Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary

About the Role
Since 1990, Methods Business and Digital Technology has partnered with central government departments and agencies to transform public sector operations across the UK. Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services by applying digital thinking centred around citizens. We pride ourselves on a customer-centric approach, working collaboratively to share skills, solve problems, and deliver what is right for our clients. We are experts in delivering secure, resilient cyber and information services, helping organisations reduce risks and vulnerabilities through tailored security roadmaps and identity management programmes.

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft 365 Solution Architect to provide architectural leadership for a major Enterprise Document and Records Management System (EDRMS) programme. This strategic role focuses on designing enterprise-scale Microsoft 365 information management solutions rather than day-to-day platform administration or engineering. You will work alongside Information Governance, Records Management, Security, Business Analysis, Migration and Change teams to define the technical architecture that underpins secure, compliant, and scalable information management across Microsoft 365.

As the Microsoft 365 Solution Architect, you will own the end-to-end architectural design of a Microsoft 365-based EDRMS, ensuring the platform delivers robust document and records management while meeting governance, compliance, and operational requirements. You will provide technical leadership across SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Purview, and the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem, producing high-quality architectural artefacts, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring solutions are secure, auditable, and aligned with best practice. This role requires bridging technical architecture with information governance, translating complex business and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable Microsoft 365 design patterns.

Experience
- Significant experience designing enterprise Microsoft 365 solutions within large, complex organisations.
- Strong expertise in Microsoft 365 architecture, particularly SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams.
- Experience designing enterprise information management, document management or records management solutions.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Purview, including Records Management, Retention Policies & Labels, Sensitivity Labelling, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Audit, and eDiscovery.
- Experience designing information architecture, metadata and taxonomy models.
- Proven ability to translate governance, compliance and privacy requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Experience producing High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), architecture decision records and technical documentation.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience providing technical leadership and architectural governance across large transformation programmes.

About you
- Ability to lead architecture and solution design for a Microsoft 365 Enterprise Document and Records Management System (EDRMS).
- Skilled at defining scalable, secure and resilient Microsoft 365 solutions supporting enterprise information management.
- Capable of providing architectural governance and technical assurance across design, build, testing, migration and operational handover.
- Comfortable working closely with Information Governance, Records Management, Security, Business Analysis and Change teams to ensure technical solutions meet business and regulatory requirements.
- Experienced in mentoring technical teams and providing architectural guidance throughout delivery.

Qualifications
- Desirable: Enterprise Document and Records Management System (EDRMS) implementation experience.
- Desirable: Experience supporting large-scale migration and unstructured data transformation programmes.
- Knowledge of Microsoft 365 compliance and governance best practice.
- Experience working within Central Government, Healthcare, Public Sector or other highly regulated environments.
- Familiarity with information governance, privacy and records management frameworks.
- Microsoft architecture or Microsoft 365 certifications are advantageous.