Solution Architect – IT Healthcare

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Boots

Recruitment Partner: Akash Karia

Location: Nottingham

Contract: Perm

Who we are

International Technology & Advanced Analytics (IT2A) is a multi-national function of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) based in the UK, Europe, Asia, South America and the USA. We use new technology and robust data to transform our pharmacy and retail offerings, improve experiences for customers and patients and enhance our operational effectiveness. Partnering with some of the finest tech providers and utilising a cutting-edge tech stack, we support two of the UK’s most trusted and established brands – Boots and No7. We’re a team of specialists spanning security, hosting, architecture, software engineering, networks, project delivery and more. A proud equal opportunity employer, we embrace team member diversity and provide a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

About the role

Looking for an accomplished solutions architect to be hand’s on to design and deliver creative solutions across multiple capabilities of the healthcare business, focusing on Opticians.

Someone who is adaptable and transferable with an ability to undertake a broader range of activities to capitalise the opportunities that will be available to them as they progress through our healthcare & opticians transformation programme.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality solution designs for the projects you are working on.
• Provide a link between the solution delivery team, IT partners and the wider business to develop quality architecture deliverables and ensures the delivery of fit for purpose.
• Help develop the roadmaps for the business and technology.
• Build & maintain a deep understanding of the organisations IT strategy, technology frameworks within IT and overall enterprise architecture roadmap.
• Ensure design governance is met within healthcare and are produced on target.
• Collaborate with other architects to gain their expertise, input and estimates where required.
• Support the production and validation of estimates for roadmaps and projects, ensuring that all design components have been included and the costs represent best value for money. This includes validation of designs/estimates provided by third parties.
• Provide advice on design decisions arising from the requirements/epics/user stories that drive high cost/complexity versus business value and propose adjustments and/or alternative solutions to deliver maximum value.
• Support the lead architect through the creation and maintenance of architecture standards, patterns, and building blocks to drive solution re-use, delivery pace, quality assurance and cost efficiency.
• Define the outline solution architecture, and ensuring all design decisions are identified and prioritised.
• Be accountable for the technical delivery of your projects by taking ownership for the end-to-end design, ensuring that detailed design and development follow the architectural deliverables.
• Review detailed designs and the solution at main points during the project to ensure that the integrity of the end-to-end integrated design has been maintained.
• Oversee and perform peer reviews of the outline designs, high level designs and detailed designs produced by other resources, partners and third parties.

What you’ll need to have

• Experience in solution design preferably including azure technology stack, Java EE or Microsoft .NET.
• Experience of solution architecture.
• Experience of using ArchiMate 3 for both business and architecture artifacts.
• Experience of using case tools like Alfabet, Aris or Sparx Enterprise Architect to help design architectural deliverables.
• Expertise in creating architecture deliverables for both waterfall and agile projects
• Broad and balanced understanding of IT capabilities, methods, and technologies
• In-depth experience of design of IT solutions ideally cloud hosting (Microsoft Azure), web & micro services with an understanding of security such as PCI & GDPR and customer facing technologies.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience with integration technologies such as Talend, Software AG, WMQ, Azure stack.
• Experience designing and recommending azure infrastructure capabilities to meet architectural needs.

Our benefits

• Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you – find out more at rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by WBA and may not be accurate.

What’s next

If your application is successful, our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you will be notified by email.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.