Enterprise GIS Architect

Job Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in the Milton Keynes or Telford office at least 3 days a week.

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

Joining us as a Enterprise GIS Architect

You’ll be responsible for defining, upholding, and communicating the Information Technology Architecture that supports CityFibre’s GIS vision and strategy. The role will ensure that common GIS architecture decisions support both business and IT strategy, and that the GIS architecture delivered aligns with the relevant CityFibre architecture policies, principals, and roadmap.

You’ll receive a competitive salary of up to £90,000, a car allowance, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Lead the capture and maintenance of current and future state GIS architecture, developing transitional roadmaps
• Establish IT principles, governance models, and data policies with key stakeholders
• Conduct architectural reviews and address issues or deviations from standards
• Collaborate with the Head of Enterprise Architecture to define and deliver a GIS architecture strategy and roadmap

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll have extensive experience with complex system integration projects in telecommunications or utilities. You’ll also have:

• Extensive experience in telecommunications or utilities, and complex system integration projects
• Proficient in Physical Network Inventory, Design Manager, GSS,NIG, Network Viewer, Enterprise Application Integration, and GIS architecture
• High technical competency in data modelling and software development with Magik, Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Web frameworks, and Bash
• Demonstrable experience with cloud environments, ideally AWS, and E2E modelling tools like Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect or BiZZDesign Enterprise Studio

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way.

What you can expect from us

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at careers@cityfibre.com. We want to help!