Network Architect; Office Locations

Job Description

We’re looking for an accomplished Network Architect to join our Scalable Tech Team at Genomics England and provide technical leadership for the secure, resilient connectivity that underpins our technology platform, healthcare, research and corporate services.

Our network services connect cloud platforms (primarily AWS) and on-premise infrastructure, enabling clinicians, researchers and colleagues to access sensitive genomic and associated health data securely and reliably.

Working within the Technology and Product Directorate, you’ll shape and deliver Genomics England’s network architecture across AWS, hybrid connectivity, corporate locations and partner integrations. You’ll collaborate with infrastructure, cloud platform, security, engineering, procurement, commercial, service management and delivery colleagues to turn complex operational and user needs into coherent, cost-effective, scalable and secure network solutions.

This is an architecture role where you’ll balance longer-term network strategy with practical delivery. Drawing on your proven experience as an Architect, you will guide teams through network architecture decisions, develop reusable standards and patterns, and ensure solutions align with Genomics England’s wider technology strategy, architecture standards, security requirements and service expectations.

The scale and sensitivity of genomics require high-performing, highly available networks. AWS is at the heart of our environment, alongside hybrid and third-party connectivity, supporting secure data transfer, high-performance compute, large-scale storage, research workflows, operational services and controlled access to sensitive data.

• Lead the architecture and design of network solutions across Genomics England, ensuring they are secure, scalable, cost-effective, resilient, supportable and aligned with organisational needs. Define target architectures, standards and reusable patterns for cloud, hybrid, remote-access and partner connectivity.
• Design and govern AWS networking, including multi-account connectivity, VPC design, routing, segmentation, private connectivity, DNS, load balancing and network security controls. Architect resilient connectivity between AWS, Genomics England locations, NHS and government partners, research organisations, suppliers and other trusted environments.
• Work with security colleagues to embed zero-trust principles, least privilege, network segmentation, secure remote access, encryption in transit and effective boundary protection. Ensure network designs support the secure movement and processing of large-scale genomic and associated health data, including high-throughput and latency-sensitive workloads.
• Develop network roadmaps and transition architectures that balance strategic direction, technical debt, service continuity and delivery priorities. Provide architectural oversight from discovery and options analysis through implementation, migration and live service.
• Document network architectures, traffic flows, trust boundaries, technical options, decisions, dependencies and transition states clearly for technical and non-technical audiences. Define requirements for network observability, performance monitoring, capacity management, configuration control, resilience testing and incident response.
• Collaborate with cloud platform, infrastructure, engineering, security, service management and delivery teams to ensure designs can be implemented and operated effectively. Contribute to architecture governance and assurance, presenting network designs and recommendations through appropriate technical forums.
• Identify network risks, constraints, dependencies and single points of failure early,…