GIS Architect

Founded in 1992, we are a successful, growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queen’s Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital, data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence, Healthcare, Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management, and Digital Democracy. About the role

As a GIS Architect at Informed Solutions, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture and technical direction of innovative digital solutions that solve complex challenges across the public sector. The work you do will have a real and lasting impact on society, helping to make the UK healthier, safer, and more sustainable.

You'll lead the design of enterprise-scale geospatial solutions, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to define technical strategy, establish architectural standards, and ensure the successful delivery of scalable, secure and resilient digital services. You'll provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from discovery and solution design through to delivery and continuous improvement.

As a consultancy, we are proudly technology independent. Rather than prescribing technologies, we focus on selecting the right tools and platforms to solve our clients' challenges. Our teams work across a broad technology landscape, cloud hosting solutions, and a variety of modern GIS platforms and open-source geospatial technologies, giving you the opportunity to influence solution design using the best technology for each project.

Many of our projects leverage Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open-source geospatial technologies, enabling clients to unlock the value of location intelligence through advanced mapping, spatial analysis and data integration.

This role offers flexibility to be based from our Altrincham (Manchester), Westminster (London), Leeds (Yorkshire) and Edinburgh (Scotland) offices where you'll be part of a collaborative, high-performing team environment, supported by our hybrid working approach.

Able to work effectively in environments where you can adapt to innovative practices involving uncertainty, change, and agile working.

Ability to manage competing priorities and your time so you can deliver high-quality work within deadlines.

Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to respect and accept different perspectives and disagreement, work collaboratively in diverse teams, and maintain positive working relationships.

Good judgement and decision-making in complex environments where uncertainty, ambiguity, and risk must be collaboratively managed by working supportively alongside others.

Good communication skills, including clear, constructive written outputs and measured, respectful verbal delivery.

We work in a fast-paced, ever-evolving innovation and problem-solving workplace environment where no two days are the same. This requires you to have the foundations of personal resilience, professional adaptability, and flexibility in working alongside others with a positive mindset.

We appreciate that this workplace culture and the level of variety won’t suit everyone. However, after significant consultations with colleagues at all levels, we understand that these are the fundamentals of success in undertaking the complex, innovation work which is the DNA of Informed Solutions.

These shared foundations are important to team cohesion, performance, and mutual personal support.

As colleagues, we thrive in successfully problem solving together to deliver real-world impact; and value the variety of challenges and opportunities to learn, grow, and progress on a personal and professional level.

We are proud to nurture a workplace culture that is diverse, inclusive, rewarding, and egalitarian.

We strive to live up to our values of Innovation, Excellence, and Integrity by thinking about things differently, always doing our best, and acting in good faith at all times.

We’re a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems, particularly where place, location or geography are important.

Our workplace culture reflects how we go about our work, the type of work that we choose to do, and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social, environmental, and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.

We focus both on technical skills and equally importantly, on the cultural fit of prospective new colleagues. Our success relies on fostering an environment where creativity and collaboration produces great outcomes for our people, our clients, and our partners.