Architect Analyst

Job Description:

Architect Analyst

Salary: From £30,000 plus benefits

Contract type: Permanent  

Shift pattern: Full-time – 35 hours per week

Location : Hybrid / Manchester or London office based - 1 day in the office per week

Role Overview

he Architect Analyst provides analytical, administrative, and research support to the architecture function. The role assists in developing and maintaining the organization’s application portfolio, architecture models, and governance processes. Working under the guidance of senior architects, the Architect Analyst helps ensure that architectural information is accurate, accessible, and used effectively to support planning and decision-making.
      
         

How you’ll help us make health happen:

• Maintain and update the application and technology portfolio, ensuring data completeness, accuracy, and consistency across systems

• Support the development and maintenance of architecture models (business, application, data, and technology layers) using approved tools and frameworks

• Assist in the preparation and review of solution architecture documentation, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and target state architectures.  

• Contribute to the governance process, including the preparation of architecture review materials, tracking of decisions, and compliance reporting

• Perform research and analysis to support technology assessments, rationalisation initiatives, and architecture roadmaps.  

• Help produce architecture communications, dashboards, and reports for executive and business stakeholders.  

• Support continuous improvement of architecture processes, templates, and repositories to enhance quality and efficiency.  

• Collaborate with project teams and business analysts to gather architectural data and support solution reviews.  

• Maintain familiarity with emerging technologies and enterprise architecture practices to support team learning and innovation.  

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

• Foundation knowledge of application, data, and integration principles within IT
  systems 

• Basic understanding of enterprise architecture concepts (TOGAF or similar
  frameworks preferred)

• Effective communication and collaboration skills when working across technical and
  business teams

• Foundation knowledge of application, data, and integration principles within IT
  systems

• Evidence of project work in their degree , must have a portfolio to evidence

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. 

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: 

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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