Technical Architect - Cloud and Infrastructure

Lead Technical Architect (Cloud and Infrastructure) - Hybrid (Cardiff) - £64,000 - £74,000 - FTC 12-18 Months

The Opportunity

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) was established in April 2021 and provides word leading digital services, empowering people to live healthier lives and is transforming health and care for everyone in Wales. DHCW is a multi-award-winning organisation, and was voted the UK's Best Place to Work in IT.

If you want to get involved in some of the biggest health tech projects in the UK, be part of new digital solutions that will impact health and care for three million Welsh people and use your tech and analytical skills to help make life better for everyone in Wales, we want to hear from you!

DHCW offers extensive training opportunities, enabling everyone to develop their career at their own pace. They are committed to recognising and celebrating staff as the most valuable part of the organisation and are committed to building and developing teams that are diverse and inclusive. So no matter your age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnicity - the Digital Health and Care Wales will treat you with respect.

Yolk Recruitment is working in partnership with DHCW to find them the best tech talent in the UK! We are currently working with them to recruit a Lead Technical Architect with a focus on refining and evolving the architecture of NHS Wales.

The Role

You will be responsible for the design of the cloud infrastructure for the migration of their on prem estate to Azure and GCP.

• Define and promote clear architecture principles, patterns, and policies that support organisation-wide secure, scalable digital services.
• Align all architecture work with strategic and organisational goals and national priorities.
• Refine architecture strategy based on feedback, performance data, and evolving priorities.
• Turn strategy into actionable roadmaps and plans, supporting implementation across teams.
• Lead architecture work across business, infrastructure, or technical areas.
• Plan and manage complex architectural project delivery, managing team priorities and resources while adapting plans to overcome challenges and ensure alignment with organisational strategies

Requirements

You will have strong architectural knowledge in complex environments, with direct expertise in Cloud Infrastructure for migration.

• Demonstrable experience designing Azure infrastructure for enterprise level migrations
• Expert level knowledge in cloud infrastructure including best practices, and how to most effectively utilise cloud features under strict budgets
• Ability to coach and mentor others in architecture best practice
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management

Reward

Aside from exposure to some of the biggest health tech projects in the UK and working for the UK's best place to work in IT, the successful applicant for this Lead Technical Design Architect role will be rewarded with the following:

• Salary of up to £74,000
• 28 days annual leave + public holidays
• Great work life balance with flexible working and hybrid working (min 1 day a week onsite)
• Professional development & career opportunities
• NHS pension (c 20% employer)
• Employee Assistance Programme and confidential counselling service
• Cycle to work scheme.

Yolk Recruitment is the exclusive recruitment partner to DHCW and therefore all applications will be managed by the team at Yolk following DHCW's own fair and transparent recruitment process.