Lead Technical Architect (Infrastructure & Cloud)

DHCW plays a key role in designing, procuring, building, and operating Health and Social Care services for NHS Wales. The Infrastructure Design team is responsible for technical design and assurance through a project's lifecycle, acting as experts in various technologies, supporting DHCW and NHS organisations. Operating a cloud-first strategy, architects are required to oversee on-premise services and facilitate the transition to cloud services., * Through engagement with colleagues throughout NHS Wales, perform unbiased research and design of innovative technologies for use in NHS Wales

• Author and critique a range document that could include high level / low-level designs, build scripts / sheets, options papers, feasibility studies, technical strategies, installation and operational qualification testing.

• Function as a subject matter expert on at least one area of technology

• Conduct and contribute (including presenting) on technical discussions based around, but not limited to, knowledge of the following:

• Hybrid and Multi Cloud architectures

• Cloud hosted collaboration solutions

• Compute and storage infrastructure technologies to an enterprise datacentre level

• Enterprise software defined networking, LAN, WAN and Firewall (ACLs, VPN)

• Microsoft based software technologies in complex enterprise environments

• Enterprise network security technologies

• Enterprise high availability and disaster recovery architectures

• Communicate with various stakeholders at all levels, including service owners / requestors & suppliers

• Provide technical expertise on procurements, assisting in the development of specifications and scoring

• Provide assurance of technical documents for both peers and external supplier documents

Are you a dynamic, talented ICT Infrastructure professional seeking to expand yourexpertise in infrastructure and cloud technologies?

Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.

Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.