Solution Architect

Job Description:

Solution Architect (Oracle Health Insurance)

• Salary: from £77,300 depending on experience
• Flexible / Hybrid working options – min. 2 Days in office per week
• Location: Brighton (Victory House)
• Permanent
• Shift pattern: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
• Role specific benefits: 10% Bonus

We make health happen

At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. As we continue to transform our healthcare technology landscape, we're investing in modern, scalable solutions that improve experiences for our customers, members, providers and colleagues.

We're looking for a Solution Architect (Oracle Health Insurance) to play a leading role in shaping the future of our healthcare platforms. Working within our Technology function, you'll provide architectural leadership across Oracle Health Insurance (OHI) and its wider healthcare ecosystem, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, compliant and aligned to strategic business objectives.

This is an opportunity to influence major transformation programmes, work with senior stakeholders, and help define the target architecture for one of Bupa's most important technology domains. You'll combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, helping us maximise the value of our investment in Oracle Health Insurance while supporting excellent customer outcomes.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

· Lead the design, development and governance of solution architectures across Oracle Health Insurance and related healthcare technology initiatives.

· Define target-state architectures, technical standards, design principles and technology roadmaps.

· Produce and govern key architecture artefacts including solution designs, architecture decision records and integration strategies.

· Act as the technical authority for Oracle Health Insurance, providing expert guidance to business and technology stakeholders.

· Lead architecture assessments, solution option analysis and feasibility studies that support strategic investment decisions.

· Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Delivery Managers, Enterprise Architects and third-party partners to deliver high-quality solutions.

· Define and govern integrations across enterprise platforms including Oracle Health Insurance, Salesforce, Azure services, APIs and healthcare systems.

· Drive architecture governance, ensuring solutions meet security, regulatory, privacy and operational requirements.

· Support engineering teams throughout the delivery lifecycle, promoting architecture best practice, innovation and continuous improvement.

· Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

We're interested in hearing from experienced Solution Architects who can demonstrate:

· Extensive experience in solution architecture, systems design or large-scale technology delivery environments.

· Proven experience leading architecture across complex programmes and multiple delivery streams.

· Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, governance frameworks and technology strategy.

· Experience translating business requirements into scalable, secure and maintainable technology solutions.

· Expertise in cloud platforms and modern integration approaches, including REST APIs, event-driven architectures and healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 and FHIR.

· Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.

· Experience working within health insurance, healthcare or highly regulated industries would be advantageous.

· Degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Desirable qualifications:

· TOGAF Certification

· Microsoft Azure Architect Certification

· Oracle Health Certifications

· Salesforce Architecture Certifications

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:

· Annual performance bonus (subject to scheme rules)

· Private medical insurance

· Enhanced pension contribution

· 25 days holiday, increasing with service

· Bupa healthcare products and services discount

· Access to Viva wellbeing programme

· Hybrid and flexible working options

· Enhanced family-friendly benefits

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 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.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email careers@bupa.com.

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IT Locations:

Victory House, Brighton