Solution Architect (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds and London) London

Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, focused on creating a world where everyone benefits from genomic healthcare.

You will:

• Lead the architecture, design and implementation of corporate and SaaS‑based solutions, working closely with product, engineering, security, data, live service and business teams.
• Provide architecture leadership across the Empowering Our People and Engaging to Build Trust tribes, ensuring solutions meet business, regulatory, security and operational requirements.
• Develop target architectures, solution patterns and roadmaps for enterprise and corporate platforms, with a strong focus on SaaS adoption, integration and service optimisation.
• Communicate architecture strategy and roadmaps clearly to senior stakeholders, demonstrating how they support service, product and organisational goals.
• Work with vendors and third‑party providers to assess products, shape solution options and ensure successful implementation and ongoing evolution of services.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure solutions are deliverable within the constraints of skills, resources, budgets and timelines.
• Define integration approaches across SaaS, enterprise applications, identity, data and workflow platforms to create coherent end‑to‑end solutions.
• Contribute to enterprise architecture governance, standards and reusable patterns, ensuring local delivery decisions align with the wider organisational architecture.
• Provide architectural oversight for key corporate and trust‑related initiatives, ensuring technical quality, sustainability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure delivered solutions remain aligned to the agreed architectural vision and intended business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, technical excellence and pragmatic decision‑making across teams.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Proven experience designing and implementing solution architectures for enterprise‑scale corporate systems in a complex environment.
• Strong experience with SaaS platforms, enterprise applications and integration patterns.
• Strong experience engaging with senior stakeholders to shape, influence and implement architecture strategy.
• Expertise in documenting, communicating and governing solution architectures, roadmaps and technology decisions across a broad landscape.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a temperament that builds trust across technical and non‑technical teams.
• Ability to balance strategic and tactical considerations in architecture decisions.
• Good understanding of identity, security, data and integration considerations for corporate and SaaS solutions.
• Experience working within, or closely alongside, enterprise architecture practices, standards and governance processes.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of hybrid cloud and enterprise integration approaches.
• Experience applying TOGAF methodologies or equivalent enterprise architecture practices.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture tooling such as Abacus.
• Experience operating in healthcare or other regulated/data‑sensitive environments.
• AWS or enterprise architecture certification, or relevant SaaS platform certification.
• Knowledge of systems such as ServiceNow, Hibob, Jira, Confluence, DynamicsCRM and Monday.com.

Salary: £93,600

Equal Opportunity Statement

Genomics England is an equal opportunity employer. We are actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. All applicants will be assessed based on merit, with no distinction made on the basis of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or recent maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, part‑time or fixed‑term contract status, or any other relevant factor. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to inclusivity, and we encourage candidates who require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to inform us.