Overview

Infrastructure Architect
London Head Office/Hybrid with occasional travel
37.5 Hours & Permanent
Salary: Competitive plus Benefits

Circle Health Group are proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s top 5 best big companies to work for as well as top 5 to work for in the health and social care sector.

Circle Technology are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to enhance our design capabilities in cloud and infrastructure with the move to Azure cloud, OCI and introduction of EMR. 

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Significant (5+ years) experience within digital & IT operations within large (~£500M+ annual revenue, 10,000+ end-users, 40+ different locations) organisation.
• Significant (5+ years) experience in operational infrastructure technology including: Network Infrastructure, Server, Cloud and Hosting Solutions, Firewall and Security Design, Voice Systems, EUC Systems, Load Balancing, VPN and Remote Access Technologies, Central management platforms, Logical design and capacity planning.
• Significant (5+ years) experience in solution architecture within complex networks, enterprise server, cloud, voice systems and EUC technologies - including designing cloud-based solutions, ideally Microsoft Azure platform.
• Good (3+ years) experience of enterprise architecture, presentation, design and documentation including designing solutions derived from standards and templates.

Duties of this role include:

• Lead and promote the strategic design and delivery of excellent, strategic and tactical cost-effective IT architecture, infrastructure solutions and services throughout all Circle Health Group locations nationwide, across both the clinical and corporate functions.
• Work within the Architecture and IT Technical Solutions Team and closely with IT Infrastructure and Operations Leads, Security Team, Corporate Teams, 3rd party providers, contracted resources and managed service partners - ensuring the operational suitability, design, integration and security of IT services on a day-to-day basis.
• The role requires detailed knowledge of a broad set of operational and infrastructure technologies including (but not limited to) Microsoft Azure and cloud technologies, network infrastructure, enterprise server technology, firewalls, VPNs, remote access systems, datacentre infrastructure, protocols and services, load balancing, voice systems, centralised monitoring, deployment technologies and integration systems.

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Non-contributory life insurance
• Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
• Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

…and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles…and more.

Circle Health Group is proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

To find out more about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy