Solutions Architect

** Solutions Architect
** Full time/Part Time Salary:
**£57,815 - £65,021
** pa, with potential for further progression to**£73,211
** pa with our pay progression scheme.

Location:

Hybrid Contracted to our Wilmslow, London, Edinburgh, Belfast or Cardiff office, however, through hybrid working we offer flexible home and office-based working opportunities. There will be times when you will be expected to attend the office to collaborate with colleagues or travel due to business need.
* Pay progression scheme.
* Hybrid and flexible working options.
* 25 days paid holiday per year, plus privilege and public holidays.
* Flexi leave (up to 24 additional days leave per year).
* Pension (employer contribution around 28.9%).
* Online discount scheme to save money at major supermarkets, retailers, gyms, restaurants, insurance providers and many more.
* Health Cash Plan.
* Fantastic development opportunities to learn and progress.

Further details can be found on the benefits section of our  .The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the independent regulator of information rights. In a data-driven world, we provide advice, guidance, and support to organisations enabling compliance with their obligations, as well as protecting individuals and their personal data.

As an employer, we are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives and careers of our people, and we empower you to be curious, impactful, collaborative and respectful.
** Job Summary
** This role will help the Director of Architecture to ensure the quality of solution designs and deployments across the organisation, ensuring the performance, security and scalability of those designs.
** Job Description
** The role will provide technical guidance and direction throughout the solution development lifecycle, including requirements validation technology evaluation, design and benefits realisation tracking

The successful candidate will collaborate and consult with a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure solution design decisions are aligned with Enterprise Architecture strategy

The role will carry out horizon scanning across the industry and wider technological landscape, identifying innovative tools and trends that could enhance the capabilities of the ICO
** Key Responsibilities
*** Developing and delivering the ICO’s Solution Architecture vision, strategy and roadmaps
* Collaborate closely with stakeholders and product managers to gather and analyse requirements for new solutions
* Create a library of architecture and solution building blocks to direct and guide effective and robust solution design
* Creating and managing the solution design and development of services of various sizes, including how they interact with their surroundings and how they evolve over time
* Supporting technical specialists in multiple projects and services on problems that require broad architectural thinking
* Defining how we build user-centred systems in an agile environment to serve a variety of citizen and business needs
* To challenge existing practices, looking for deeper problems to solve and larger opportunities for digital transformation
* Communicating the architecture vision to technical and non-technical stakeholders and to work in multi-disciplinary teams
* Playing an active role in the ICO Architecture community and related communities of practice where you will share your knowledge of best practice, tools and techniques
* Helping to build a diverse, inclusive culture across the architecture community, growing awareness, inclusivity and balance
* Working with other architects, colleagues and peers to define standards and guidance around best practice
* Engaging and networking with people across the ICO up to Director level to understand their needs and ensure they are aligned with the Enterprise Architecture vision
* To participate in the development of best practices and standards for Azure solution development and implementation.
* To be an evangelist for Azure solution architectures and best practices
** Essential criteria assessed at application stage
*** Substantial experience relevant to the role requirements, as described in the role responsibilities and person specification, and accumulated through any combination of academic or vocational qualifications or experience.
* Experience of working with cloud-first architectures and how to design solutions that take advantage of the opportunities they offer.
* Experience of working with technical teams and delivering user-centred services in an agile environment.
* Experience of working with stakeholders of all levels to make decisions on technology choices, using the most appropriate languages, frameworks and tools to meet user and business needs.
* Experience of working with Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and C4, UML Modelling
* Proven ability to design and document end-to-end solutions, including consideration of data and infrastructure components.
* Knowledge of a wide range of technologies including cloud…