About the Role
Ready to shape IT architecture across a growing NHS technology estate? Could you be the Solution Architect who helps our Architecture function punch above its weight? Fancy a role where your decisions today shape how NHS Professionals’ technology estate looks tomorrow?
Role summary: We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect to join NHS Professionals on a fixed‑term contract to March 2027. You’ll be part of our Architecture function, currently being relaunched within the IT Product & Architecture directorate, working alongside our Technical Architects to design solutions that support the NHS’s largest flexible staffing provider. If you enjoy variety, want real influence over how a re‑energised architecture practice takes shape, and like the idea of your work making a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Design and own solution architecture across Microsoft technologies, IT infrastructure, and cloud platforms (Azure and AWS)
- Provide cover and support for Salesforce solution architecture alongside our dedicated Salesforce Solution Architect
- Work with Product Managers to turn business requirements into practical, well‑designed solutions
- Get involved in our governance forums, helping shape technical standards and decisions across the business
- Bring ideas and experience that help us build a stronger, more resilient Architecture function as it relaunches
Qualifications
- Have solid, hands‑on experience designing and delivering solutions across Microsoft technologies, IT infrastructure, and cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS)
- Be comfortable picking up Salesforce architecture where needed, working alongside our dedicated Salesforce Solution Architect
- Have worked in an Agile delivery environment (SAFe or similar) and know how to balance business need with technical rigour
- Be confident presenting ideas and designs to governance forums, and holding your own in technical discussions
- Be a clear communicator who can explain technical concepts to people who aren’t technical
- Bring a collaborative, can‑do approach – happy to challenge the status quo and help shape a function that’s relaunching
Benefits
- Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell – 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
- A commitment to talent management & development
- Values Star of the Month! – Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
- Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Group Income Protection
- Wellbeing Programme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Engagement & discounts platform
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
We particularly welcome applications from people from minority groups and will provide support to ensure an equitable process.
- To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects society
- To proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does
- To create a psychologically safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best
- To actively support and include disabled people as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme, including offering an interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria and choose to apply under the scheme
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