Solutions Architect

Scottish Power HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)

From £61,600 + up to 15% performance‑related bonus, private medical cover, and other excellent benefits

Closing date: 6th March 2026

The Architecture team at Scottish Power provides technology services across all UK businesses, including solution architecture, technology evaluation, and strategic group alignment.

As a Solutions Architect, you will influence key architectural decisions and ensure group alignment through industry trend analysis and business engagements.

• Design and review architecture of new solutions with a focus on modern platform requirements.
• Direct the team in researching, reviewing, and recommending new solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance on projects ranging from minor initiatives to major multi‑million programs.
• Support the yearly IT budget and planning process, analysing solutions and technologies to make recommendations based on organisational needs.
• Lead product/application evaluation and selection activities, preparing presentations, documents, diagrams, and models to communicate analysis and recommendations.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand software application needs, and work with business and IT managers on the selection, design, development, and implementation of new solutions.
• Identify and develop new capabilities through technology trends and vendor collaboration, defining high‑level migration plans to address gaps between current and future states.

• Experience across multiple technology disciplines, including one or more of the following: networking and multi‑site hosting database architecture, cloud computing, data & analytics, integration & middleware, IT security, digital platforms.
• Ability to research, analyse, and recommend new technologies and software applications.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical architecture documentation.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of IT security industry trends and threats.
• Knowledge of enterprise technology architecture, information principles, and processes.
• Experience working across multiple business areas and with senior stakeholders.

• Significant experience of technology lifecycle across modern domains such as cloud, containers, application development.
• Significant IT experience gained from working in a number of technical client‑service based roles in a technical function.
• Record of academic achievement, including a recognised qualification from further education with a strong technical degree.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Numerate and able to deal with finances for the purposes of managing budgets or contracts with IT costing and suppliers.
• Must be a proven team player, promoting and consolidating efficient team‑working relationships.

In addition to a competitive salary, you can enjoy a range of benefits, including a pension scheme with double matching up to a 10% contribution.

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Scottish Power is part of the Iberdrola Group, a global leader in renewable energy. We commit to generating all our energy from renewable resources and investing over £6m every working day to achieve Net Zero. We offer a global organisation with diverse opportunities and a strong commitment to internal talent development.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. We support candidates with disabilities, long‑term conditions, mental health conditions, neurodivergence, or pregnancy‑related support, and encourage you to reach out to

Applicants who are not citizens of the country of the vacancy must comply with applicable immigration requirements. The Company will support necessary immigration procedures if required.

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before the advertised closing date. March 6, 2026.