About the job

Job summary

ONR is not a Civil Service department, however, we are an arms length body of Department of Work and Pensions.

About ONR

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is responsible for the regulation of nuclear safety and security across the UK. Our mission is to provide efficient and effective regulation of the nuclear industry, holding it to account on behalf of the public.

As part of its 2025 strategy ONR is committed to being a modern and transparent regulator, delivering trusted outcomes and value. We are making substantial investments in new digital technologies and skills to enhance our regulatory processes and management of information.

About The Role

Reporting to the Infrastructure and Environments Manager, the Cloud Solutions Architect will be accountable for owning technical solution within the Information Technology and Delivery Directorate (ITDD) architecture function. The role combines guidance from different enterprise architecture viewpoints (business, information and technical), with a focus on bridging the gap between both the technical and business functions, expertly defining, validating, and promoting quality solutions for and opportunity or project.

Whilst not accountable for the delivery of business benefit itself, the role will be required to help identify areas of benefit and provide support in delivering business outcomes.

Job description

Line Management Responsibilities

• None currently, however, at this level there could be an expectation to manage staff in the future.

Location / Travel

This post may be undertaken from a base at any one of ONR’s office locations (Bootle, Cheltenham, or London), however, there will be an expectation to attend the Bootle office on a regular basis.

ONR operates hybrid working (working in the office and or at home) as part of our flexible working policy.  There is an expectation that everyone will spend time in the office on a regular basis, recognising that some work is better done face to face. Managers will work with their teams on what works best to meet individual, team, business and organisational needs to enable collaboration, as well as balancing personal choice and wellbeing.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must hold or can achieve and retain National Security Vetting clearance at SC level.

Principal Responsibilities

• Accountable for the solution ownership and translation of requirements into a solution vision and high-level functional specifications with a clear portfolio of implementation tasks.
• Lead on the interpretation of functional and non-functional requirements, data flows, and enterprise architectural guidelines to create business specific solutions that are maintainable, supportable, fit for purpose, cost effective and future proof.
• Bridge the gap between the technical and business teams, expertly defining, validating, and promoting quality solutions for an opportunity or project.
• Responsible for combining guidance from different enterprise architecture viewpoints (business, information and technical)
• Accountable for the solution ownership within the ITD Directorate
• Drive innovation by identifying opportunities both within the ITD Directorate as well as in the wider business context.
• Own alignment activities with the delivery team and ensure that our principles and values are born out in the solution design and execution.

Person specification

ONR is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all applicants. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to ensure the recruitment process is inclusive and barrier-free. For example, providing job descriptions in alternative formats, and providing communication support and accessible venues. If you would like to discuss how we can support you, please contact  (ONR.Human-Resources@onr.gov.uk/ or  0203 028 0004) who will be able to provide further information and discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process. We will offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Applicants also have the choice to opt into our Guaranteed Interview Scheme when completing their application where we will offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

ONR recognises it has a role to play in helping those leaving the Armed Forces (veterans) and have introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans. This is part of a government initiative known as the ‘Great Place to Work for veterans. Veterans are officially defined as anyone who has served for at least one day in His Majesty’s Armed Forces (Regular or Reserve). All veterans who meet the minimum criteria for a role will be invited to interview and they have the choice to opt into this scheme when completing their application. To be eligible to apply for roles under the initiative, veterans must meet certain eligibility criteria below.

• have served for at least one year in His Majesty's Armed Forces (as a Regular or Reserve)
• be in transition from, or ceased to be a member of, His Majesty’s Armed Forces; and
• not already be employed by ONR

Qualifications

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect - Essential

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience of working as a Solutions Architect designing and implementing cloud solutions (Azure and M365)
• Extensive experience in developing both high and low-level solution designs incorporating business, application, data, and security requirements
• Proven ability to understand non-functional requirements, technical documents, and business cases
• Proven ability to assess the current systems architecture in place and working with technical teams to recommend solutions to improve.
• Ability to demonstrate an analytical approach towards solving IT challenges
• Significant experience of ARM templates, BICEP/Terraform or similar tools
• Strong stakeholder management skills, allowing for updates in product development processes, costs, and budgets, with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organisation, inclusive of 3rd party vendors.
• Confidence in the use of modern Microsoft based IT tools and applications.

Benefits

An annual leave allowance of 25 plus 8 days public holiday. There is also an entitlement to 1 privilege day. Your annual leave allowance will increase by 1 day each year up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity 
• A civil service pension 

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Please submit your application through the recruitment portal on the ONR website directly by clicking onto the link above apply at advertisers site where you can also download full job description.

For Further Information

For more information about this vacancy please contact: 

Email - Adrian.davies@onr.gov.uk

How To apply

Please submit your application through the recruitment portal.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any time. 

The closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 06 March 2024 at 23:45

Your application should include:

• CV to include a full record of your education and professional qualifications and a full employment history.
• A suitability statement (maximum of 800 words) highlighting how you meet the ‘essential skills and experience” required for the role, which will be used at shortlisting in conjunction with your CV.
• Where applicable highlight if you have any experience under ‘desirable skills and experience’ within the application form.

Throughout our shortlisting process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the essential criteria (and the desirable if applicable).

Important guidance when providing CV’s – please upload text-based CVs with no graphics or pictures to ensure the anonymisation function works correctly.

Please note -  if whilst completing your application, you use special characters such as (‘ ; “ - _ * ) within your examples, Hireserve will convert these characters into symbols.  We are currently unable to change this. 

Whilst these examples will appear on your application, this will not prevent it from being reviewed at the shortlisting stage.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.