Solution Architect
Primary location: Salford (M50 3SP) or Staines (TW18 3DZ) or London (EC2R 7HJ)
Work arrangement: Flexible / Hybrid
Job type: Permanent Full time 37.5 hours
Remuneration: £73,500+ salary negotiable based on experience & location, 10% bonus & additional benefits
At Bupa, we are passionate about technology and embrace health for all. You will work on innovative projects that make a real impact on colleagues, customers, patients and residents.
Job Description
You will join the digital & data strategy team and support Bupa’s journey on its digital transformation to become the world’s most customer‑centric healthcare provider. As a Solution Architect, you will design and deliver scalable, secure, modern solutions for existing services and new digital experiences. You will take ownership of solutions end‑to‑end, solve business challenges, and balance innovation with the complexity of our evolving technology landscape.
How You’ll Help Us Make Health Happen
- Lead the design and integration of IT systems across new acquisitions and site builds
- Support due diligence activities, including assessing risks, costs, and integration requirements
- Create clear, practical integration designs across infrastructure, applications, networks, identity, and core business systems
- Guide decisions on system migration, consolidation, replacement, or retention
- Support data migration activities, including assessing data quality and risks
- Develop integration roadmaps that align with wider business plans and dependencies
- Produce clear, evidence‑based recommendations to support technology and business decisions
- Document architectural decisions throughout integration and transition phases
- Design integration approaches for clinical, operational, and corporate systems
- Assess legacy systems, technical debt, and supplier constraints to inform decision‑making
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and support high‑quality healthcare delivery
- Work closely with business and technology teams to deliver against strategic goals
- Translate business needs into practical technology solutions and product backlogs
- Balance short‑term delivery needs with long‑term strategy and simplification
- Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners
- Communicate technical ideas clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
- Engage with governance processes to ensure solutions meet standards and controls
Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect in an architecture role
- Strong understanding of core IT infrastructure: networks, telephony, identity and access management
- Working knowledge of healthcare systems (e.g., patient administration or imaging platforms) and integration with enterprise systems such as HR and finance
- Experience supporting system integration during acquisitions or new site builds
- Ability to contribute to due diligence, Day 1 readiness planning, and post‑acquisition roadmaps
- Skilled in designing high‑availability solutions using recognised approaches such as UML or C4 modelling
- Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Azure or GCP), including platform services and workload migration
- Strong understanding of modern architecture practices: APIs, microservices, cloud‑native design, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Ability to design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions that support business growth
- Comfortable balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term strategy and simplification
- Strong communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to a range of audiences
- Collaborative approach, able to work across teams and build strong relationships
Benefits
Bupa’s benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme covering mental, physical, financial, social and environmental wellbeing. Flexible working and family‑friendly benefits are available.
- 25 days holiday (increasing with service length, with option to buy or sell)
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- Enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Annual performance‑based bonus
- On‑site gyms or local discounts where no on‑site gym is available
- Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
We are a health insurer and provider with no shareholders: our customers are our focus. Our people share a purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We champion diversity and encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria, ensuring fair treatment and reasonable adjustments as needed.
Locations: Angel Court, London; Bupa Place, Staines – Willow House
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