Managing Consultant - PS - Architecture

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Are you ready to transform the landscape of the Public Sector through strategic IT architecture insights? Join us at PA and embark on a journey where your expertise will shape the future of government services.

As a Managing Consultant (MC) at PA you will work on leading programmes in the Public Sector with the ability to use your passion for leading technologies to make genuine real impact to citizens. You will bring hands-on experience to design and deliver various technology business solutions working end-to-end from high-level government individuals through to delivery. Working for PA will put you as a technical leader and you will utilise your knowledge of technology and architecture to support and lead cross-Government teams. You will have access to the latest training and certifications including AWS, Azure and GCP plus access to our own extensive courses and mentoring programme.

Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

Qualifications

You will have:

1. Experience in leading teams, in particular development and architecture teams.
2. Experience developing professional services business, for example, consultancy, technical services, and system integration.
3. Experience across Public Services, central government is preferred.
4. A consistent track record in providing technical leadership in areas including application, business, and integration architectures.
5. Must be comfortable across all architecture domains and be a specialist in at least one of:
1. Business domain
6. Experience of performing solution options assessment, including product selection and analysis of patterns and sourcing approaches.
7. The ability to deliver strategic thinking to stakeholders through Architecture Roadmaps, mentoring and technical thought leadership.
8. Working knowledge of architecture modelling tools and frameworks, (e.g. UML, ArchiMate, etc.)
9. An appreciation of the public sector, people and organisational aspects of your work.
10. Candidates should have a deep knowledge of the technologies they have worked with and an appreciation of or exposure to emerging technologies and architectural trends, for example:
1. Microservices vs Packaged Solutions
2. Cloud architectures, e.g. experience of AWS, Google Cloud Platform or Azure
3. Broad span of vendors, e.g. IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, AWS
4. Internet of Things

Additional information

Benefits package at PA:

• Private medical insurance
• 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Company pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Life and Income protection insurance
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn, childcare benefits)
• Voluntary benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skillsets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment - one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We're committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA's goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

We welcome international applications, but we are unable to offer sponsorship for work permits, so you will need to have the full right to live and work in the UK. Unfortunately, your application will be automatically rejected if you do not have these rights.