Solutions Architect
Job summary
SCW is seeking a Solution Architect to work on its exciting portfolio of digital projects. Primarily on network, cloud and infrastructure projects and modern workplace projects.
Working closely with and supported by the Solutions Architect`s, your function is the delivery of complex new services, both for our internal/external customers and partners. You will be involved in the Azure public cloud space and more widely Modern Workplace projects using Intune on the NHS Shared Tenant. Other areas of specialist projects include enterprise-wide enhancements to: Identity, Security, BYOD, Device Management, Big Data (Trusted Research Environments).
This is an interesting, dynamic role where there is a wide scope of work and opportunities to lead change.
Main duties of the job
o Provide subject matter expertise in the above domains.o Liaises with stakeholders, communicating highly complex technical concepts and complex issues, clearly and accurately, and adapting communication style to suit the recipient.o Produces written information of a high quality, which clearly sets out architecture designs (HLD, LLD), roadmaps, key issues, options, and outcomes.o The post holder must be able to communicate effectively, with stakeholders with good reasoning and negotiation skills.o Contribute to the technical delivery of a service, ensuring it is cost effective and delivered on time within agreed budgets.o Works cooperatively and productively with others to achieve results within their team.
You will be expected to work independently under the guidance of one of our Senior SME's, and as such will need to be able to translate basic customer requirements into a design.
About us
You will be working in a close-knit team, currently consisting of 3 Senior Solution Architects and 8 Programme delivery resources.
o Work closely with our senior Solution Architects.o This role can be delivered in a flexible hybrid way with any travel, site visits or meetings arranged by agreement on a very occasional basis.o We are a geographically dispersed team; we make good use of MS teams to create a virtual team working environment.o Supportive environment.
o Applicants should be aware that you may not be eligible for skilled worker sponsorship if you apply for this post. If you require sponsorship, please ensure you have checked your eligibility via https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job or alternatively, please contact us via email on scw.peopleresourceinternal@nhs.net to confirm the requirements of sponsorship can be met.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on our specific requirements for this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
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Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Education
- Educated to masters' level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Member of relevant professional body
Knowledge & Experience
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Experience of leading a team across multiple workstreams, managing conflicting priorities.
- Experience of conducting staff performance reviews
- Understanding of commercial awareness and approaches to service delivery organisations
- Understanding of the public sector
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
Skills & Capabilities
- Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders/customers both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level
- Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales and within financial constraints
- Excellent customer service skills; Team working skills; Self-motivated; Ability to move between details and the bigger picture. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
- Experience of delivering detailed design, documentation and successful implementation of new or changed operational processes through options appraisal techniques.
- Ability to interpret contracts and SLAs to ensure effective delivery within the terms of the agreement
- Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups/customers
- Excellent understanding of infrastructure management, backup methodologies and implementation.
- Experience in hybrid cloud technologies and migration of on prem to Public Cloud services
- Excellent understanding of data centre compute and storage technologies
- Experience in technically architecting an enterprise scale routing and switching infrastructure
- Experience in technically supporting enterprise scale data centre architectures and technologies
- Experience of the design, documentation and successful implementation of new or changed enterprise architectures.
- Evidence of managing large scale 3rd party contracts
- Experience in supporting and implementing public Cloud services (Azure)
- Evidence of commercial awareness ensuring solutions are commercially viable and deliver to Return on Investment forecasts
Employer details
Employer name
NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Address
NHS SCW Office Base (Hybrid)
Bristol
BS1 6AG
https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/
- Company
- NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom BS1 6AG
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £62215.00 - £72293.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom BS1 6AG
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £62215.00 - £72293.00 a year
- Posted