Job Description

Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC621040
Salary Range: 54,539 - 61,124 per annum, plus Market Supplement of 3,000 per annum available for the right candidate
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29June 2025
The Role:
Hampshire County Council requires an IT Architect to join its expanding IT Delivery Architecture Team. With a strong technical background in IT, the successful candidate will be responsible for the development of solutions built on enterprise class platforms to meet business requirements, corporate strategies, and architectural standards.
You will be responsible for designing solutions that are delivering real change, across wide range of services provided by the council, helping to improve the lives of people living in Hampshire, including some of the most vulnerable. You will have an opportunity to really make a positive impact through the solutions you design. You will act as a trusted advisor to colleagues at all levels across IT and the wider business. Working alongside highly skilled and supportive Technical Specialists and Enterprise Architects, you will produce fully costed end-to-end solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements, conform to County Council's architecture standards, and oversee the implementation of these.
About You:
The successful candidate will have Hybrid Cloud experience including design work, utilising a wide range of concepts and technologies such as SaaS/PaaS/IaaS/On-Premises hosting, application provisioning and integration, Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Windows Server, firewalls, load balancers, and databases (both HCC hosted and cloud).
In addition, you need:

• Motivation for IT architecture, design, and innovation, with the energy and capability to consistently deliver in a fast paced, high-quality environment.
• Ability to develop architecture and solutions, built on enterprise class platforms, that meet requirements and architectural standards.
• Proven delivery of architecture and design documentation and identification of risks and architectural issues through to project closure.
• Strong presentation skills, and the ability to distil complex technical concepts, and communicate them in a clear and easy to understand way.
• Ability to quickly familiarise yourself with new technologies, identify opportunities these present and adapt to organisational culture and new ways of working.
• Aptitude for understanding business problems and solving challenges through the application of technology.
• Experience in leading the technical shaping of projects at early stages, supporting development of business cases.
• To be a self-starter, capable of managing a demanding, dynamic workload and the expectations of a varied set of stakeholders.
• To be a strong team player who enjoys facilitating discussions and workshops, listening, and learning from others.

If you are already working at a senior technical level and have a strong technical understanding of similar IT technologies, then we would like to hear from you.
We offer our employees great , including competitive pension and annual leave entitlement; as well as flexible working environment and great opportunities to enhance your existing skill set and knowledge.
Additional Information:
IT Delivery Architect
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Chris Hammond, Service & Systems Infrastructure Delivery Manager on
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