Principal Solution Architect - Cloud Migration

Digital Health and Care Wales; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW): Is an ambitious organisation created by Welsh Government to lead on the digital transformation of health and care. We are undertaking a Cloud Transition Programme (CTP) to move 80 digital services, currently hosted on 1,600 on-premises servers, to Azure and GCP. Work with our various teams to migrate services to the cloud. This will not be a simple rehosting. We anticipate that some services will be refactored for cloud, others will have elements of replat forming. The role will lead a shift to a new cloud-based operating model focused on IaC, automation, self-service and adoption of open-source technologies.

Main duties of the job

Lead on developing the migration approach for all DHCW product teams, maximising the opportunities to use open-source technologies and optimise the design to gain maximum benefit from the cloud. Develop reusable patterns and processes to enable new products to be rapidly built and deployed into the cloud in a safe and secure way. Lead on technical engagements within the CTP, suppliers and various DHCW teams to resolve any issues as required. Develop work packages for suppliers to support the migration and associated developments as required. Ensuring services and products are aligned to industry best practice and regulatory and contractual requirements. Enable and promote the use of automation and self-service. Provide technical leadership to operations, infrastructure, and Fin Ops teams to optimise the performance and costs of IT infrastructure. Work on high-profile systems and solutions delivered at the National scale, in line with the organisation's commitment to agile delivery practices and a product-based approach. Be the escalation point for any technical programme issues and champion operational management, working closely with other leaders.

This post is fixed term for 24 months due to - meet the needs of the service.

About Us

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is an expert national body and part of NHS Wales. We work in partnership with NHS Wales colleagues and other key stakeholders to provide national digital and data services which support the delivery of health and social care in Wales. Modern health and care services depend on good digital tools, data and information. DHCW runs or works with more than 100 services and delivers major national digital transformation programmes to support this. In addition, DHCW provides expert advice in relation to cyber security and information governance. We give frontline staff the digital tools which help them provide safer and more efficient care. We are also giving patients and the public digital tools to better manage their own health and wellbeing, empowering people to live healthier lives. We put people at the heart of what we do, working to the highest standards to deliver quality and make digital a force for good in health and care.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Oversee the development of complex architectural solutions, ensuring technical integrity, consistency, scalability, performance and adherence to standards. Develop and maintain architectural cloud design roadmaps, optimise both cost value and performance efficiency. Communicate cloud architecture principles and standards across the organisation. Support multiple teams, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies, to deliver cloud-based health solutions. Work with security, compliance and operational teams to meet regulatory requirements. Drive innovation and explore emerging technologies, to seek opportunities for digital transformation. Champion best-practice architectural principles and patterns, ensuring our solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable. Lead governance, solving complex and high-risk issues. Define and lead the long-term architectural vision, strategy, and objectives. Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable. Participate in an on-call 24x7 management rota. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

1. Master's degree in an associated professional field (or equivalent qualification / experience).
2. Further evidence of relevant higher-level education and/or training.
3. Knowledge gained through practical experience of working at this level, across the range of work procedures and practices.
4. Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable

1. FEDIP Leading Practitioner, or equivalent recognised Advanced Professional qualification.
2. Theoretical and specialist knowledge gained via relevant certification such as: TOGAF Certification, AWS, GCP or Azure Certification.
3. Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the NHS, or other healthcare systems and services, including the political, strategic, and operational environments in which they operate.

Experience

Essential

1. Significant experience of successfully managing an architecture function within a large complex organisation, leading a team of specialists to work on multiple architecture projects or programmes.
2. Expert in the IT environment relating to own sphere of work (own organisation and/or closely associated organisations, such as customers, suppliers, partners), in particular own organisation's technical platforms and those that interface to them through the specialism, including those in closely related organisations.
3. Proficient in the analytical comparison of IT products against specified criteria (including costs) to determine the solution that best meets the business need.
4. Proficient in software which forms part of the operating platform infrastructure.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Employer details

Employer name

Digital Health and Care Wales

Address

Hybrid working

Location to be confirmed at interview

CF11 9AD

Employer's website

https://nwis.nhs.wales/