Solutions Architect

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - 7 MONTHS - INSIDE IR35

One of Loriens leading Public Sector clients are looking for a experienced Solutions Architect to join their team for an initial 7 month contract.

This candidate must be able to attend Glasgow based offices when required.

We are currently looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join the team within Digital Services.

As the Solution Architect within the team, you will be responsible for the overall solution architecture of the Future of the Programme including authentication and any nationally provided service. Working collaboratively with the programme team and external stakeholders, you will ensure secure, scalable, and user-friendly solutions are delivered for education.

• Lead the design of future solution architecture, including authentication, federated identity, and integration of national cloud-based education services.
• Ensure the authentication platform and federated identity services and any nationally provided services are designed and deployed to meet the needs of public sector security, compliance, and usability requirements - including alignment with Digital Scotland Service Standards and the wider Programme goals.
• Design and oversee solutions that enable cloud-based solutions using single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), standards-based federation protocols, and user lifecycle management across multiple organisations and services.
• Lead the replacement or integration of existing technology platforms, ensuring interoperability with legacy services and new digital platforms.
• Perform and assure options analysis for new capabilities to ensure proposed solutions align with the target architecture and security strategy.
• Establish best practice approaches for delivering SaaS-based solutions, applying them pragmatically across the programme.
• Collaborate and work with customer organisations (including local authorities) and other national bodies to ensure all services meet the needs of education and its users.
• Work closely with colleagues in organisations to ensure authentication and identity services integrate seamlessly with Scottish Government services and equivalent environments in partner bodies.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across Directorates, Divisions, and customer organisations to ensure transition to services are well-managed.
• Represent the programme in governance forums, architectural review boards, and external stakeholder engagements, ensuring alignment with security, privacy, and interoperability objectives.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.