Lead Technical Architect (Infrastructure & Cloud)

Job overview

The Infrastructure Design team is responsible for technical design and assurance through a project's lifecycle, acting as experts in various technologies, supporting RBFT and NHS organisations. Operating a cloud-first strategy, architects are required to oversee on-premise services and facilitate the transition to cloud services.

A Lead Architect is responsible for converting the technical requirements of a project into the architecture and design that will guide the final product. The post holder is also responsible for bridging the gaps between complex business problems and solutions in the cloud whist supporting the on premise estate. The Lead Technical Architect is the technical lead for a range of programmes across Royal Berkshire NHS Trust. This role has responsibility for defining strategic direction of technology and leading the technical design for of all systems and services, justifying design decisions that form a critical part of the Digital vision and strategy.

Main duties of the job

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Understand the business (its drivers and capabilities) and determine corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.
• Provide architectural ownership in lifecycle of infrastructure hardware platforms and infrastructure components of application delivery ensuring initiative is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture.
• Own and maintain the full architecture documentation and standards and monitor compliance.
• Embed the overall enterprise architecture approach, strategic technologies and architecture standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Flexible in workload duties/dealing with tasks/hours and ability to work under pressure.
• To be capable of concentrating in dynamically changing DDAT situations and a busy work environment for diagnosing complex problems

Please see the attached document for full JD and person specification.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.