Solutions Architect

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity with the NHS as a Solutions Architect, responsible for transforming business challenges into workable technical solutions. This role involves collaborating with IT teams to design and implement complex architectures and contribute to strategic technology roadmaps, ensuring that the Trust continues to excel in delivering services to its diverse patient population.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience in a subject relative role.
• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Dell, Microsoft technologies.
• Experience in hybrid cloud technologies and Cyber Security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical subject matter and solution expertise for teams across IT.
• Produce architectural roadmaps, high-level designs, and low-level designs.
• Collaborate with IT teams to assess and transition new technologies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication skills

Oral communication skills

Presentational skills

Customer service skills

Team working skills

Self-motivated

Education

Degree or equivalent relevant experience

Tools

Dell hyper converged compute environment

Microsoft Windows server operating systems

Microsoft authentication architecture

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our IT Team as a Solutions Architect, becoming the source of technology and data technical expertise. Working collaboratively with all IT Teams, you will transform business requirements and challenges into workable technical solutions

As the Solutions Architect, you will be key to the strategic change programme, designing highly complex technical solutions both for the Trust and the wider NWL Acute Provider Collaborative. The post holder will identify current business processes, facilitate discussions, advise stakeholders, support operational colleagues and document new solutions end to end in support of Chelsea and Westminster NHS delivering its services.The post is based at Harbour Yard in Chelsea, next to the River Thames, working from a modern and spacious office complex with an on-site caf and parking, with excellent transport links.

Main duties of the job

With a very strong technical background across hyper converged technologies, cloud platforms, networking and Microsoft based software technologies, you will provide technical subject matter and solution expertise for teams across IT.

Producing architectural roadmaps, high-level designs, and low-level designs, you will bring working groups together which will consist of both technical and non-technical parties to transform business requirements and challenges into workable technical solutions.

The Solution Architect will report to the Technical Architect and help transition from visionary concepts to high-level and low-level designs that will be delivered and developed and contribute to the strategic Technology and Product roadmaps for Chelsea and Westminster NHS.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."

If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Details Date posted

10 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£70,387 to £80,465 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

289-CR-16

Job locations

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

London

SW10 0XD

Job description Job responsibilities

• Providing technical subject matter and solution expertise for teams across IT in wide range of technologies.
• Collaborate to provide solution expertise and direction to Trust services, programmes and projects.
• Producing architectural roadmaps, high-level designs, and low-level designs
• Collaborating IT leads and subject matter experts to create clear and concise documentation detailing complex technical solutions. With the ability to translate these complex technical solutions back into easy to understand language depending on the audience.
• Working closely with the Technical Architect to feed into and influence strategic planning and direction of the technical capabilities at the Trust using the knowledge of business challenges.
• Understanding and maintaining the architectural visions and working closely with Technical Architect to help transition from visionary concepts to high-level and low-level designs that will be delivered/developed.
• The identification of new and emerging hardware, software and communication technologies and products, services, methods and techniques.
• Work with the Cyber, Datacentre, Network and Digital Operations teams to assess the suitability of new/ emerging technologies
• Working with the IT teams to present / pilot new / emerging technologies to gain support for their adoption and enable transition to BAU.

Job description Job responsibilities

• Providing technical subject matter and solution expertise for teams across IT in wide range of technologies.
• Collaborate to provide solution expertise and direction to Trust services, programmes and projects.
• Producing architectural roadmaps, high-level designs, and low-level designs
• Collaborating IT leads and subject matter experts to create clear and concise documentation detailing complex technical solutions. With the ability to translate these complex technical solutions back into easy to understand language depending on the audience.
• Working closely with the Technical Architect to feed into and influence strategic planning and direction of the technical capabilities at the Trust using the knowledge of business challenges.
• Understanding and maintaining the architectural visions and working closely with Technical Architect to help transition from visionary concepts to high-level and low-level designs that will be delivered/developed.
• The identification of new and emerging hardware, software and communication technologies and products, services, methods and techniques.
• Work with the Cyber, Datacentre, Network and Digital Operations teams to assess the suitability of new/ emerging technologies
• Working with the IT teams to present / pilot new / emerging technologies to gain support for their adoption and enable transition to BAU.

Person Specification Education and Qualifications Essential

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience in a subject relative role

Desirable

• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Dell hyper converged compute environment
• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Microsoft Windows server operating systems
• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Microsoft authentication architecture

Experience Essential

• Experience of leading a team across multiple work streams, managing conflicting priorities
• An excellent understanding of Cyber Security concepts and techniques
• Experience working in a project environment (target driven)
• Experience of delivering detailed design, documentation and successful implementation of new or changed operational processes through options appraisal techniques.
• Experience in hybrid cloud technologies and migration of on prem to Public Cloud services

Skills and knowledge Essential

• Good interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
• Excellent customer service skills; Team working skills; Self-motivated; Ability to move between details and the bigger picture. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
• Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Experience of the design, documentation and successful implementation of new or changed enterprise architectures.

Person Specification Education and Qualifications Essential

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience in a subject relative role

Desirable

• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Dell hyper converged compute environment
• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Microsoft Windows server operating systems
• Accredited technical skills or equivalent relevant experience with Microsoft authentication architecture

Experience Essential

• Experience of leading a team across multiple work streams, managing conflicting priorities
• An excellent understanding of Cyber Security concepts and techniques
• Experience working in a project environment (target driven)
• Experience of delivering detailed design, documentation and successful implementation of new or changed operational processes through options appraisal techniques.
• Experience in hybrid cloud technologies and migration of on prem to Public Cloud services

Skills and knowledge Essential

• Good interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts
• Excellent customer service skills; Team working skills; Self-motivated; Ability to move between details and the bigger picture. Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
• Must be able to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders/customers on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Experience of the design, documentation and successful implementation of new or changed enterprise architectures.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information 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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

London

SW10 0XD

Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

London

SW10 0XD

Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)