Senior Solutions Architect

Job Title: Senior Solutions Architect

Salary: £50,600-£65,000 per annum

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (x2 days per week in the Cambridge office)

Contract: Full time, permanent, 35 hours per week

Are you a great communicator with experience of architecting and implementing end to end solutions in an agile environment? If so, read on.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

The Academic Technology team is looking for a Senior Solution Architect to play a major role in developing and maintaining our Academic Research platforms.

Academic publishing is in a state of transformation as it pivots from a subscription model to free and open online access. Join our collaborative team as we continue the evolution of our platforms to find bold new ways to spread knowledge, spark enquiry and aid understanding.

About the role:

You will work closely with business stakeholders, development teams and other solution architects to shape business concepts, understand requirements, devise solutions and oversee implementation in an agile environment.

This role will suit a pro-active problem solver with a variety of skills and a commitment to extend the breadth and depth of their knowledge.

About you:

Experience in providing technical leadership in architecting end to end solutions that meet business needs while ensuring that the implementation is in-line with architectural principles, industry best practices and is extensible and scalable for future needs.

Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management experience, including the ability to communicate and explain technical choices both at a technical and non-technical level.

You will need to be comfortable working across a wide range of technologies and willing to maintain your knowledge. Learning on the job is actively encouraged.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. 

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 28^th April 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 06 May 2024.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. 

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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