Senior Geospatial Solutions Architect

The Role:

Joining nxzen's rapidly expanding geospatial function means stepping into a leadership role at the forefront of digital transformation across critical infrastructure sectors. As a Senior Geospatial Solution Architect, you will own the end-to-end architecture and technical direction of complex, business-critical geospatial programmes, helping organisations unlock the full value of GIS, IoT, operational technology (OT), information technology (IT), and digital twin capabilities.

You will act as a trusted technical authority, shaping strategic roadmaps, defining enterprise-scale architectures, and ensuring the successful delivery of integrated solutions that align technology investments with measurable business outcomes. Alongside solution leadership, you will play a key role in growing nxzen's geospatial practice through innovation, capability development, mentoring, and support for business growth initiatives.

The role reports to the Geospatial Capability Director and will be responsible for:

• Owning end-to-end geospatial solution architecture across complex transformation programmes.
• Leading the integration of GIS, IoT, OT, IT, and digital platforms into cohesive enterprise solutions.
• Establishing and governing architectural standards, design principles, and delivery assurance processes.
• Engaging senior stakeholders, including executive leadership teams, to align solutions with strategic business objectives.
• Supporting Sales and Business Development teams to shape opportunities, propositions, and technical bids.
• Driving innovation, capability development, and technical excellence across the Geospatial practice.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership:

• Own solution architecture and technical direction across complex geospatial and digital transformation programmes.
• Architect enterprise solutions leveraging the full ArcGIS system alongside integrated business, data, and operational platforms.

Integrated Platform Design:

• Lead the design of integrated GIS, IoT, OT, and enterprise technology solutions.
• Define system interaction models, integration patterns, and data architectures across multiple platforms.
• Ensure architectural alignment across applications, infrastructure, security, and data workstreams.

Technical Governance & Assurance:

• Establish and enforce architectural standards, governance processes, and best practices.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical design authorities, and solution assurance activities.
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and architectural decisions throughout delivery.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Lead technical workshops and strategic design sessions with client stakeholders.
• Present solution roadmaps, architectural approaches, and recommendations to senior and executive audiences.
• Translate business requirements and strategic objectives into practical technology solutions.

Solution Delivery:

• Provide technical leadership throughout delivery to ensure implementation aligns with architectural intent.
• Collaborate with project managers, delivery teams, and client stakeholders to achieve successful programme outcomes.
• Support quality assurance and resolution of complex technical challenges.

Innovation & Practice Development:

• Stay informed on Esri roadmaps, industry trends, and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation.
• Develop reusable patterns, accelerators, frameworks, and best practices.
• Support the growth of nxzen's geospatial capability through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership.

Business Development:

• Support bids, proposals, and business development activities through solution shaping and technical leadership.
• Contribute to market-facing propositions and strategic growth initiatives.
• Represent nxzen at industry events, workshops, and client engagements.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years' experience delivering solution architecture for enterprise GIS and digital transformation programmes.
• Expertise with Esri technologies.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering complex, integrated technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, data architecture, and system interoperability.
• Experience leading technical governance, design reviews, and architectural assurance activities.
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders and executive audiences.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to align technology decisions to business outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and highly effective in managing priorities across multiple initiatives.
• Proven experience producing architectural artefacts that have been approved through governance or architecture review boards.

Desirable (but not essential) Skills & Experience:

• Experience delivering transformation programmes within utilities, infrastructure, transport, or environmental sectors.
• Experience with ArcGIS Utility Network and legacy migration programmes.
• Knowledge of digital twin, IoT, and operational technology architectures.
• TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Practitioner or TOGAF® Certified.
• Microsoft Azure or AWS certifications.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, ARM, or similar.
• Experience integrating GIS with enterprise platforms including SAP, Maximo, OMS, WMS, or SCADA.

Summary

If you're an experienced Solution Architect looking to take ownership of large-scale geospatial solutions and drive technical direction across complex programmes, we'd be delighted to hear from you. At nxzen, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping technology strategy, influencing senior stakeholders, driving innovation, and delivering meaningful outcomes for our clients. This is an opportunity to work alongside highly skilled specialists, tackle complex business challenges, and help define the future of geospatial and digital transformation across critical infrastructure sectors.