Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Architect (CR769)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £54,470 i £67,090 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | National: £54,470 - £61,000 London: £59,900 - £67,090 Pro rata for job share |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 10 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Weybridge |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 407593/1 |
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SLSD provides a range of diagnostic testing and surveillance services on behalf of Defra and the devolved governments.
The APHA Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is used throughout the APHA Science Directorate, but primarily SLSD, both as a conventional LIMS system and as a critical data asset. APHA’s LIMS is critical to Defra’s animal disease management capability, enabling efficient, timely and accurate management of testing for animal diseases and pathogens enables disease outbreaks to be contained to protect UK agriculture, imports and exports of live animals to be biosecure and confidence to be improved in the disease freedom status for UK food and farming.
The two Grade 7 APHA LIMS Architects oversee the direction of and the scientific architecture within APHA’s extensive and complex LIMS system. These roles work closely with APHA Science and technology leaders and with colleagues from Defra’s IT department – Digital Data Technology Security (DDTS) – to create an ambitious vision for APHA’s LIMS system as well as a realistic and deliverable roadmap that delivers on this vision.
These roles will prioritise investing in APHA’s current LIMS system to ensure it is more resilient and secure, accelerating the digitisation and transformation of the way APHA carries out its Science and improving the scientific services we offer to internal and external customers.
1. LIMS Architecture
- Refine APHA’s scientific and business requirements and translate them into architectural patterns and solutions within the LIMS system.
- Collaborate with APHA’s IT delivery teams to ensure these solutions are developed, ensuring resilience, performance, efficiency, and supportability.
- Align work with other architects and technical professionals to maintain consistency across systems.
2. Member of the LIMS Roadmap Team
- Ensure overall alignment of the LIMS roadmap with organisational objectives and industry best practices.
- Assess the architectural impact of significant roadmap changes, balance priorities, and manage risks, ensuring delivery of organisational value.
- Track emerging issues, strategies, roadmaps, and technologies to assess opportunities and risks.
3. Vision for the “Future LIMS”
- Craft an ambitious vision for APHA’s future LIMS, incorporating new technologies, automation, and digitisation opportunities for enhanced efficiency and scientific service delivery.
- Effectively communicate this vision to stakeholders across disciplines.
4. Quality Assurance
- Ensure all LIMS system developments align with accreditation standards (e.g., ISO17025, GLP) through robust architectural governance and documentation.
- Oversee the thorough scrutiny and testing of developments pre-implementation.
5. Technical Design Lead
- Lead the design of the scientific architecture for APHA’s LIMS system with appropriate supporting technology.
- Establish and communicate architectural principles, patterns, and constraints to ensure technically sound implementation.
- Identify how other teams contribute to delivering outcomes through changes in design.
6. Backlog Management
- Manage feature and engineering backlogs with a holistic architectural perspective.
- Highlight architectural risks or opportunities and provide assurance before implementing changes to minimise downtime.
7. Cross-Government and Industry Alignment
- Build relationships across government, academia, and the private sector to share best practices and knowledge in LIMS system management.
- Monitor technology trends to identify improvement opportunities for APHA’s LIMS.
8. Supplier Liaison
- Lead communication with external suppliers for service improvements or system upgrades, providing architectural insight to guide effective collaboration.
- Minimise time spent on technical discovery by aligning suppliers’ contributions with APHA's needs.
9. Scientific Expertise
- Maintain and develop expertise in APHA’s science, representing scientific needs to IT departments, governance boards, and forums.
- Actively network within the APHA community to align strategic goals with technical and scientific requirements.
10. Architecture Communication
- Lead discussions on complex architectural topics with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adapt communication techniques to diverse audiences, including senior stakeholders, advocating on behalf of the team.
11. Community Collaboration
- Collaborate with groups effectively, leveraging feedback to improve team dynamics.
- Proactively identify and resolve team challenges through Agile “health checks” and stimulate the right responses.
12. Making Architectural Decisions
- Collaborate on architectural design decisions with managed levels of risk and complexity.
- Address risks related to business, data, or security with support from architectural governance.
- Ensure decisions align with organisational strategies and principles.
13. Strategy Design
- Support strategy development that aligns with organisational goals, challenging assumptions, and identifying new opportunities.
- Use roadmaps, plans, and architectural principles to implement strategies effectively.
Responsibilities
- Build the architecture and design framework for APHA’s LIMS.
- Define strategy and play a central role in assuring services.
- Ensure and assure the continued alignment of LIMS solution development & delivery with APHA’s, Defra’s, and broader government’s strategic objectives.
- Ensure and assure the continued alignment of LIMS solution development & delivery with APHA’s legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations.
- Regularly collaborate and find agreement with senior stakeholders, providing direction and constructive challenge.
- Contribute to the overall management of technical and operational risk in relation to the APHA LIMS systems & service.
- Contribute to the overall management of business continuity in relation to the APHA LIMS systems & service.
- Contribute to the overall management and improvement of performance in relation to the APHA LIMS systems & service.
- Be proactive in identifying problems and translating these into non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood.
- Act as a mentor and coach to junior colleagues and may also be required to functional manage on a project basis, though no direct line management responsibilities apply.
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