Job Description

Solutions Architect

Salary: \xc2\xa350,466 - \xc2\xa360,330 (National Framework) or \xc2\xa355,635 - \xc2\xa365,499 (London Framework - if you are London office based or home-based and live within the boundary of the M25) plus up to a \xc2\xa310,000 allowance for exceptional candidates.
There is also an additional homeworking allowance of \xc2\xa3529 per annum for those working from home.
Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home-based, with 1-2 days per month travel to the London Stratford Office
Closing date: Tuesday 5th September 2023 at 11.59pm

About Us

We\'re the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we work to improve health and adult social care in England.

Through the dedication of our expert team, we monitor health and social care services to provide England with a safe and compassionate care system, recognising when services perform well as well as encouraging improvements and taking action over poorer care, where necessary.

One of our main commitments is to become a truly inclusive organisation and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To do so, we work with a variety of networks, including the Disability Equality Network, Race Equality Network and LGBT+ Equality Network.

Our specialist Technology Team is the driving force behind advancements to our digital infrastructure.

We\'ve recently partnered with Microsoft and are implementing a state-of-the-art cloud-first strategy across our organisation, helping us to become a more intelligent regulator.

With your help, we can promote an efficient and effective delivery of care regulation, so the people of England receive the highest quality of health and social care services.

We are now looking for a Solutions Architect to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.

The Benefits

- 27 days\' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus eight bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution
- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
- Discounted gym vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two!
- Equipment for homeworking

Why this could be a great role for you

This is the perfect opportunity for a high calibre IT professional with Microsoft or Oracle solution design and development experience to make a huge impact on a great organisation.

Within this rewarding role, your skills will improve the regulation of health and social care country-wide as you shape our technology estate and ensure we remain at the forefront of technology and solutions.

In turn, we will ensure that you receive a wealth of support and development prospects throughout your tenure, and work towards that all-important work/life balance.

What you will bring

To be considered as Solutions Architect, you will need:

- Experience in solution design and development with the Microsoft and/or Oracle technology stacks
- Expertise in developing with Agile, SCRUM and Kanban methodologies and tools
- Specialist experience in leading complex technical analysis to deliver advanced solutions
- Experience in the delivery of complex work, incorporating multiple inputs and stakeholders, management of fluctuating workflow and associated resource management
- Experience of transforming ways of working, both in terms of methods and culture
- Specialist knowledge in technology, business strategy and operations
- Extensive specialist knowledge in a range of technical delivery, end user design and business strategy
- Expert knowledge of loosely coupled, highly cohesive micro-services architecture and APIs
- Expert knowledge of cloud solution architecture
- Strong understanding of user-centred design and user-experience in an Agile software development lifecycle
- Specialist knowledge of complex health-related information systems based upon hospital information systems

What you\'ll be doing

As a Solutions Architect, you will design technology solutions that align with our users\' needs and support our technology ambitions, strategy and transformation efforts.

Specifically, you\'ll maintain a blueprint of the implementation of components of the digital strategy including technology choices, design patterns, processes and information architecture. You will ensure that component systems work together as a whole, appropriate controls are in place for development efforts and architectural thinking.

Developing and assuring solution design, you will also create a strategic and technical roadmap whilst bringing together technology business strategy, operational resilience, user focused design and financial planning.

Additionally, you will own and maintain the enterprise level data model, champion and implement agile development and service design practices and take the lead in the development of robust and resilient enterprise architecture.

Next steps

If you require any support or assistance with the recruitment process, please get in touch with our team or include a note in your application.

We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

So, if you\'d like to join us as a Solutions Architect, please apply via the button shown.

Other organisations may call this role Software Solutions Architect, Cloud Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, Software Architect, Azure Engineer, Technical Architect, Microsoft Systems Architect, or Enterprise Cloud Architect.

Care Quality Commission