Overview

Birmingham Newman University is seeking an experienced and forward‑thinking Application Architect to lead the strategic direction, governance, and development of the University’s application estate. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the University’s digital future, ensuring our systems and integrations are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned to institutional priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Digital & IT Services, the successful candidate will lead the Application Team and act as the University’s design authority for application architecture. The role will oversee the development, integration, lifecycle management, and governance of a broad portfolio of enterprise applications and platforms, including SaaS solutions, web systems, databases, and integration services.

The postholder will work closely with technical and non‑technical stakeholders across the University to ...