensible use of both text and graphics (UML).
• Maintain a good knowledge of current practice and understanding of current developments within own area(s) of expertise.
• Lead architecture developments for small systems.
• Establish policy for the selection of systems architecture components.
• Co-ordinate design activity between the systems architecture, application development and service delivery functions to ensure consistency.
• Contribute to the organization’s enterprise architecture technology and vision, and ensure alignment with the group strategic architecture direction.
• Document and communicate information about emerging technologies to relevant functional management.
• Establish policy for the selection of systems architecture components.
• Provide architecture guidance to assigned projects.
• Provide the architectural view of the users' vision for the system.
• Take full responsibility for ensuring that systems architectures balance functional, service quality and systems management requirements as indicated by the business requirement.

Essential Skills needed to fulfil this role :

So, what’s in it for you?

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