Enterprise Architect - Secondary Care

Bupa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Bupa health insurance

Enhanced pension plan

Annual performance-based bonus

Onsite gyms / local discounts

Job summary

Bupa is seeking an Enterprise Architect to lead transformation across UK Secondary Care IT, aligning architecture with business strategy and stakeholder needs. The role blends legacy systems with modern cloud-native and API-first approaches to ensure compliant, scalable solutions across care platforms.

The EA will guide Solution Architects, develop architecture standards, and contribute to the Architecture Community of Practice, enabling consistent governance and high-quality design across the

Qualifications

• Experienced Enterprise Architect with track record of leading transformation initiatives.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and design patterns.
• Strategic thinker able to operate from high-level vision to hands-on implementation.
• Strong consultative and stakeholder management skills across complex organisations.
• Broad knowledge of modern IT software, cloud platforms, and critical infrastructure.
• Familiarity with healthcare data regulations and interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, and OpenEHR.
• Background in product-centric, agile environments with DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the technology strategy for Bupa’s UK Secondary Care services with IT leadership.
• Maintain and evolve architecture roadmaps ensuring seamless integration across care platforms.
• Support due diligence and integration of new services with focus on cloud and API-first solutions.
• Guide and strengthen solution architecture capabilities within the Secondary Care IT team.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and alignment with data, security, risk, and legal standards.

Skills

CxO engagement

EA frameworks

End-to-end strategy

Stakeholder management

Cloud & infra

HL7/FHIR

DevOps & CI/CD

Job description

Job Description: Enterprise Architect - Secondary Care Hybrid – 1-2 days onsite per week Location: London, Salford, or Staines. Permanent We make health happen At Bupa, we are at the forefront of an exhilarating digital transformation journey, driven by our ambition to become the world's most customer-centric healthcare provider. Our mission is simple yet profound: to help people live longer, happier, healthier lives, and to make a better world. As a leader in the healthcare industry, our aim is to leverage cutting-edge technology to innovate and enhance our services, ensuring exceptional experiences for our customers. We believe that the key to success lies in our people. We are committed to creating an environment where our employees can thrive. At Bupa you will find a culture that values diversity, inclusion and personal growth. We strive to make Bupa a place to work, grow and make a meaningful impact to the lives of millions and drive change towards a healthier world As an Enterprise Architect (EA), you’ll bring a consultant mindset and the agility to thrive in a dynamic environment that blends legacy systems with cutting-edge digital technologies. You’ll play a key role in guiding and advising our Solution Architects, ensuring alignment and quality across lower-level design implementations. In this role within BGIUK, you’ll also contribute to the ongoing development of our Architecture Community of Practice—sharing your insights, experience, and expertise to help shape and mature our architectural standards and practices across the organisation. How you’ll help us make health happen Shape and deliver the technology strategy for Bupa’s UK Secondary Care services in collaboration with IT leadership. Maintain and evolve architecture roadmaps for critical systems, ensuring seamless integration across care platforms. Support technical due diligence and integration of new services, with a focus on cloud and API-first solutions. Guide and strengthen solution architecture capabilities within the Secondary Care IT team. Ensure governance, compliance, and alignment with data, security, risk, and legal standards. Contribute to high-quality, pattern-led solution design and resolve technical or regulatory challenges as needed.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Experienced Enterprise Architect with a strong track record of leading transformation initiatives and engaging CxO-level stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and design patterns.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to operate end-to-end—from high-level vision to hands-on implementation.
• Strong consultative and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and drive change across complex organisations.
• Broad knowledge of modern IT software, cloud platforms, and critical infrastructure within distributed systems.
• Proven ability to evangelise and promote the adoption of new technologies and architectural approaches.
• Familiarity with healthcare data regulations and interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, and OpenEHR.
• Background in product-centric, agile environments with experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time Job Area: IT Locations: Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.