Senior Solutions Architect

About the Role
Are you passionate about designing and delivering innovative, secure, and scalable technology solutions? As a Senior Solutions Architect at Enfield Council, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving our digital transformation. You’ll act as a technical authority, shaping cloud-first strategies and ensuring our technology aligns with enterprise architecture and GDS standards. This is a hands-on, influential position where you’ll collaborate with internal teams and external partners to deliver high-impact solutions that make a real difference to our residents.
About You
You are an experienced Solutions Architect (or similar), with a strong background in enterprise architecture and the full solution development lifecycle. You have a proven track record of designing complex, cross-platform solutions in large-scale agile environments, and possess deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. You understand cloud-native architectures, microservices, API design, and secure, scalable solution design. Experience with Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, and a solid grasp of data protection and regulatory standards are essential. You’re a collaborative leader, an effective communicator, and thrive on guiding teams and stakeholders through technical decisions.
Your technical expertise includes:

- Design & Implementation: Designing and implementing secure, scalable network solutions, covering both traditional LAN/WAN and cloud-based architectures.
- Azure Networking: In-depth knowledge of Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, peering, VPN gateways, ExpressRoute, and network security groups.
- Hybrid Connectivity: Experience with hybrid connectivity models (e.g., site-to-site VPN, ExpressRoute) to integrate on-premises and cloud environments.
- Network Security: Familiarity with network segmentation, firewalls, load balancers (Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway), and Zero Trust principles.
- Storage: Experience with Azure Storage Accounts, Managed Disks, Blob/File storage, and backup/recovery strategies.
- Monitoring & Security: Implementing Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Security Centre for diagnostics, monitoring, and compliance.
- App Services: Deploying and managing Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Azure SQL.
- Integration: Designing solutions using Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, and API Management for application integration and messaging.
- Serverless & Automation: Leveraging serverless technologies (Azure Functions, Logic Apps) and automating deployments with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
- Security & Governance: Applying RBAC, Azure AD integration, Key Vault, and policy enforcement for secure container environments.
- Identity & Access Management: Implementing Azure Active Directory, Conditional Access, and RBAC.
- Compliance: Ensuring solutions meet regulatory standards (ISO 27001, GDPR, NIST, Cyber Essentials).
- Cost Management: Using Azure Cost Management and Advisor for resource optimisation and governance.
- Monitoring & Diagnostics: Setting up Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics for proactive monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Working with business analysts, developers, and technical support teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Mentoring: Providing technical guidance and mentorship to project teams and junior architects.
- Documentation: Creating and maintaining architectural diagrams, technical specifications, and user guides.

What We Offer
Alongside a competitive benefits package, Enfield Council provides a dynamic and supportive working environment where your expertise will shape the future of digital services. Enjoy opportunities for professional development, flexible working arrangements, and the chance to make a real impact on the lives of our residents. We value innovation, encourage continuous learning, and support your career ambitions. Join us and be empowered to take responsibility, work collaboratively, and contribute to a culture built on openness, respect, and active listening.
About Enfield Council
Enfield Council is committed to making a positive impact for our diverse community. We deliver high-quality services and foster a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and continuous improvement. As part of our Digital Services team, you’ll join a supportive environment that values bold ideas, collaboration, and professional growth.
We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.
We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
- 1 month paid sabbatical for Children’s Social Workers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.