Solution Architect

Company description:
Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Job description:

Solution Architect – Integration?& AI

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:
We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience (up to £70,000)
A company car lease/allowance scheme (£500 per month/£6,000 per year, based on full-time employment on joining the company). You can opt to sign up to the EV Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme 6 months after joining the company.
Annual incentive related bonus (up to 10% of annual salary, increasing to 15% in the 26 to 27 performance year).
Private health care (self only)
Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!
A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
Retail savings scheme
Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

This role will initially be based in Bradford but we're moving our office to Leeds Valley Park in summer 2026, so you'll be based there in the future - Hybrid Working (2 days in the office a week – Bradford/Leed s)

Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a  Solution Architect – Integration?& AI  to join the  Technology  team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers.  Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it's so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

The Technology team is key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

We're looking for a talented Solution Architect to play a pivotal role in designing and shaping enterprise-scale solutions across our Azure ecosystem. Combining expertise in integration architecture, APIs and Azure cloud services , you'll help deliver secure, scalable and resilient solutions that drive business transformation. Working closely with stakeholders, engineering teams and platform specialists, you'll translate complex business needs into innovative technical solutions, championing API-led and event-driven architecture principles.

You'll also help drive the adoption of emerging AI capabilities, ensuring AI-powered solutions are implemented in a secure, governed and strategic way using Azure AI technologies. If you're passionate about modern cloud architecture, integration excellence and leveraging AI to create real business value, this is an exciting opportunity to influence the future direction of our technology landscape.

Where you fit in:

As our Solution Architect – Integration?& AI you will:
Partner with business stakeholders, solution architects and delivery teams to understand business needs and translate them into innovative, future-ready…