Senior Solution Architect

Role type

Police Staff

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Contract duration

Permanent

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Contract type

Full Time

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Department

ICT

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Location

Headquarters Devizes

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Grade/scale

Including a market supplement, the salary for this role is up to £63,687

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Find out if you are eligible

Vetting | Wiltshire Police

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Risk assessed factors

DSE use (for a substantial part of work)

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Closing date

30/09/2026, 12:00

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Job description

About us

At Wiltshire Police, we are dedicated to making our community a safer place for everyone. Our team is committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and service. We believe in creating a supportive and inclusive environment where every member can thrive and make a meaningful impact. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance, Wiltshire Police offers a range of opportunities to grow and develop. Join us, and be part of a team that values courage, compassion, and dedication to public service. Help us to keep Wiltshire safe.

About our DDaT Services team

At Wiltshire Police, we're transforming policing through Digital, Data and Technology. We recognise that DDaT is no longer simply an enabler of policing; it is a strategic capability at the heart of how we protect communities, empower our workforce and deliver better public services. As we evolve from a traditional ICT function into a modern, user-centred DDaT organisation, we're embracing cloud technologies, automation, AI, data and digital innovation to create smarter, more connected and resilient services. Join us at the start of an ambitious transformation, where you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of digital policing, work with emerging technologies, influence meaningful change and build a rewarding career that makes a real difference to our organisation and the communities we serve.

About the role

As Senior Solution Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital policing by designing innovative, secure and user-centred technology solutions that deliver real operational impact. Working across complex digital, data and technology initiatives, you will translate business needs into practical, scalable architectures and technical solutions that enable better outcomes for officers, staff and the public. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders, you will combine strategic thinking, technical expertise and emerging technologies to design solutions that are resilient, sustainable and future-ready. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how modern policing services are designed, built and delivered.

What you will be doing

Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of complex digital, data and technology solutions, ensuring they meet user needs, business outcomes and organisational objectives.

Shape solution designs that intelligently combine commercial platforms, SaaS services, integrations and emerging technologies, maximising value while minimising unnecessary complexity.

Translate strategic and operational requirements into clear, implementable solution designs that delivery teams can execute with confidence.

Lead architectural decision-making for complex multi-system solutions, managing risk, dependencies and technical trade-offs throughout the lifecycle.

Ensure solutions are secure-by-design, resilient and fully aligned to governance, compliance and policing requirements.

Work closely with Service, Security, Delivery and Architecture teams to ensure solutions are coherent, viable and sustainable.

Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, platforms and integration approaches that improve services and deliver measurable value.

Coach and support architects, engineers and delivery teams, helping to raise architectural maturity, consistency and technical capability across DDaT.

About you and your experience

You are a user-centred technology professional who enjoys solving complex problems and designing innovative solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes for users, the organisation and the communities we serve.

You have significant experience in solution architecture, designing and assuring complex digital, data and technology solutions across multiple platforms, services and business domains.

You are skilled at balancing user needs, business priorities, security, risk, cost and technical constraints to create practical, scalable and sustainable solutions.

You are confident engaging senior stakeholders, communicating architectural options and trade-offs, and translating complex technical concepts into informed business decisions.

You are passionate about innovation and emerging technologies, with the ability to identify opportunities to leverage cloud platforms, integration technologies, automation, data and AI-enabled capabilities to deliver measurable value.

You have completed secure-by-design and data protection architecture training and apply these principles to create secure, resilient and trusted solutions by default.

You can demonstrate sustained professional development in architecture and related technology disciplines and ideally hold, or be working towards, recognised architecture certifications such as TOGAF, BCS Solution or Enterprise Architecture, or a cloud architecture certification.

You bring demonstrable senior experience in solution architecture and a proven ability to shape solution designs that align technology investment with strategic outcomes, user needs and organisational priorities.

What we offer

Excellent career development opportunities

Professional development and training

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days

Hybrid working

Flexi hours scheme

Free On-Site Gym membership

Physical and mental well-being support

Generous Pension scheme

Please note, all roles will be subject to a vetting procedure, some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.

Depending on the number of applications received, we reserve the right to close this role early.

We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation who provides fair and equal consideration to all of our applicants. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.

If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

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Important information before you commence an application

Please ensure you allow time to complete your application fully as part complete pages do not autosave and the application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes.

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You may require the following detail to complete this application form:

National Insurance Number

Identification Detail e.g. passport

Address information

Referee information

Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained

Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have

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You may require the following documents to complete this application form:

A Passport style photograph

A copy of your photo card driving licence

A downloaded DVLA summary showing full driving record

A copy of your paper driving licence counterpart (Northern Ireland only)

A copy of your British Passport or birth certificate (if a candidate does not have a passport, then they may use their birth certificate, but will need to provide a copy of a British passport once they have obtained one.)

Copies of your qualifications relating to English and Maths (only). If applying for the Degree Holder Police Constable Apprenticeship, you will need a copy of your Degree Certificate.

Clear, colour photos of any non-intimate tattoos

Formal translation from a reputable source for any foreign language or symbol tattoos

Any paperwork relating to discharged debts, CCJ, bankruptcy etc

Deed poll certificate for any name changes

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