Job summary The Trust are recruiting a senior technical architect design, implement, review and deliver digital solutions in line with the Trusts digital strategy. The Trust have an aim to utilise more of its cloud platform within Azure, this senior role will help inform technical architectural decisions around setup, high availability, performance and suitability. As part of this role you would be expected to lead implementation projects and follow best practices wherever possible. This role will join a Cloud Architecture team within Digital and Data Services, with the team responsible for all aspects of the trusts Cloud tenant and its on-premise infrastructure estate. This role will be based in the recently re-furbished Seaton Delaval offices, and will benefit from part at home, and part in the office working pattern, to ensure priorities, objectives and team culture are achieved and maintained. Main duties of the job Reporting to the Lead Technical Architect. You will have a trust level responsibility for the infrastructure implementation, availability and development of servers, cloud and end user compute architecture. To lead large digital infrastructure projects through the stages of inception to completion. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enable and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. About us We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application. Date posted 03 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 8a Salary £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time, Flexible working Reference number 319-7025010JN Job locations Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub Avenue Road Seaton Delaval NE25 0QJ Job description Job responsibilities Design, document, implement and peer-approve the architecture setup for the trust's server infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, systems, and end user compute infrastructure. Usehigh levels of expertise to research and plan the required technical solutions, in line with the trust's digital strategy, and implement to published and Trust guided best practises. Diagnose, investigate, plan and implement infrastructure projects to improve uptime, system availability and resilience. Trust wide responsibility for outage escalations across on premise Infrastructure, cloud-based infrastructure, servers and end-user compute technology. Working closely across other teams throughout the trust to ensure any project work and infrastructure changes are in the interest of all parties. Also that they are in accordance with IG, Clinical safety and security procedures. Oversee and propose benefits realized and objective based outcome results assessments, create business cases and input into other department needs papers for operational boards. Trust wide responsibility for defining the overall technical structure/reprovision of new, refreshed or upgrading, and current systems platform architecture. Responsible for proactively researching, planning and reviewing new and current system structures used at the trust. Uses their up-to-date knowledge of IT infrastructure to identify opportunities to use emerging technology to increase efficiency, reliability and flexibility across the entire technical estate. Required to participate and be an SME on citi/sev 1 events where infrastructure could be a factor or impacted. To work with and lead supplier engagements where liaison is required, along with technical supplier management and escalation. To ensure high availability, security and usability of the infrastructure in place that is transparent to users and ensure Service Level Agreements are in place. Part of the CITI 24/7 365 best endeavours callout rota for emergencies that relate to digital system downtime. A member of the digital services call out rota within the skills discipline. Job description Job responsibilities Design, document, implement and peer-approve the architecture setup for the trust's server infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, systems, and end user compute infrastructure. Usehigh levels of expertise to research and plan the required technical solutions, in line with the trust's digital strategy, and implement to published and Trust guided best practises. Diagnose, investigate, plan and implement infrastructure projects to improve uptime, system availability and resilience. Trust wide responsibility for outage escalations across on premise Infrastructure, cloud-based infrastructure, servers and end-user compute technology. Working closely across other teams throughout the trust to ensure any project work and infrastructure changes are in the interest of all parties. Also that they are in accordance with IG, Clinical safety and security procedures. Oversee and propose benefits realized and objective based outcome results assessments, create business cases and input into other department needs papers for operational boards. Trust wide responsibility for defining the overall technical structure/reprovision of new, refreshed or upgrading, and current systems platform architecture. Responsible for proactively researching, planning and reviewing new and current system structures used at the trust. Uses their up-to-date knowledge of IT infrastructure to identify opportunities to use emerging technology to increase efficiency, reliability and flexibility across the entire technical estate. Required to participate and be an SME on citi/sev 1 events where infrastructure could be a factor or impacted. To work with and lead supplier engagements where liaison is required, along with technical supplier management and escalation. To ensure high availability, security and usability of the infrastructure in place that is transparent to users and ensure Service Level Agreements are in place. Part of the CITI 24/7 365 best endeavours callout rota for emergencies that relate to digital system downtime. A member of the digital services call out rota within the skills discipline. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to degree level or equivalent experience plus additional in depth specialist knowledge and expertise in IM&T, project management procedures and techniques. Experience Essential Azure cloud services - IAAS, SAAS, Networking Extensive and strong end-to-end troubleshooting skills for system networks and applications Implementation experience of cloud solutions within Azure (1) Desirable Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools. Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Educated to degree level or equivalent experience plus additional in depth specialist knowledge and expertise in IM&T, project management procedures and techniques. Experience Essential Azure cloud services - IAAS, SAAS, Networking Extensive and strong end-to-end troubleshooting skills for system networks and applications Implementation experience of cloud solutions within Azure (1) Desirable Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools. Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods. 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). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 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). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub Avenue Road Seaton Delaval NE25 0QJ Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)