Senior Azure Architect - Healthcare

Hitachids; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital solutions is seeking an Azure Architect to support the NHS National Breast Screening Services. This senior role involves designing complex Azure architectures, ensuring scalability and security, and providing technical leadership. Ideal candidates will have extensive Azure experience and relevant certifications, contributing to impactful healthcare technology solutions.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Industry-leading benefits

Support for holistic health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing Azure solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing architectures including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• Familiarity with Azure security best practices and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture of enterprise-scale Azure solutions.
• Define and enforce architectural standards for Azure cloud solutions.
• Guide development teams on implementing Azure services effectively.

Skills

Azure services

Cloud computing concepts

Microservices architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Customer service

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Are you passionate about making a difference in healthcare through technology? We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Azure Architect to join our team, supporting the UK's NHS National Breast Screening Services (NBSS).

As a senior Architect, you will play a crucial role leading in leading the design and implementation of complex Azure-based solutions for the NBSS.

With exemplary customer service and communication skills, you’ll be adept at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, end users, and third parties to understand business requirements, define architectural standards, and develop scalable and secure cloud architectures.

Your role will involve providing technical leadership, guiding teams through the entire project life-cycle, and ensuring alignment with industry best practices and Azure architectural principles.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the design and architecture of enterprise-scale solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform, considering factors such as scalability, availability, security, and cost optimization.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices for Azure cloud solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry standards.
• Conduct architectural reviews and provide guidance to development teams on implementing Azure services and technologies effectively.
• Design and implement highly available and resilient architectures for mission-critical applications, leveraging Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure DevOps, Azure App Service, and Azure Functions.
• Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code practices using tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, or Azure DevOps pipelines to streamline deployment and management of Azure resources.

What you'll bring to the team

• Extensive experience designing, architecting, and implementing enterprise-scale solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform.
• In-depth understanding of Azure services and technologies across compute, networking, storage, databases, security, and governance.
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing concepts and architectures, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Experience with architecting and implementing microservices-based architectures and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Azure security best practices, identity management, and compliance frameworks such as GDPR, and SOC 2.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools and automation frameworks such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, or Azure DevOps.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert are highly desirable.

*Please note that successful applicants will be required to pass S ecurity Check (SC) clearance for this role. In order to be considered, you must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years*

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About Us

We’re a global, team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today, this is the place for you.

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Digital Services, a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world’s potential. We’re people-centric and here to power good.Every day, we future-proof urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our companyand customers from what’s now to what’s next.We make it happen through the power of acceleration.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic.Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

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