Senior Solutions Architect

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in shaping the future of IT architecture?

At SSCL we're on the lookout for a talented Senior Solutions Architect to join our dynamic team. In this role, you'll lead the charge in designing and implementing complex solutions for our prestigious Police and Government clients. Your expertise will be instrumental in sculpting the architecture of medium to large-scale projects, driving success and efficiency for our clients.

This is a Hybrid working role, where you can be based anywhere in the UK with occasional travel to one of our SSCL Centres of Excellence 

What you will be doing:

• Creating Solutions Architecture designs, and technically oversee/lead projects when specialist SMEs are required
• Performing reviews of services, cloud-based applications and data to confirm that solutions considered for licensing, newly acquired solutions and changes to solutions are compliant with policies and standards, and compatible with the SSCL IT Strategy and roadmaps.
• Model existing and planned services using recognised architectural modelling languages, e.g. Archimate.
• Own and guide the technical relationship with the customer with specific regard to the design of new or existing services.
• Advising and helping customers understand and make the most of services and features available to them.
• Defining scope and deliverables for assignments with ‘clients’ (may be internal or external) for the definition and execution of Solutions Architectures to integrate all of a client’s requirements
• Tracking market trends and competitor activities in ‘specialist areas’ to ensure the data is utilised for the ongoing service development
• Identifying and managing risk in their business activities and taking responsibility for reporting risks in timely, open and appropriate manner

What you will bring:

• A Proven track record in designing complex solutions within security.
• Experience with Oracle ERP platforms, Pega, AWS Connect or Azure.
• Experience of designing and implementation of components of (or complete) secure systems or services.
• Ability to define overall performance, testing and migration requirements, and ensure designed solutions will meet them.
• IT Architecture experience including TOGAF
• Knowledge of various IDAM Methods and Technologies
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly to influence senior stakeholders

Would be great if you had:

• ​Knowledge of Police, Public Sector / Central and Local Government, MoD or Defence.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: UK anywhere
Security Clearance Level: SC & NPPV2
Internal Recruiter: Carolyne
Salary: £87K
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
SSCL is the market leader in critical business support services for the UK public sector. Operating at size and scale since 2013, SSCL has delivered over £750 million of savings - providing more funds for front line public services. We transform services using digital solutions and innovative technology, developing platforms that enable flexibility to meet the changing needs of our Government, Defence and Police clients.
We employ around 3,000 people who sit at the heart of our business strategy. Their passion and connection to our values and our purpose is what sets us apart and puts SSCL in the Top 20 of GPTW large workplaces. ‘Living SSCL’ means we deliver social value within our services and work with our clients and community partners to support programmes such as education and employability initiatives across the UK.