Solution Architect (Housing Systems, Local Government)

Our London based Public Sector client have an immediate requirement for a Solution Architect (Housing Systems, Local Government) to join on an initial 3 month basis, there is a chance of extension.

We are looking for a really strong interim Solution Architect with extensive delivery experience around housing systems within a local authority setting.

Key responsivities for the Solution Architect (Housing Systems, Local Government)

• Discover, document and review the business, data and system architecture within the Housing areas of the Council.
• Conduct interview based discovery with numerous Housing stakeholders, review existing designs and other documentation and capture current business and system friction points and limitations.
• Capture details on existing contracts including key metrics such as contract length/expiry, scope of services.
• Conduct paper review of existing design artefacts comprising range of document types covering data, infrastructure, integration, messaging and other areas.
• Extract and classify key data from discovery exercise.
• Create roadmap and ground-up designs that present a cohesive interim stages and end-state design together with evidence based justification for key decisions.
• Review designs with the Lead Architect and DD&T leadership team, collate structured feedback and respond.
• Summarise designs into targeted presentations for various internal stakeholder groups including business, technical, security.

Skills, knowledge and experience required for theSolution Architect (Housing Systems, Local Government)

• Strong experience of enterprise architecture in a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture practice, including business, data, application and technology architecture, and the ability to apply recognised frameworks such as TOGAF in a practical and proportionate way.
• Experience designing housing management/asset management systems for a local authority, housing association or other similar organisation.
• Strong experience in discovering and cataloguing existing systems from various views including business, data, application and
• Exposure to housing management solutions such as Housing One, Asprey, Civica, NEC or others.
• Experience of software asset and licence management, including entitlement, usage, renewal, optimisation and compliance controls.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements for designed solutions.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex issues, identify risks, weigh options and develop practical recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills, working with business stakeholders and including the ability to produce presentations and briefing papers for technical and non-technical audiences.