Job summary
This post is fixed term contract for 12 months (Could be extended)
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) has an exciting opening for a Associate Technical Architect to join the Digital Service Development team and support key digital projects delivering against objectives aligned to EPUT's Digital Strategy. EPUT over the next few years are looking to modernise on premise data centre services with fast adoption of cloud first technologies.
Main duties of the job
Act as part of a small team responsible for improving existing infrastructure and explore/introduce new technology, through research, proof of concepts, supporting project implementations including third level support, design, develop, implement and support technology solutions across EPUT. The post holder will support operational teams in delivering world class solutions that are easy to use, bring measurable benefits to the Trusts working practices.
Working with Microsoft cloud technology, Azure/365 and other technologies as yet undetermined. You will be liaising with third party suppliers, contractors, trust staff and project managers. An openness to learning is a key requirement for this role.
The individual will be expected to support project implementation working with applications, the Service Desk or the Infrastructure Teams. This will be in line with pre-defined service agreements but additionally there will be a need to show initiative in assessing the potential impact of new solutions and technology.
The post holder is required to capture new requirements and produce design documentation for existing and new solutions; this will require excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as a high degree of attention to detail.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the planning, development, review, update, upgrade and introduction of major new IM&T systems to meet user requirements
- Proactively liaise with customers and the department about their requirements, identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT systems and resources including staffing, sourcing, purchasing, and in-house development.
- Work with the Digital Service Development Department to provide technical advice and assure solutions are fit for our infrastructure.
- Develop and manage 3rd parties where applicable, including vendors, technical, project and operational staff.
- Assure other services and system quality, making sure the technical work fits into the broader strategy for health.
- Develop processes, procedures and tools to ensure rolling maintenance and investment is properly planned and carried out in respect of Trust applications. This will consider the lifespan of each application and the steps needed to secure an upgrade, replacement or exit.
- Align and/or streamline business processes, IT and business strategy.
- Liaise with staff across a broad range of seniority and be able to understand and translate requirement, regardless of their IT literacy skills.
- The Technical Architect will work with defined Information Asset Owners and Administrators in the development of a roadmap defining the future development/replacement, integration with other applications, and the development of a Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Plan. In so doing the post holder will work with all application suppliers and with the Business Services Team on operational issues.
- Take part in detecting critical deficiencies and inherent technological risks across applications and recommend solutions for improvement. In addition, lead the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the organisation as well as on the enterprise applications architectures.
- Engage with technology suppliers, market leaders and research new emerging technology.
- Work closely with technical subject matter experts and solution architects to ensure the applications landscape is extensible, tightly integrated and reduces complexity wherever possible.
- Bridge the gap between technical concepts and user requirements.
- Facilitating the creation of governance, assurance and standards to guide Digital solution strategy decision making.
- Provide expert consultative engagement with stakeholders, and business s Partners to capture new emerging requirements and recommend potential responses and solutions.
- Engaging the evaluation and selection of infrastructure solution architecture standards (clinical and non-clinical).
- Developing well-structured design documents, roadmaps and specifications.
- Supporting the analysis and design of complex infrastructure solutions.
- Communicating technical solution requirements to other technical stakeholders and system developers.
- Ensuring that all legacy solution assets have clear strategic roadmaps, anchored in the future, and using a begin with the end in mind approach.
- Working with the IT Technology PMO and team to ensure solution requirements are built into all project plans and deliverables.
- Working with IT Business Partners to ensure infrastructure and related services meet business requirements.
- Overseeing infrastructure solution architecture implementation, continuous improvement and ongoing refinement activities.
- Contributing to programmes and projects and working and collaborating with the PMO (Project Management Office) work stream leads or deliverable owner.
- Support and write new business cases, submit and oversee tenders and product selection in line with EPUT Digital strategy.
- Support any proof of concept (POC) activities for digital solutions helping to create new products and services ensuring that each POC has predefined acceptance and success criteria aiding business case creation and informed strategic decision making.
- Business awareness; display a working understanding of the trust and the 3 ICS areas, enabling an appreciation of the Enterprise Infrastructure and systems used across this large and complex geography.
- Logistical; articulate and methodical, analytical, numerate and literate, work well under pressure, good time manager, good team worker, ability to multi-task
- Personal attributes; punctual, tenacious, persevering, use initiative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the planning, development, review, update, upgrade and introduction of major new IM&T systems to meet user requirements
- Proactively liaise with customers and the department about their requirements, identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT systems and resources including staffing, sourcing, purchasing, and in-house development.
- Work with the Digital Service Development Department to provide technical advice and assure solutions are fit for our infrastructure.
- Develop and manage 3rd parties where applicable, including vendors, technical, project and operational staff.
- Assure other services and system quality, making sure the technical work fits into the broader strategy for health.
- Develop processes, procedures and tools to ensure rolling maintenance and investment is properly planned and carried out in respect of Trust applications. This will consider the lifespan of each application and the steps needed to secure an upgrade, replacement or exit.
- Align and/or streamline business processes, IT and business strategy.
- Liaise with staff across a broad range of seniority and be able to understand and translate requirement, regardless of their IT literacy skills.
- The Technical Architect will work with defined Information Asset Owners and Administrators in the development of a roadmap defining the future development/replacement, integration with other applications, and the development of a Disaster Recovery Plan and Business Continuity Plan. In so doing the post holder will work with all application suppliers and with the Business Services Team on operational issues.
- Take part in detecting critical deficiencies and inherent technological risks across applications and recommend solutions for improvement. In addition, lead the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the organisation as well as on the enterprise applications architectures.
- Engage with technology suppliers, market leaders and research new emerging technology.
- Work closely with technical subject matter experts and solution architects to ensure the applications landscape is extensible, tightly integrated and reduces complexity wherever possible.
- Bridge the gap between technical concepts and user requirements.
- Facilitating the creation of governance, assurance and standards to guide Digital solution strategy decision making.
- Provide expert consultative engagement with stakeholders, and business s Partners to capture new emerging requirements and recommend potential responses and solutions.
- Engaging the evaluation and selection of infrastructure solution architecture standards (clinical and non-clinical).
- Developing well-structured design documents, roadmaps and specifications.
- Supporting the analysis and design of complex infrastructure solutions.
- Communicating technical solution requirements to other technical stakeholders and system developers.
- Ensuring that all legacy solution assets have clear strategic roadmaps, anchored in the future, and using a begin with the end in mind approach.
- Working with the IT Technology PMO and team to ensure solution requirements are built into all project plans and deliverables.
- Working with IT Business Partners to ensure infrastructure and related services meet business requirements.
- Overseeing infrastructure solution architecture implementation, continuous improvement and ongoing refinement activities.
- Contributing to programmes and projects and working and collaborating with the PMO (Project Management Office) work stream leads or deliverable owner.
- Support and write new business cases, submit and oversee tenders and product selection in line with EPUT Digital strategy.
- Support any proof of concept (POC) activities for digital solutions helping to create new products and services ensuring that each POC has predefined acceptance and success criteria aiding business case creation and informed strategic decision making.
- Business awareness; display a working understanding of the trust and the 3 ICS areas, enabling an appreciation of the Enterprise Infrastructure and systems used across this large and complex geography.
- Logistical; articulate and methodical, analytical, numerate and literate, work well under pressure, good time manager, good team worker, ability to multi-task
- Personal attributes; punctual, tenacious, persevering, use initiative.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or able to demonstrate proven equivalent experience
- Qualification or equivalent experience in Software/web development, technical architecture, solutions design, system integration, project management, etc.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing service delivery
- Experience of Large Scale Systems design & integration
- Experience of Data Centre Architectures
- Extensive experience in using server technologies like Windows Server (up to 2022)
- Experience of Virtual Server hypervisor technology, including Hyper-V and VM Ware
- Experience and knowledge of Microsoft 365, Ideally NHS Shared Tenant.
- Knowledge of developing technical sectors such as remote access, cloud based services, integration, architecture, etc.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and experience of configuration and management.
- An understanding of the requirements of the NHS customer organisations and the appropriateness of emerging technologies and techniques to these organisations
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as PRINCE2 Foundation
Skills
Essential
- Business analysis of complex infrastructure solutions both in evaluating existing and developing new application platforms.
- Ability to author complex technical specifications which are appropriate to the IT literacy level of the recipient
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Medium-term planning of Technical Architecture to meet the organisation's strategic goals and business strategy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or able to demonstrate proven equivalent experience
- Qualification or equivalent experience in Software/web development, technical architecture, solutions design, system integration, project management, etc.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive experience of managing service delivery
- Experience of Large Scale Systems design & integration
- Experience of Data Centre Architectures
- Extensive experience in using server technologies like Windows Server (up to 2022)
- Experience of Virtual Server hypervisor technology, including Hyper-V and VM Ware
- Experience and knowledge of Microsoft 365, Ideally NHS Shared Tenant.
- Knowledge of developing technical sectors such as remote access, cloud based services, integration, architecture, etc.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and experience of configuration and management.
- An understanding of the requirements of the NHS customer organisations and the appropriateness of emerging technologies and techniques to these organisations
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as PRINCE2 Foundation
Skills
Essential
- Business analysis of complex infrastructure solutions both in evaluating existing and developing new application platforms.
- Ability to author complex technical specifications which are appropriate to the IT literacy level of the recipient
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making.
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Medium-term planning of Technical Architecture to meet the organisation's strategic goals and business strategy.
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.
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).
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.
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).
