Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £63-79K (up to 15% bonus, private healthcare & 15% pension)
Hybrid working (2-3 days per week), Permanent

Help us create a better future, quicker

We’re currently seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Solution Architect to join our team, playing a pivotal role in shaping and delivering complex telecoms solutions across a dynamic and evolving environment.

What you’ll be doing

This position is centred on translating customer requirements into scalable, practical, and commercially viable technical solutions. As a Solution Architect, you will take ownership of end-to-end design, ensuring that each solution aligns with established standards while making the best possible use of existing services. You will act as a trusted technical authority, building strong relationships with both customers and internal stakeholders, and guiding them confidently toward successful outcomes.

You will bring technical leadership and vision, balancing architectural best practice with pragmatic delivery. The role involves creating high-level designs, developing statements of work, and overseeing solution implementation to ensure quality, consistency, and long-term sustainability. Working closely with customers, you will refine requirements, provide subject matter expertise, and contribute to strategic direction, ensuring solutions are not only fit for purpose but also operationally and commercially sound.

Collaboration is key, as you will engage with third-party vendors, internal delivery and operations teams, and wider business functions to support telecoms capabilities across the organisation. You will also play an active role in telecoms strategy, contract lifecycle management, and the ongoing development of design methodologies, standards, and processes.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone with a strong technical background, ideally supported by a degree in electrical, electronic, or telecommunications engineering, or equivalent experience. A solid understanding of telecoms and critical national infrastructure environments is important, alongside hands-on experience with technologies such as IP networking, MPLS, SDH/PDH, and various transmission methods including fibre, microwave, copper, and radio. Familiarity with network synchronisation, DC power systems, and unified communications platforms will also be highly valuable.

Beyond technical expertise, you will be a confident communicator with the ability to influence, present, and build credibility at all levels. You’ll bring a proactive, solutions-focused mindset, capable of working under pressure while delivering high-quality, cost-effective designs. A strong grasp of industry frameworks and best practices, such as ITIL or eTOM, combined with a willingness to continuously learn and adapt, will set you apart in this role.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated Solution Architect to make a meaningful impact, contribute to critical infrastructure projects, and shape the future of telecoms solutions within a collaborative and supportive environment.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Schemes

• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans

• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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