Solution Architect

An experienced Solution Architect is needed to work with operational and project teams to provide expert guidance on various aspects of infrastructure and application-based solutions.

You will be responsible for producing business case, solution options, solution overview and high-level designs, managing the technical relationship between 3rd party vendors and providing guidance and support for the delivery on a variety of initiatives.

You will apply functional knowledge and technical expertise to design systems to support our customer needs.

Main Responsibilities:

To be responsible for the governance and design of a complete solution from inception through delivery to handover to support.

To work with other Architects and Analysts to ensure what is proposed is both fit for purpose and meets the core business needs.

Understand the current or "as is" state of the IT architecture and the path required to move this to the future "to be" state recognising that this target will constantly be moving away.

To liaise with Infrastructure, Network and Cyber architects during the design and delivery phase.

To assist with the coordination of other technical SMEs to support the delivery and implementation phases of a programme or project.

To understand the challenges and complexities that exists within each stream or area of a programme and be able to integrate these activities.

Promote co-operation and facilitate coordination of all technical and non-technical streams within a programme to achieve the successful delivery of an integrated solution.

Comfortable at explaining and presenting both solutions and rationale for decision making to a technical and non-technical audience via documentation and presentations.

Provide consultancy to determine and understand the dependencies that exist between technical and non-technical components across streams.

Support other Architects / project / programme manager in understanding the risks, dependencies and issues that exist and the impact that these may have on the project / programme.

Understand what the project / programme will deliver from a business and benefits perspective and to advise on areas where this in not congruent with the proposed solution.

Leverage and influence change programmes to develop and enhance the relevant standards, policies and guidelines whilst driving adoption of standards.

Be an active team member of the Warwickshire Police architecture team and support colleagues through collaborative transparent peer reviews, audits, standards compliance checks and due diligence as required.

5+ years of experience as a Solution Architect.

Ability to familiarise yourself with the application environment and understand how they can be amended to meet new customer requirements is going to be an essential skill.

Possesses a broad knowledge of solution areas such as transformation and migration, security, business analysis, applications, integration and infrastructure, service management, including trends in the current marketplace and understands how these interact to arrive at a solution.

Significant experience of adopting and enforcing governance and assurance methods.

Experience of designing & implementing solutions as part of multi-stream change programmes.

Familiarity with business and technical concepts such as business process design, service management, applications, servers, networks and security (both technical and process).

Understands complex business problems and commercial frameworks and how to apply a logical, systematic approach to arrive at an appropriate solution.

Good Communicator able to reduce complex ideas to simple terms and express these to both a non-technical and technical audience.

Desirable:

Strong experience of designing, implementing and migrating applications into Microsoft Azure.

Experience:

Ideally, 5+ years of experience of the Microsoft Azure platform / ecosystem.

Experience of designing & implementing solutions as part of multi-stream change programmes.

Significant experience of adopting and enforcing governance and assurance methods.

Experience working in an environment involved in growth of our business, and the working on the transformation of the IT estate into target architecture

Key Skills:

A high calibre leader capable of providing thought leadership operating within both the business and technology domains.

Understands complex business problems and commercial frameworks and how to apply a logical, systematic approach to arrive at an appropriate solution.

Good communicator able to reduce complex ideas to simple terms and express these to both a non-technical and technical audience.

Strong customer service focus and attention to detail.

Why work for Warwickshire Police?

Warwickshire Police has gained a reputation as a pioneering and innovative force, responsible for policing a large diverse, multi-cultural population.
If you are looking for a fresh challenge which offers a genuine opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives, variety and the chance to broaden your experience, then Warwickshire Police is the force for you.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Warwickshire Police are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are working hard to increase diversity and inclusion within the Constabulary, where communities are under-represented, including those from minority ethnicity communities, people of all ages, abilities, faiths, religions and gender, LGBTQ+ communities and those from other disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds, who share our values and wish to make a difference to the communities we serve.
All applications will be treated on merit, based on the evidence provided in your application and suitability for the role you have applied for.

Recruitment and Selection Policy

Internal applicants who are at risk of redundancy or in need of redeployment and pass the selection process, will be offered the role over the remaining internal and external applicants.

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

You will be required as part of Warwickshire Police recruitment process to successfully complete vetting and credit checks.

We support the "Happy to talk flexible working" campaign, which aims to encourage uptake of flexible working for individuals, the flexible working options that may be considered for this role include;

Compressed Hours

Remote Working