ICT Infrastructure and Security Architect Manager

Salary: £48,710 per annum (rising by annual increments to £51,802)

Hours: Full Time - 37 hours per week

Contract: Temporary – Up to Two Years 

Location: Potterne Support Offices or Poundbury Support Offices

The service encourages flexible working and is open to flexible working options. The role will be based at Potterne Support Offices or Poundbury Support Offices with the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices and we would welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what type of flexible working arrangement will work best for you. There will be a requirement to attend your base location approximately 2​ days a week for key activities and meetings

This is not a Wiltshire Council vacancy therefore please contact Dorset and Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service for further information.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier.  Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services. 

As an ICT Infrastructure and Security Architect Manager in our ICT department you will:

• Inform the ICT roadmap through designing and implementing the architecture to support and assure the service infrastructure across all departments both operational and corporate. Ensure that all systems are working at optimal levels and support the development of new technologies and system requirements.
• Manage the maintenance of the infrastructure, ensuring availability to ITIL standards, that ensures the ICT Infrastructure is fit-for-purpose.
• Undertake prioritisation and planning of work including defining solutions, developing project plans, procurement, service implementation, technical documentation and evaluation, to ensure the delivery of ICT projects in line with the roadmap

What makes you our ideal ICT Infrastructure and Security Architect Manager?

• Knowledge and practical experience of managing and maintaining complex ICT network and infrastructures
• Knowledge and experience of managing the lifecycle of solution changes: from scoping/design, business case and procurement, through to implementation including documentation and hand over to business as usual.
• Experience of providing advice, guidance and recommendations to non-ICT experts for future needs, when working through complex ICT matters

For full details of the role and requirements, please have a look at the job description and person specification.

Other Information: 

• You must have a full current driving licence and be able to fulfil the significant travel requirements of the role. Use of your own vehicle will be required; however, a Service vehicle may be available. Please note Service vehicles are manual transmission only.
• The role involves some evening and weekend working.
• If you are applying for a secondment opportunity you will need to notify your substantive line manager of your intention to do so at the earliest opportunity.
• A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical, negative drug test and receipt of satisfactory references, and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years.
• Should a permanent position arise in the team during the period of your Fixed Term Contract, that is substantially similar to the role you are carrying out, you may be considered for the role in the first instance.
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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service | Current vacancies: ICT Infrastructure & Security Architect Manager

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact  Ed Smith, ICT Infrastructure & Security Manager on 07909893445 or ed.smith@dwfire.org.uk.

Closing and Interview date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 11 May 2025  (midnight).  It is intended that interviews will take place on Thursday 22 May 2025 2024. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format / location will be provided before the interview date.

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Job Description – ICT Infrastructure & Security Architect Manager

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