Lead Technical Architect (Infrastructure & Cloud)

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead Technical Architect to define and deliver the infrastructure and cloud design across a portfolio of programmes. You will translate complex business needs into scalable architectures, bridging on-premise and cloud environments while ensuring governance and standards.

The role shapes the digital strategy and provides technical leadership across clinical and non-clinical systems.

Responsibilities

• The Infrastructure Design team oversees technical design and assurance throughout a project's lifecycle.
• Architects act as experts in various technologies, supporting RBFT and NHS organisations.
• Operating a cloud-first strategy, architects oversee on-premise services and facilitate the transition to cloud.

Job description

The Infrastructure Design team is responsible for technicaldesign and assurance through a project's lifecycle, acting asexperts in various technologies, supporting RBFT and NHSorganisations. Operating a cloud-first strategy, architects arerequired to oversee on-premise services and facilitate thetransition to cloud services., A Lead Architect is responsible for converting the technicalrequirements of a project into the architecture and design thatwill guide the final product. The post holder is also responsiblefor bridging the gaps between complex business problems andsolutions in the cloud whist supporting the on premise estate.The Lead Technical Architect is the technical lead for a range ofprogrammes across Royal Berkshire NHS Trust. This role hasresponsibility for defining strategic direction of technology andleading the technical design for of all systems and services,justifying design decisions that form a critical part of the Digital vision and strategy., o Co-responsible for the strategic definition and development of the Trust IT Infrastructure and Cloud architecture. The Trust IT architecture covers clinical and non-clinical systems and support for links and access with the wider healthcare community.o Act as the Trusts Infrastructure and Cloud Technical Design Authority who provides a focus for Infrastructure elements of design across all IT systems, hardware and software. Manages the development and adherence to the IT architecture and participates in project governance ensuring alignment of projects within the architectural IT roadmap and strategy of the Trust.o Lead the implementation of infrastructure and cloud architecture solutions across a group of clinical and business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, architecture principles, business capabilities and business requirements.o Understand the business (its drivers and capabilities) and determine corresponding enterprise system designs and change
requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.o Provide architectural ownership in lifecycle of infrastructure hardware platforms and infrastructure components of application delivery ensuring initiative is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture.o Own and maintain the full architecture documentation and standards and monitor compliance.o Embed the overall enterprise architecture approach, strategic technologies and architecture standards.

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