Technical Architect
Responsible for analyzing client business requirements as they relate to feature development and quality assurance of all components of the site. In addition they plan and perform security audits, performance testing and launch validation analysis for customer applications.
Features
- Technical program oversight
- Architectural oversight ensuring the best solution is chosen
- Ensuring the project in implemented to best practice
- Technical liaison with customers technical team
- Overseeing requirements gathering and execution
- Unblocking technical issues/problems the team might face
Benefits
- Best practice implementation
- Technical assurance
- Technical risk reduction
Pricing
£150 a unit an hour
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
4 4 8 6 1 0 0 8 7 8 5 0 8 8 5
Contact
Acquia Inc
Christian Walker
Telephone: +44 (0) 7807302254
Email: christian.walker@acquia.com
Planning
- Planning service
- Yes
- How the planning service works
- The Developer works directly with a Technical Architect to plan the implementation of the components of a customer's site.
- Planning service works with specific services
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- Yes
- How the training service works
- Acquia provides tailored training packages which can be attended by any personnel, whether they are from the technical, business or administrative sections of the department. There is also the ability to provide either remote or onsite Training. Besides a vast amount of Training collateral, Acquia will also provide access to Acquia Academy, our customer-based LMS.
- Training is tied to specific services
- No
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
- The technical architect will be part of the team who will ensure the migrations services are completed successfully
- Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
- Yes
- List of supported services
- AWS
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- Yes
- How the quality assurance and performance testing works
- The technical architect will be part of the team who will ensure full quality and performance testing are completed as part of the service, following best practice through a tried and tested agile methodology
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Security testing
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Certified security testers
- No
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- Yes
- Types of service supported
- Hosting or software provided by your organisation
- How the support service works
- Acquia provides standard technical support, advisory hours, a technical account manager and enablement services. Support Levels: Starter, Basic, Business, Premium, Elite See details at: https://docs.acquia.com/support/guide#overview_subscriptions Customer may contact Acquia Support Services by submitting tickets or by phone. Response times to tickets are based on the level of urgency. "Critical" issues where the customer's production system is inoperative, production operations are several impacted, or involving a critical security issue have a 1 hour, 24x7 initial response time. "High" urgency issues (Customer’s production system is operating but the issue is disrupting Customer’s business operations; a workaround is not suitable for sustained operations) have a 2 hour maximum initial response time during business hours. "Medium" urgency issues (Customer’s system is operating and the issue’s impact on Customer’s business operations is moderate to low; a workaround or alternative is available) have a maximum 4 hour initial response time during business hours. "Low" urgency issues, which do not impact business operations in any significant way and have little or no time sensitivity, have a maximum initial response time of one business day.
Service scope
- Service constraints
- None
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- Responses vary based on urgency. Support SLAs are applicable 24x7, support is available on a 24x7 basis.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 AAA
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
- Acquia provides standard technical support, advisory hours, a technical account manager and enablement services. Support Levels: Starter, Basic, Business, Premium, Elite See details at: https://docs.acquia.com/support/guide#overview_subscriptions Customer may contact Acquia Support Services by submitting tickets or by phone. Response times to tickets are based on the level of urgency. "Critical" issues where the customer's production system is inoperative, production operations are several impacted, or involving a critical security issue have a 1 hour, 24x7 initial response time. "High" urgency issues (Customer’s production system is operating but the issue is disrupting Customer’s business operations; a workaround is not suitable for sustained operations) have a 2 hour maximum initial response time during business hours. "Medium" urgency issues (Customer’s system is operating and the issue’s impact on Customer’s business operations is moderate to low; a workaround or alternative is available) have a maximum 4 hour initial response time during business hours. "Low" urgency issues, which do not impact business operations in any significant way and have little or no time sensitivity, have a maximum initial response time of one business day.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- Schellman & Company, LLC
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- 20/11/2023
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- The certification covers our Information Security Management System as it pertains to the listed product and services, among others.
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- Yes
- CSA STAR accreditation date
- 20/11/2023
- CSA STAR certification level
- Level 2: CSA STAR Attestation
- What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover
- N/A
- PCI certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
- Wolf and Compnay
- PCI DSS accreditation date
- 15/5/2023
- What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
- N/A
- Cyber essentials
- No
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Social Value
- Social Value
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Social Value
WellbeingWellbeing
Wellbeing As a global organization with employees located in over 14 offices across the globe, Acquia prides itself on inclusion, being open to, and celebrating the cultural differences that make up or team. Here are some practices and initiatives that support diversity and inclusion: - Code of Conduct policy - Annual Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) reporting, including a targeted action plan. - Sponsorship of annual Pride celebration throughout its global offices. - Support of Women's initiatives through partnering with local organizations that provide educational and leadership opportunities. Acquia also facilitates an internal mentoring program that connects a diverse set of employees at varying skill levels in the organization together to promote growth, development, and coaching opportunities.
Pricing
- Price
- £150 a unit an hour
- Discount for educational organisations
- No