SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Vacancy Type
Police Staff
Area Command / Department
Digital Policing
Location
Newcastle
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Salary Range
£53,583 - £58,455
Closing Date
31/08/2025
Role:

THE ROLE

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Digital Department as a Solutions Architect.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Translate business needs into technical solutions that align with the Force’s vision and support ongoing projects and improvements.
• Collaborate with business and technology partners to explore innovative ideas and define viable technical options.
• Lead a systems analysis team, ensuring consistent, high-quality approaches to design and testing.
• Identify and mitigate risks in both functional and non-functional aspects of proposed solutions.
• Ensure architectural compliance by working closely with Enterprise and Domain Architects across technical, security, data, and application domains.
• Own and govern technical standards across the Force, maintaining a standards register and driving compliance.
• Act as the technology authority for new solutions, supporting project estimates, resolving architectural/integration issues, and contributing to incident and problem management through root cause analysis and technical solution definition.
  Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description