Role:
Salary Band 11, £53,583 – £58,455
Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking
Hours/Contract: 37 hours per week, permanent
Working for #TeamNP
Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.
As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.
As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.
Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.
Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.
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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
1. Translate business needs into technical solutions that align with the Force’s vision and support ongoing projects and improvements.
2. Collaborate with business and technology partners to explore innovative ideas and define viable technical options.
3. Lead a systems analysis team, ensuring consistent, high-quality approaches to design and testing.
4. Identify and mitigate risks in both functional and non-functional aspects of proposed solutions.
5. Ensure architectural compliance by working closely with Enterprise and Domain Architects across technical, security, data, and application domains.
6. Own and govern technical standards across the Force, maintaining a standards register and driving compliance.
7. 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.