Technical Solution Architect

Public Sector Resourcing, managed by AMS; Remote; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading meteorological organization in the UK is looking for an experienced Technical Solution Architect for a 6-month contract, primarily remote with occasional visits to Exeter. The successful candidate will provide strategic architectural leadership across vital workstreams including HR Systems Refresh and ServiceNow Expansion, ensuring vendor compliance and defining the target technical architecture. Essential requirements include experience in large-scale HR system transformations and expertise in procurement strategy and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect in large-scale HR system transformations.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Understanding of compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR) and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead market engagement and vendor selection for HR systems including RFP processes.
• Define a multi-year delivery roadmap, including integration and data migration strategies.
• Establish the Target Operating Model (TOM) for the new HR platform.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Vendor evaluation

Procurement strategy

RFP processes

Architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)

Risk management

Tools

ServiceNow

Microsoft Dynamics

Atlassian (Jira, Confluence)

GitHub

Lucid

Mural

Artifactory

Job description

On behalf of the Met Office, we are looking for a Technical Solution Architect (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based Remote (with occasional visits to Exeter).

About the Role

The Met Office is seeking an experienced Technical Solution Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership across two critical workstreams:

• HR Systems Refresh: Define the target architecture and operating model for a new HR platform (covering HCM, LMS, and Payroll integration). Lead vendor evaluation, procurement strategy, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• ServiceNow Expansion: Provide architectural assurance and governance as the platform is scaled across the organisation.

This is a high-profile role requiring strong stakeholder engagement, the ability to influence at senior levels and confidence to own strategic tasks from end to end.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead market engagement and vendor selection for HR systems including RFP (Request for Proposal) processes and negotiation with suppliers.
• Define a multi-year delivery roadmap, including integration and data migration strategies.
• Establish the Target Operating Model (TOM) for the new HR platform, defining processes, roles and governance.
• Define and enforce target technical architecture and non-functional requirements (security, scalability, resilience).
• Govern cross-system integration with Finance, Identity Management and Data Warehouse.
• Ensure service acceptance and operational handover.
• Produce clear architectural deliverables: RFPs, evaluation reports, solution blueprints.

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience as a Solution or Enterprise Architect in large-scale HR system transformations.
• Expertise in vendor evaluation, procurement strategy and RFP processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Understanding of compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR) and risk management.
• SC Clearance is required. Candidates must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Preference may be given to holders of active security clearance.

Desirable Requirements

• ServiceNow expertise.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics.
• Familiarity with SaaS tools: Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), GitHub, Lucid, Mural, Artifactory.
• Workshop facilitation and vendor demo experience.

Work Location

This role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Equality and Diversity

Disability Confident: The Met Office guarantees interview all candidates who have a disability and meet all essential criteria. Even in high volume, it will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Commitment: The Met Office guarantees interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet essential criteria. In high volume, it will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Legal Notice

This role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. Thus, the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.