Solution Architect Data and Systems Inside IR35
Inside IR35 | Solution Architect (Audit Phase) Duration: Initial 15 days (with scope to extend up to 12 months) Day Rate: £500-£550 (Inside IR35) Location: Fully remote (UK-based contractors only) Sector: Healthcare / Data & Systems AuditWe're looking for an experienced Solution Architect to support a leading UK healthcare client through an architecture and systems audit. This short initial engagement (approx. 15 days) will assess their current technology landscape and set out the governed runway for a Phase 2 delivery programme. There's strong potential for this to evolve into a 12-month engagement focused on remediation and solution delivery.Key Responsibilities
- Lead architectural discovery across systems, integrations, data flows, and dependencies.
- Document current-state architecture and define target-state options, balancing trade-offs in security, scalability, and operability.
- Establish NFR baselines (availability, performance, resilience, observability, RTO/RPO, and cost).
- Define and document security architecture posture (Entra ID/OIDC, encryption, key management, network zoning, data protection).
- Produce a high-level design (HLD) with C4 diagrams, threat model (e.g., STRIDE), privacy/data handling assessment, and decision logs (ADRs).
- Build the “architecture runway” for Phase 2, with principles, patterns, guardrails, and estimated remediation effort.
- HLD with current vs target C4 diagrams.
- Threat model and NFR catalogue with measurable acceptance criteria.
- Architectural risk/assumptions/issues log and ADRs.
- Option analysis with cost/benefit and effort estimates.
- Phased roadmap, integration inventory, and high-level data lineage.