Senior Solution Architect

1 month ago

South Milford, United Kingdom NHS England Full time

Job summary

Do you want to make a difference? Are you interested in joining an expert team working to transform health care technology in England? Do you have knowledge and experience in; Designing & Delivering systems using Cloud services, Big Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Security & Digital strategy, then we may have a job for you. This is an exciting time to join NHS England as one of our Senior Solution Architects. The Architecture Profession provides a range of services to our internal and external stakeholders. We provide technical & solution architecture design, technical consultancy and technical/ solution architecture ownership to national scale NHS programmes & organisations. The work we do makes a difference to patients and NHS staff at a national level. The Technology and Data Integration function of Data Services is responsible for designing and assuring the data platforms at the heart of the NHS. Working with colleagues across data services and wider transformation directorate and health and social care ecosystem, our role is to ensure that these platforms make data available to those that need to access it whilst safeguarding the sensitivity and privacy of patient and workforce data, allowing world-class analysis for health and social care operations and policy making.

Main duties of the job

We have a need for senior solution architects who have expertise in one of three specialist domains - Solution Architecture, Security Architecture or Enterprise Architecture, and ideally experience working with large scale data platforms. As a Senior Solution Architect you will typically be responsible for the architecture for a large-scale system or domain, providing leadership to a team Architects and providing support to the Lead Technical or Solution Architect. Please see the attached assignment briefs for further details regarding the main duties for these roles.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities. Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential. Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation Delivering value for money.

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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This advert has attached Assignment Briefs/ information relating to roles currently vacant. However, please be aware that this recruitment may also be used to fill other positions that become vacant after the time of advert, for which Assignment Briefs or team information are not available. This will be limited to roles where the competencies to be assessed and requirements for the role are appropriately similar.

Some of the skills and experience we're looking for are: deep knowledge of specific our technical domains (Security, Enterprise or Solution Architecture) and experience providing advice regarding their application. experience of making credible technical decisions and communicating these with sensitivity and diplomacy to ensure the right technical direction is followed experience of leading and delivering technical change, challenging the status-quo, anticipating problems and monitoring implementation progress experience of contributing to the creation and review of a systems capability strategy which meets the strategic requirements of the business. experience of managing staff to deliver across a large and complex domain of work, in terms of transaction and data volumes, technology complexity and number of active users experience of developing models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Has knowledge of specific technical specialisms' and is experienced in providing advice regarding their application. The specialism can be any relevant area of information technology, technique, method, product or application area-(ideally Solution, Enterprise or Solution Architecture)

Experience

Essential

Experienced in the provision of well-informed technology advice, taking steps to ensure that it is properly understood and appropriately exploited, to enhance the effectiveness of significant activities. Experienced in initiating communications between stakeholders, acting as a single "technical" point of contact for defined groups oExperience in the identification and application of design principles, policies and standards across a variety of programmes.

Skills

Essential

Demonstrable evidence of leadership in the development of system and solution architectures in specific or service wide business or functional areas.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or equivalent higher education qualification, specifically in a computing, scientific or mathematical subject (or equivalent such as would be acquired through a taught Masters course).

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