ABOUT ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

GUIDANCE NOTES:

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
Job Category

Technical
Vacancy Type

Permanent
Employment Type

Full time
Salary From

£45,413
Salary To

£55,755
Location

Chelmsford/Cambridge
Faculty/Prof Service

IT Services
Ref No
3424
Closing Date
29/04/2025

This is a great opportunity to help shape and lead the development of our IT architecture and support its continuous development, providing IT services underpinning Staff and Students at ARU.
As part of a small team, you will lead on the architectural development of our technical services, with particular emphasis on data and integration. Your role will be instrumental in helping ARU craft its data strategy and ensuring the adherence to best practices in data management and integration. You will also collaborate with faculties and business functions to achieve their objectives by leveraging technology in their daily operations and research initiatives. Working with our Business Analyst you will ensure business objectives are well aligned with the technology to ensure high level of adoption. Effective communication, design collaboration, and consulting with relevant subject matter experts, both internally and externally will be crucial.
With a degree and/or equivalent professional certification e.g. TOGAF you will have a sound knowledge of IT architecture and emerging technologies. You will have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with experience of working in a large organisation. You will work with a broad range of technologies, in a predominantly Microsoft environment, developing and implementing organisation level Architecture policies and standards.
Informal enquiries can be made to Harish Betchoo, Enterprise Architect at harish.betchoo@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.