Technical Solutions Architect

Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year

Requirements:

• Degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent job experience.
• Experience creating end-to-end solution designs for new services or solutions.
• Full life cycle experience, including development of a complete set of architectural views for an enterprise in accordance with a common architecture framework such as TOGAF or Zachman.
• A proactive approach to problem solving, with ownership and determination to follow issues through.
• An open attitude toward sharing ideas and knowledge.
• A positive approach to mentoring, coaching others, and sharing information with the team.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation, and time management skills.
• Applicants must be a British citizen, an EU or EEA member, a Commonwealth citizen, or a foreign national free of restrictions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and improve new and existing IT solutions that align with our strategy.
• Create and deliver innovative, cost-efficient, and optimum ICT solutions to meet business needs across the full project lifecycle.
• Support the transition of solutions into BAU support.
• Deliver solutions on challenging projects spanning more than one application and/or technology.
• Work with teams across Digital, especially Project Management, to understand business requirements and technical project interdependencies.
• Translate business requirements into solution designs that adhere to our Enterprise Architecture.
• Play a pivotal role in the delivery of technological solutions for the business.

Technologies:

• Architect
• ICT
• Support
• Network
• TOGAF
• Security

More:

We are Police Scotland, and our Digital Division is seeking a Technical Solutions Architect to help deliver sustainable solutions for Police Scotland, SPA, and Forensics Services. This is a flexible role based within Scotland with hybrid working, and you may be expected to travel to one of our base locations or offices as required. We offer a supportive team environment where your expertise matters, opportunities to develop leadership and specialist knowledge, flexible working options including WFH, hybrid, and office-based arrangements, competitive salary with annual increments, full-time or part-time shift patterns, 28 days annual leave plus 6 public holidays, a local government pension scheme, ongoing training, career progression, comprehensive wellbeing support, and access to exclusive discounts and savings through our rewards and benefits network.

last updated 32 week of 2026