The national salary range is £58,511 - £65,329 London salary range is £63,343 - £70,725. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
National
Region
National
Closing Date
05-Oct-2026
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
Grade 7
Number of jobs available
1
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
21743
Job description
As a Infrastructure Solution Architect you are a technical leader within HMCTS. You will be contributing to the technical architecture and will be responsible for significant parts of justice system technology (such as our workplace services). For this part of our environment, you will define and own the technology design aligned with the specific requirements of your users and the wider organisation. You will ensure that the set of technology components form a coherent whole that work together to deliver against the needs of the business area and that there is a clear roadmap for how these technologies will develop over time as the needs evolve.
Your leadership and communication skills, your proven problem-solving ability and your broad technical expertise will be key in ensuring that HMCTS is delivering excellent and innovative digital services to improving the justice system in line with our strategic aims and business need.
Your stakeholders will be leaders across HMCTS, from Product Managers to the Enterprise Architects. You will also be the most senior technical authority in the Digital & Technology Services (DTS) Infrastructure workplace & network product team. That means that the product managers, suppliers and users, and your Lead Enterprise Architect, will rely on you for system design and technical decisions, estimations, feasibility, best practices and escalations of technical issues. The workplace product team, stakeholders and peers in our community will seek advice from you on areas where you are the expert. Your attention to detail and understanding of processes and best practice will allow you to accurately and effectively document digital solutions and ensure that the appropriate governance is taking place.
Our Solution Architects are strong team players, not only within their delivery area, but within the wider technical and non-technical community. You will be responsible for communication with technical stakeholders, teams, panels and peers outside your team and the organisation. Together with other colleagues you will be engaging and liaising with non-technical stakeholders where you will be responsible for conveying technical matters in an effective way, and as required lead on business-related conversations (for example, why the system is implemented in a certain way).
Most of your time will be divided between stakeholder management, data analysis, design work, and documentation, governance and process, advising others and enabling efficient technical delivery that meets the organisation’s needs. However, you will be able to undertake hands-on technical work such as Microsoft Azure management on the HMCTS tenant. You will lead on troubleshooting workplace escalations and provide mentoring or guidance to others.
Your role as Infrastructure Solution Architect will encompass several key responsibilities listed below (but not limited to):
· Accountable for the designs of technical solutions and products produced by the workplace product team.
· Act as the senior technical authority for the Workplace and Network teams, providing expert technical guidance and collaborating with architects across the DTS Infrastructure Product teams to ensure aligned solutions and strategic direction.
· Propose and contribute to defining the technical governance within the workplace product team, and the wider technical governance.
· Liaise and actively engage with stakeholders to increase the awareness of the technical aspects of the solutions/products you are responsible for, and the impact of proposed changes on or by the solutions/products. Communicate with stakeholders at all levels to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical, advising others on how to do so.
· Manage workplace and infrastructure risks, capture accurate, relevant and up to date risks with adequate mitigations. Design solutions to meet the organisation’s risk appetite.
· Manage, quantify and communicate tech debt in the products / systems you are responsible for. Work to reduce technical debt in future designs and seek exception approval from the relevant authorities for deviation from agreed principles / standards when appropriate.
· Lead on capacity planning for the workplace and infrastructure solutions. Ensure that capacity meets the demand and systems are architected to scale as required.
· Turn business problems (and opportunities) into technical designs that follow a DDD approach, rightly coupled with appropriate cohesion. Identify and address cross-cutting issues. Design for maintainability, usability, availability, portability, interoperability and testability.
· Produce architectural artefacts such as diagrams, High-Level Design (HLDs) and Low-Level Design (LLDs). Ensure that solutions have the right amount of documentation and at the right level. Document the design process, ensure that key checkpoints are documented accurately (for example through governance minutes, decisions and submissions).
· Conduct technical reviews and assess the quality of the delivery in products you are responsible for.
· Maintain a balance between strategic architecture and hands-on technical delivery, undertaking practical Microsoft Azure management activities within the HMCTS tenant where required. Lead the investigation and resolution of complex workplace escalations and provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to others.
· Maintain up-to-date expert level skills in several technical areas, and deep technical knowledge areas required for your role.
· Lead on the technical aspects of procurement activities in your area, influence other procurements to achieve the most effective, compliant and fair procurement processes. Support procurement activities across the organisation as a technical specialist.
· Assist in shaping the recruitment process, lead on and participate in recruitment.
· This role involves activities and on-call duties that may be outside the core office hours (in-line with the organisation's policy for OOH) and travel to sites (in accordance with the organisation’s travel and accommodation policies).
· Leading in a changing environment. Ability to design technical solutions not only for existing requirement, but to also plan ahead so that solutions will meet changing operating requirements as programmes develop.
This role will be recruited using a combination of Government Digital and Data (GDD) Profession Capability Framework and Success Profiles Frameworks during the sift and interview process. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance, on top of your basic salary. This role is within the Technical Job Family. Is a Technical Architect role at Lead Technical Architect level, but carries the title Infrastructure Solution Architect within DTS.
To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:
Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance
Successful candidates who passed the sift will be invited to interview via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Technical and Behaviours.
Details can be found under the interview stage assessment section on the advert Civil Service Success Profiles and Government Digital and Data (GDD) Capability Framework
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The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised role: all successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale. This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation, a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO) – See Map. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity).
For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location’s respective pay scale (any legacy arrangements/locations will need to be amended).
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Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years’ service.
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A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.
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Roles will be recruited using a combination of Government Digital and Data (GDD) Profession Capability Framework and Success Profile Frameworks. Using GDD we will then determine if you will be paid an additional allowance on top of your basic salary
We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods
CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability
Evidence of Experience
CV or Work History, Statement of Suitability
Interview Dates
Interview expected w/c 26th October, but could be subject to change
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