Solutions Architect

Company Description

LGC is an international life sciences company, building leading positions in sustainably growing markets. It provides reference materials, genomics solutions and analytical testing products and services, based on its innovation and intellectual property. It works with customers in the pharmaceuticals, agricultural, biotechnology, food, environment and sports sectors as well as with governments and academia to achieve excellence in investigative, diagnostic and measurement science.

LGC has sites across the globe including the UK, the US, Europe, China and Canada. LGC Group supports the development of diverse products such as clinical diagnostic kits, genomics-based therapeutics and drought-resistant crops with its genomics capabilities. It offers the most comprehensive range of reference materials available, with over 100,000 products for analytical laboratories to choose from, ensuring safety of many every day and essential products. Its offering is underpinned by its heritage and expertise in regulation, accreditation and standard setting. It helps customers conform to international statutory and regulatory standards. Science is at the heart of all it does, for a safer world.

LGC is owned by private equity firms, Cinven, Astorg and ADIA, and has undergone an exciting cycle of growth and development. LGC has seen its revenues double over the last 5 years and has plans to continue this rate of growth over the next 5 years underpinned by both organic and inorganic growth, continuing its international M&A programme which has seen more than 10 successful acquisitions since 2016.

Job Description

Job Description

We’re looking for a skilled Infrastructure and Solutions Architect to join our team! In this role, we are looking for someone to support strategic projects that align with LGC’s business vision, take ownership of infrastructure and solutions architecture, and we require them to provide experienced advice to ensure consistency, compliance, and stability across all architectural designs!

This role has the opportunity for someone to work Remotely based out of the UK. 

Key Responsibilities

• Actively supporting Business and IT projects as an Architecture SME for Infrastructure and business solutions.
• Developing Infrastructure and Solutions Architectures in line with our Architecture principles and LGC’s IT policies.
• Ensuring architectural design considerations are effectively embedded into delivery planning while aligning with business outcomes.
• Providing mentorship and expertise to members of the wider IT organization and business community in the design and implementation of enterprise solutions.
• Proactively finding opportunities that will enable LGC to meet its business and IT goals, aligned with common architectural principles.
• Embedding common ways of working, tooling, and reporting across the LGC architecture community aligned with a standard framework of artefacts.
• Supporting the ongoing continuous improvement of LGC’s architecture capability to ensure it meets the dynamic needs of the organization’s ambitions.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Infrastructure Architecture design within the context of a wider enterprise architecture framework.
• Experience in Solution Architecture or a willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of the Purdue model and OT network protocols, as well as experience working with industrial manufacturing systems (PLCs and SCADA) would be beneficial.
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure experience (Azure, AWS), network segregation, and/or software-defined-WAN experience will be a distinct asset.
• Ability to interpret complex technical information in relation to networks and tailor implementation to best suit the LGC environment.
• Experience in writing and presenting technical designs to meet business needs.
• Familiarity with Architectural frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman and Enterprise Architecture tools, such as Erwin Evolve, LeanX, or others.
• Experience working within regulatory frameworks like GxP or ISO would be beneficial.
• Experience in manufacturing and life sciences industries would also be beneficial.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of working effectively with geographically diverse teams. You should be a dynamic and enthusiastic teammate who thrives on challenges, bringing energy and positivity to every task. Strong facilitation skills are essential, as you will be engaging with both technical teams and business collaborators to drive success.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a keen ability to quickly assimilate knowledge from outside their area of expertise while showcasing exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills. You should be able to empower and inspire people in a matrix environment, working seamlessly across departmental boundaries. A numerate and meticulous approach is crucial, ensuring precision and accuracy in all aspects of your work.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Apply now to join LGC and help shape the future of science and industry!

Additional Information

The job holder will be able to demonstrate the following behaviour in line with LGC’s core values:

• Passion - Pride in our achievements engenders passion for our work and it translates into our ambition to make the world a safer place.
• Integrity - Commitment to high ethical standards has been at the heart of LGC since we started testing the integrity of products in 1842.
• Respect - We respect gender, age, nationality, religion and individuality – our diversity is our strength. 
• Curiosity - We constantly look forward to what’s next: our curiosity for today’s discoveries makes tomorrow’s innovations possible.
• Brilliance - We strive to be the very best in everything we say and do. We exceed customers’ expectations through innovation and pioneering science.