Hybrid working - Whilst we are happy to consider remote/hybrid working, our team is based on the Streatham Campus in Exeter, and we really feel visiting and spending time as a team will be valuable to being fully engaged with the team.

Competitive Salary - S tarting salary up to £48,841 on Grade F + additional salary supplements of up to £13,000

This Solutions Architect role will be responsible for delivering innovative digital solutions using a cloud-first approach with modern technologies to enable our users to achieve their goals.

This will be quite a unique "hands on" role so someone who enjoys getting stuck in and helping build digital solutions as well as design them would be perfect. We really want someone who is going to bring in some fresh thinking and expertise into our growing team!

What you'll be doing...

• Work with the Digital team to develop architectural blueprints, roadmaps, policies, principles, standards, patterns and other artefacts to support and develop the Enterprise Architecture capability
• Working with a range of stakeholders across the University of Exeter and delivery partners sharing knowledge, decisions, patterns and lessons learnt to improve productivity and enhance capabilities.
• Working in the Digital platform we are cloud centric - so this varies from a standard solutions architect role where you may be used to more traditional methodologies. In this regard some of the key accountabilities revolve around the cloud (one of the big 3: AWS, Azure, GCP), research and keeping up to date with the latest trends, services and tech. In the cloud, things tend to move more rapidly, so understanding all the latest services and how to benefit from them is key to delivering the best solutions

Just some of the benefits that come with this role include:

• 33 days annual leave + bank holidays!!!
• Full university USS pension scheme - Over 21.4% employer contributions!
• Access to the latest technologies and platforms
• Excellent personal and professional development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Loads of discounts at leading retailers including 10% off everything at the Co-op!
• Onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• Stunning campus locations in Exeter and Cornwall

Our Engineering Chapter.....

• Creates immersive high-quality solutions by applying new and innovative methods and technology. Following an agile development approach with DevOps at the core.
• Follows DevOps practices automating as many tasks as possible to deliver solutions.
• Delivers new services, and maintains existing platforms to enable delivery

We're really looking for...

• Strong experience and skills in Solutions Architecture! (the technical stuff is in the job spec)
• Someone who is happy being hands on and getting involved with day to day Software Development
• Strong cloud experience
• Recent Devops experience would be ideal
• Someone who is fired up to join our new digital team and help us carve out our new digital capability from scratch!
• Someone who is not afraid to bring new ideas to table and who wants to make a massive positive impact on the future of education
• We have a small but mighty team right now and we're really proud of how the team is shaping up - so we want someone who is really positive and genuinely enjoys working together to solve problems!
• Ability to break down barriers and build lasting relationships

Apply with your CV and short a cover note telling us how great you are and how your skills line up to what we're looking for!

More about the Digital Team!

We are the UoE Digital Team and we are delivering one of the boldest digital transformations in the higher education sector. Our vision is ambitious - we want to re-invent the higher education destination making it more accessible than ever before. With Ash Roots as our Chief Digital Officer we are building a revolutionary digital team. Rich in diversity and expertise we will help the University realise it's true potential. We work in an agile way and have organised the team into chapters (groups of people with the same skill sets) and squads (made up of people from the chapters who can work autonomously and to their own goals). We want to test and champion new working models in our squads that push the boundaries of inclusivity, location, and flexibility. Our users will be at the heart of everything we do and we'll develop new ways to deliver value, make things easier and generate new income along the way.

Check out our LinkedIn careers page see what a fun bunch we are! Click here

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer.We are officially recognised as a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution.Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce .