Job Description:
Solution Architect
Primary location: Salford (M50 3SP) or Staines (TW18 3DZ) or London (EC2R 7HJ)
Flexible / Hybrid working options.
Permanent
From £73,500 - Salary Negotiable depending on experience & location
10% Bonus+ fantastic benefits
Full time 37.5 hours.
We make health happen
At Bupa, we're passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.
Right from the start you'll become part of our digital & data strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.
At Bupa, we're on an exciting digital transformation journey as we work towards becoming the world's most customer‑centric healthcare provider. Our purpose is simple - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
As a Solution Architect, you'll play a key role in bringing this to life. Working at the heart of our technology teams, you'll design and deliver scalable, secure, and modern solutions that support both our existing services and new digital experiences.
You'll take ownership of solutions end-to-end, helping to solve real business challenges while balancing innovation with the needs of a complex, evolving technology landscape. Working closely with business teams and wider technology leadership, you'll help unlock the value of our data, improve customer experiences, and support our growth across multiple markets.
This is an opportunity to make a real impact-shaping how technology enables better healthcare outcomes for millions of customers around the world.
How you'll help us make health happen:
Lead the design and integration of IT systems across new acquisitions and site builds
Support due diligence activities, including assessing risks, costs, and integration requirements
Create clear, practical integration designs across infrastructure, applications, networks, identity, and core business systems
Guide decisions on system migration, consolidation, replacement, or retention
Support data migration activities, including assessing data quality and risks
Develop integration roadmaps that align with wider business plans and dependencies
Produce clear, evidence-based recommendations to support technology and business decisions
Document key architectural decisions throughout integration and transition phases
Design integration approaches for clinical, operational, and corporate systems
Assess legacy systems, technical debt, and supplier constraints to inform decision-making
Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and support high-quality healthcare delivery
Work closely with business and technology teams to deliver against strategic goals
Translate business needs into practical technology solutions and product backlogs
Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term strategy and simplification
Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners
Communicate technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
Engage with governance processes to ensure solutions meet standards and controls
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
Proven experience as a Solution Architect, within an architecture role
Strong understanding of core IT infrastructure, including networks, telephony, and identity and access management
Working knowledge of healthcare systems (such as patient administration or imaging platforms) and experience integrating them with enterprise systems like HR and finance (highly desired)
Experience supporting system integration during acquisitions or new site builds
Ability to contribute to due diligence, Day 1 readiness planning, and post-acquisition roadmaps
Skilled in designing high-availability solutions, using recognised approaches such as UML or C4 modelling
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure or GCP), including platform services and workload migration
Strong understanding of modern architecture practices, including APIs, microservices, cloud-native design, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
Ability to design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions that support business growth
Comfortable balancing short-term delivery with long-term strategy and simplification
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to a range of audiences
A collaborative approach, with the ability to work across teams and build strong relationships
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
ITLocations:
Angel Court, London, Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challenging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
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