Solutions Architect

Solution Architect
6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £675 per day
London based - hybrid working - 3 days a week onsite
Current and active SC Clearance as well as NVVP3 is required to be considered for this role
We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to work as part of a central architecture function supporting the design and delivery of a portfolio of digital products and services that support Policing. This is a hands-on architecture role requiring someone who is comfortable working across a variety of products and technology areas, moving between application architecture, solution design, integration, cloud infrastructure and engineering considerations.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop, review and maintain solution and application architectures across a range of digital products and services, translating business and technical requirements into pragmatic, deliverable designs.
Produce architecture and design artefacts at an appropriate level of detail, including application, integration, data and technology/infrastructure views.
Review and evaluate technical proposals, solution options and designs, identifying trade-offs and providing clear recommendations to support delivery decisions.
Work closely with engineering teams to ensure architecture is implementable and aligned with modern engineering practices, rather than simply producing architecture documentation.
Provide architecture input throughout the product lifecycle, from early discovery and design through development, transition and operation.
Support the design of solutions deployed within AWS, including consideration of compute, networking, storage, security, resilience, availability, observability and operational support.
Work with engineering teams on DevOps and CI/CD approaches, helping ensure that architecture supports effective automated build, test, deployment and operation.
Understand and contribute to Infrastructure as Code approaches, particularly Terraform, and how infrastructure design and application architecture work together.
Define and assure non-functional requirements, including performance, availability, resilience, scalability, security, supportability and maintainability.
Identify archite...