Infrastructure & Cloud Services Solution Architect

NHS; Sutton No. 103; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Solution Architect to guide the design of innovative hybrid infrastructure at a world-class cancer center. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud and on-premises systems, shaping technology strategies to enhance clinical operations while ensuring compliance with security standards. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to communicate complex technical matters clearly to non-technical stakeholders. Join a dedicated team committed to providing excellence in cancer care.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Learning and development opportunities

Stimulating working environment

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent experience in a senior technical area.
• Evidence of continued learning and development.
• Extensive practical experience as an Enterprise Architect or Solutions Architect.

Responsibilities

• Lead hybrid infrastructure strategy to support clinical operations.
• Design scalable, secure infrastructure solutions across environments.
• Oversee technical governance in line with security standards.

Skills

High level professional people management skills

Innovative / strategic thinker

Advanced oral and written communications skills

Experience in leading teams

Advanced IT skills

Education

Master's level or equivalent

Professional technical qualifications in TOGAF, CISSP, ITIL

Tools

Cloud infrastructure technologies

Google GCP

Job description

Are you ready to shape the future of hybrid infrastructure for a world leading cancer centre? Royal Marsden Digital Services is looking for a Solution Architect to guide the design and evolution of our critical systems. This role blends robust on premise foundations with modern Cloud (IaaS/PaaS) innovation, ensuring our clinical teams have reliable, high performing tools that support life saving care.

Why Join Us?As a key technical leader, you will architect and refine our hybrid technology stack. You'll help define our infrastructure roadmap, integrating legacy systems with cloud services to deliver secure, resilient and scalable platforms.

Key Responsibilities:Lead hybrid infrastructure strategy, aligning on premise and cloud environments to support 24/7 clinical operations.Design scalable, secure infrastructure solutions across physical, virtual and cloud layers.Drive cloud native adoption and automation to enhance performance and agility.Oversee technical governance, ensuring compliance with NHS security and regulatory standards.Manage supplier relationships, ensuring strong performance and value.Lead resolution of complex architectural issues across cloud and on prem systems.Collaborate with developers and partners to ensure new applications are designed effectively for our environment.

Main duties of the job

The Infrastructure and Cloud Services Solution Architect at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust plays a pivotal role in assessing, designing, delivering, and supporting reliable, resilient, and secure cloud and on-premises system and infrastructure technology solutions that are aligned with enterprise architecture and digital services technology strategy.

This role involves leadership in technical design, governance, and operational problem management, ensuring effective collaboration with stakeholders and service providers.

The post holder serves as the technical authority for all cloud and on-premises system and infrastructure technology dependent projects and changes, ensuring alignment with the Trust Roadmap for clinical and corporate services.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job responsibilities

For further information please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification.

Lead as the technical infrastructure design authority across all cloud and on-premises hosting.

Lead as a subject matter expert during technical infrastructure major incidents and operational problem management.

Provide technical direction and solutions for cloud and on-premises hosting services aligned to key business requirements and strategy.

Support the preparation of business cases for cloud and on-premises infrastructure solutions, considering infrastructure, licences, development, delivery and support costs.

Work closely with project and technical teams to review, interpret and respond to detailed business requirement specifications, to ensure alignment between customers expectations and current and future technology capabilities.

Communicating highly complex technical infrastructure matters to senior non-technical staff clearly and in a manner whereby they can fully understand the issues and implications.

Propose and enforce infrastructure policy, standards and service changes which may have beneficial impact.

Maintain expertise in cloud and on-premises hosting infrastructure technologies to ensure that cost-effective solutions and processes are deployed and aligned with business direction

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Educated to Master's level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
• Obtained professional technical qualifications or equivalent experience in areas such as TOGAF, CISSP, HL7, ITIL, MSCE, MCSD, MCTS, CCNA.
• Evidence of continued learning and development.

Experience

• Extensive practical experience as an Enterprise Architect / Technical Architect / Solutions Architect
• Healthcare experience in design of systems environments
• Experienced lead for a technical design authority or equivalent technical architecture group
• Experienced in leading teams to interpret business and functional requirements, writing and delivering technical specifications including complex integration and implementing bespoke clinical solutions.
• Experience of undertaking engagement and co-design in the planning of projects, involving a wide range of stakeholders, including clinicians, providers, partners and the public
• Architectural experience in industry or technology companies
• Google GCP experience

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• High level professional people management skills and leadership qualities.
• Innovative / strategic thinker, high analytical ability to use data, research and consultation.
• Highly developed facilitative, influencing and negotiating skills at both a local and system level
• The skills to critically assess analyse and synthesise highly complex information/data from several sources and make recommendations, options appraisals and decisions
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of technical expertise and providing senior leadership in digital technology disciplines
• Demonstrable experience of supporting the development of Technology Strategies across complex systems, considering local, regional, national and supplier requirements/constraints
• Experience of delivering presentations on complex technology subjects to large groups /conferences both internally and externally
• Advanced oral and written communications skills, including the ability to convey complex messages to a wide range of stakeholders, often concerning contentious or difficult situations.
• Awareness of relevant national policies and ability to interpret these to advance the organisation's business needs
• Advanced IT skills, incl. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio
• Expert diplomacy and mediation skills to enable overcoming complex barriers to change
• Understanding of partnership working & interrelationships between key senior stakeholders

Other Requirements

• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly in a dynamic environment
• Excellent Communication skills and attention to detail
• Treating others with compassion, empathy and respect
• Able to work across all sites and to be flexible to meet the needs of the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.