Solutions Architect

On behalf of Homes England we are looking for a
Solution Architect (Inside IR35)
for a
4 month (until 31/03/26)
contract.
Remote working with occasional office travel.

Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market

.

The Architecture team is part of the Digital directorate at Homes England. The team supports the business in designing, delivering and iterating the digital, data and technology services, which are core to providing modern business service

s.

Working with technology peers in Homes England, the Government Digital Service (GDS) and wider Government you will help define and architect solutions, as well as advising on technology choices that support the organisation and align to its strategic objectiv

es.

This is a critical role for an experienced Solutions Architect who will provide support to the programme and project teams by delivering architecture solution design, describing transitional states to senior stakeholders, both technical and non-techni

cal.

As well as project teams, you will work with business SME's, development, platforms and infrastructure teams to provide clear frameworks for delivery of technical solutions. Additionally, you will have good knowledge of DevOps principles and be familiar with iterative approaches to architecture and develop

**ment.

As a Solution Architect your main responsibilities will**

• be to:

Understand and articulate the organisation's ecosystem and its inter-dependencies, ensuring quality and integrity of new so
- lutionsDesign solutions to meet user and business needs and align with Homes England's strategies, policies, procedures and st
- andardsGuide projects in making the correct technology decisions, promoting reuse, sustainability and scalability to achieve value fo
- r moneyTranslate technical concepts between systems engineering, delivery management and service management, as well as developing and documenting the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of any s
- olutionProvide a consistent set of solution views, that communicate and describe the construction of the solution to all stakeholders, making the complex simple to und
- erstandWork with internal stakeholders to support discovery and design work, blending technical and communication
- skillsCommunicates clearly and provide assurance to the Technical Design Authority that technical solutions align with Homes England strategy, design principles and st

**andards

Es**

• sential:

A sound knowledge of architecture methodologies and frameworks and experience of their application e.
- g. TOGAF.Experience of modern IT paradigms including event-based architecture design, containerisation, microservices and loose
- coupling.A good understanding of a broad range of technologies with experience of designing and including Microsoft O365, Power Platform, Dynamic
- s, Azure.Experience of an API-first and services-led design approach, with the ability to use business requirements, user stories, data standards, and integration patterns to help to define services
- and APIs.A sound knowledge of cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, serverless, and networking design patterns, tools and best practice (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Microsof
- t Azure).Strong communication and stakeholder managemen

t skills.