Job: Technical Architect, First World War Centenary Programme, Imperial War Museum

The Imperial War Museum London is planning a major redevelopment to coincide with the First World War Centenary (2014 - 2018). The Centenary Programme requires a talented architect who will help shape the technology direction for a ground breaking digital programme.

The right candidate will be a PHP guru experienced in the use of social APIs. This will be combined with extensive knowledge of HTML and other front end technologies. They will be pivotal in designing and delivering robust, scalable solutions for cutting edge web and mobile applications. This project will be a career defining piece of work.

Job Description

The right candidate will be able to take control of the architectural direction of several complex systems. This work will range from owning the technology map across multiple projects to hands on development and prototyping.

This will involve:

• Development of our partner extranet and other essential infrastructure
• Working with internal teams, in particular the Museum's New Media team, but also Collections Management, ICT and others to develop a coherent architecture for multiple, interrelated systems
• Providing technology leadership and mentor the team as it grows
• Working closely with analysts and designers to rapidly prototype web and mobile applications
• Operating in a small team, co-ordinating 3rd parties and other external suppliers
• Articulating the technology approach with system diagrams, succinct documents and presentations
• Evangelising, applying and overseeing agile methodologies
• Ensuring the systems are "future proof"

This role would suit an unusually talented senior developer who is focussed on bringing systems live and loves working at the development coal face. The Centenary team will act like a start-up within the Imperial War Museum and this role will be a stepping stone to CTO or similarly senior career.

Experience & Requirements

• You will have at least 5 years online development experience.
• You will have unusually strong coding skills across a range of languages and frameworks. This includes:
• Coding best practices
• Configuration management
• Agile methods
• Experience of delivering leading edge technologies in several domains, including; social APIs, games, mobile, user generated content
• Experience of putting your systems live, early and often. This is a 3.5 year programme, but it is not a monolithic project, it will be iterative, agile and open to change
• Passion and proven ability for 'hacking' - making things work, solving real world problems.
• Required languages and platforms include; PHP, iOS, android apps
• Extensive knowledge of front end technologies: HTML, XHTML, CSS, JS / jQuery
• You will have successfully led development teams for several real systems
• Exposure to Wordpress and / or Drupal is also desirable
• Experience of working in a large cultural organization would also be beneficial, e.g. museum, library, university or media organisation

Skills

• Development team management
• Good communications skills
• Focus on user experience and user centric design
• Desirable skills; experience with digitisation of assets, archive / library / museum databases, digital asset management, crowd sourcing, mobile / application 
• Interest in IWM core values /20th century history

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