Senior Solution Architect

What’s In It For You

• Join a collaborative, expert team committed to transforming digital health and care
• Work on services with real‑world impact for patients, clinicians and NHS staff
• Access extensive professional development and learning opportunities to grow your career
• Work in a hybrid model with opportunities to collaborate across national teams

As a Senior Solution Architect you will lead architecture for national systems, designing secure, scalable and interoperable solutions. Duties include creating end‑to‑end architectures, advising delivery teams, producing artefacts such as roadmaps, HLDs & patterns, ensuring alignment with standards and supporting governance. You will also mentor less experienced architects.

Applications

• Shape national services such as NHS App, NHS.uk, UEC & GP digital tools, focusing on user‑centred design and integration

Security (Cyber Architecture) subject to Security Check clearance

• Design secure‑by‑default systems, develop threat‑informed patterns, support NHS cyber maturity and protect critical services

Infrastructure

• Lead hybrid cloud strategy, network design, Microsoft 365 services and collaboration platforms underpinning secure NHS operations

Platforms

• Design shared APIs, event‑driven systems, registries, data services and cloud‑native components enabling interoperability and safety

We recruit across several domains and will align you to the area best suited to your expertise.

The Architecture function provides architectural leadership, technical assurance and strategic direction across major national programmes. You will lead architecture for a domain or national system, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, interoperable and aligned with NHS England’s strategic vision and standards.

Digital transformation is a core priority for the NHS, and this role offers the chance to shape national digital services, influence major programmes and ensure technology supports patients, clinicians and staff across England, contributing to safer, more efficient and future‑ready healthcare delivery nationwide.

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