Isp Solution Architect

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly experienced Solution Architect with a strong background in enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cloud, networking, security, integration, and large-scale public-sector technology transformation.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, technical teams, suppliers, delivery partners, and programme leads to design robust, scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions aligned with the Council’s strategic objectives.

About the Role

As an ISP Solution Architect (Interim), you’ll be responsible for developing end-to-end solution designs across complex technology environments, ensuring that architecture decisions support business requirements, security standards, interoperability, performance, and long-term sustainability.

You’ll provide expert technical guidance across programmes and projects, helping shape architecture standards, assess options, manage technical risk, and support successful delivery.

What you’ll be doing:

• Designing end-to-end technology solutions across complex enterprise environments
• Producing high-level and detailed solution architectures aligned with organisational strategy
• Translating business requirements into practical technical designs
• Providing technical leadership across major digital and IT transformation programmes
• Defining architecture principles, standards, and design patterns
• Assessing existing systems and recommending appropriate future-state solutions
• Designing solutions across cloud, infrastructure, networking, applications, integration, and security
• Ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective
• Reviewing and challenging technical proposals from internal teams and external suppliers
• Working closely with enterprise architects, technical architects, engineers, developers, and programme teams
• Supporting technology procurement and supplier evaluation
• Developing architecture documentation, roadmaps, diagrams, and decision records
• Managing technical risks, dependencies, and architectural constraints
• Ensuring interoperability between legacy and modern platforms
• Supporting cloud adoption and migration strategies
• Providing guidance on identity, access, security, and data architecture
• Supporting integration across multiple systems and platforms
• Ensuring architecture decisions comply with relevant security, governance, and data standards
• Contributing to technical governance boards and design authorities
• Supporting business cases and options appraisals
• Working with stakeholders to understand priorities, constraints, and delivery requirements
• Providing clear technical recommendations to senior decision-makers
• Supporting transition from design into implementation and delivery

We’re looking for a highly experienced, strategic, and technically credible Solution Architect with a strong track record of delivering complex technology solutions.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant experience working as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect
• Experience designing enterprise-scale technology solutions
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms and cloud architecture
• Strong experience across infrastructure, networking, integration, applications, and security
• Experience working within large and complex IT environments
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles
• Experience translating business requirements into technical architecture
• Experience producing solution designs, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure or equivalent cloud platforms
• Experience with identity and access management
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity and secure-by-design principles
• Experience designing integrations between enterprise systems
• Experience working with legacy and modern technology estates
• Experience supporting digital transformation programmes
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management experience
• Experience working with third-party technology vendors and delivery partners
• Ability to assess technical options and make clear recommendations
• Strong understanding of architecture governance and design assurance
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working within local government, public sector, or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous
• Relevant architecture certification such as TOGAF would be advantageous
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to provide three years of references/work history
• Ability to complete a Criminal Convictions Declaration
• Ability to sign a Confidentiality Agreement, * Do you have significant experience working as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect?
• Do you have experience designing enterprise-scale cloud, infrastructure, networking, or integration solutions?
• Have you worked on major digital transformation or technology modernisation programmes?
• Do you have strong experience with Microsoft Azure or another enterprise cloud platform?
• Are you experienced in architecture governance, design assurance, and technical risk management?
• Do you have experience working within local government, public sector, or another complex regulated organisation?
• Please confirm your current location and whether you can reliably travel to Britannia House, Bradford, BD1 1HXas required.

Experience:

• Solution Architecture: 5 years (preferred)
• Enterprise / Technical Architecture: 5 years (preferred)
• Cloud / Infrastructure Architecture: 3 years (preferred)
• Public Sector / Local Government IT: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• TOGAF or equivalent Architecture Certification (preferred)
• Microsoft Azure Certification (preferred)

• Weekly Pay
• Company Pension
• Ongoing Agency Support