Location: Birmingham / Sheffield / Newcastle upon Tyne / Manchester / Blackpool / Leeds
Working Arrangement: Hybrid, UK.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to lead the technical design and architecture of complex digital systems and services across multiple projects and teams.
The successful candidate will bring a strong software development or technical engineering background, with the ability to evaluate technologies, define architectural solutions and communicate technical decisions effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead solution architecture and technical design across multiple projects and teams.
- Evaluate proprietary and open-source technologies and recommend appropriate solutions.
- Ensure systems meet technical quality, scalability, security and integration requirements.
- Provide architecture assurance and challenge technical designs where necessary.
- Align technology solutions with wider organisational and government strategies.
- Identify opportunities for cross-organisational technology alignment and reuse.
- Mentor technical teams and provide guidance to other architects.
- Proven experience as a Senior Solutions Architect, Solutions Architect or Technical Architect.
- Strong software development or technical engineering background.
- Experience designing complex enterprise systems and digital services.
- Broad understanding of industry-standard proprietary and open-source technologies.
- Ability to evaluate and justify architectural decisions and technical trade-offs.
- Experience in architecture assurance, technical governance and stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and mentoring skills.
- Public Sector / Local Authority / Government experience - desirable
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