Technical Architect at Certes IT Service Solutions, Stratford-Upon-Avon, £500-£700 per day

We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect with a strong background working within a UK police force or policing environment to support a major records management system (RMS) migration programme. The role will focus on migrating legacy policing systems into NicheRMS (or a comparable police RMS platform).

Role Overview

You will play a key role in defining and delivering the technical architecture for a complex migration programme, ensuring data integrity, system interoperability, and compliance with policing standards and information governance requirements. Working closely with business, technical, and supplier teams, you will help enable a smooth transition from legacy systems to NicheRMS.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and ownership of the end-to-end technical architecture for the RMS migration programme.
• Define target-state architecture for NicheRMS, including integrations with surrounding policing systems.
• Oversee migration of data from multiple legacy systems, ensuring data quality, mapping, and reconciliation.
• Provide architectural assurance across system integration, configuration, and deployment activities.
• Work closely with DBAs, integration specialists, suppliers, and police stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure solutions align with policing standards, security policies, and information management requirements.
• Support technical governance, documentation, and design reviews throughout the programme lifecycle.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect on complex transformation or migration programmes.
• Direct experience working within a UK police force or policing environment.
• Hands-on experience with NicheRMS or a similar police Records Management System (RMS).
• Strong background in legacy system migration, particularly data-heavy platforms.
• Experience designing and delivering system integrations and target-state architectures.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical teams.

Desirable Experience

• Experience migrating to NicheRMS or similar RMS system.
• Knowledge of police data standards, information management, and governance frameworks.
• Background working on large public-sector or criminal justice transformation programmes.
• SC security clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance.