Solution Architect

Page Personnel; Brighton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable public sector organisation in Brighton seeks a Lead Solution Architect to guide architectural initiatives and support junior architects. The position offers a competitive salary between £70,000 and £81,070, along with an excellent pension scheme in a professional work environment.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Professional and supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience working with Dynamics 365 and Power Platforms.
• Ability to influence colleagues across the organisation.
• Good understanding of government frameworks and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the framing of complex architectural problems.
• Make and guide architectural design decisions.
• Help define solutions in line with approved designs.

Skills

Experience with Dynamics 365

Experience with Power Platforms

Event-driven architecture

Domain-driven design

Expertise in Microsoft technologies

Broad knowledge of architecture

Understanding of Enterprise Architecture frameworks

Job description

About Our Client

A respected public sector organisation known for delivering effective and efficient services. As a medium‑size entity, it supports a vital mission and offers a professional work environment.

Job Description

A Lead Solution Architect is responsible for a group of solution architecture initiatives, or a single more complex area. They typically coach and support more junior solution architects.

Key Skills

• Have experience working with Dynamics 365 and Power Platforms.
• Must be 1 day on site in Brighton.
• Architect for the whole context – support wider organisational objectives beyond immediate goals.
• Track emerging internal and external issues over time that could affect teams across the organisation.
• Take action to solve or mitigate problems by influencing colleagues across the organisation.

Architecture communication

• Communicate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organisations, using architecture communication techniques.
• Mediate between people in difficult architectural discussions.
• Gain support from business and technical stakeholders for architectural initiatives with high levels of risk, impact and complexity.
• Coach and support others in architecture communication.

Community collaboration

• Work collaboratively in a group, actively networking with others.
• Adapt feedback to ensure it is effective and lasting.
• Use your initiative to identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them.
• Identify issues through Agile 'health checks' with the team, and help to stimulate the right responses.

Making architectural decisions

• Make and guide architectural design decisions characterised by medium risk and complexity.
• Identify and address architectural risks that affect multiple teams or domains.
• Use architectural governance and assurance to make design decisions and manage technical risks at the appropriate level.
• Contribute to the development of architectural governance and assurance.

Problem definition and shaping

• Lead the framing of a problem characterised by high complexity, complication, or risk so that a solution can be created.
• Coach others in defining problems and describing appropriate options for solutions.
• Help others challenge requirements and assumptions, and identify opportunities when defining problems and solution options.

Strategy design

• Define strategies or visions across teams that align with organisational objectives.
• Direct the implementation of a strategy or vision, for example, by creating roadmaps or plans.
• Define architectural principles and patterns.
• Develop or maintain strategy in response to feedback and findings.

Technical design throughout the life cycle

• Create technical designs characterised by high risk, impact, and complexity.
• Lead and guide others in creating technical designs that achieve organisational objectives.
• Use feedback to optimise and refine standards for technical designs throughout the life cycle.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Lead Solution Architect should have:

• Experience of event‑driven architecture and domain‑driven design.
• Expertise in Microsoft technologies, particularly Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Microsoft 365.
• Broad knowledge of data, application, technology and security architecture.
• Good understanding of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and tools.
• Working knowledge of government frameworks and standards.

Accountability

• Define the solution architecture and design for prioritised initiatives in line with TPR's principles, policies and standards.
• Shape initiatives during product discovery and ensure solutions are implemented in line with approved designs.
• Help to define and maintain architecture roadmaps, guardrails and playbooks.
• Assist in aligning and refining digital, data and technology target and interim state architecture blueprints.
• Contribute to the architecture and design community of practice and help to maintain TPR's architecture repository.
• Support the delivery of operational efficiencies and cost savings / avoidance through business alignment, proactive application portfolio management, and reuse.
• Foster clear communication and effective collaboration between technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Assist in managing issues and mitigating risks, resolving emerging and recurring problems.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and work collaboratively with relevant teams to implement.

What's on Offer

• A competitive salary ranging from £70,000 to £81,070.
• Access to an excellent pension scheme.
• A permanent position in a reputable public sector organisation.
• A professional and supportive work environment in Brighton.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role in technology architecture. If you are ready to contribute your expertise as a Lead Solution Architect, apply today!