Technical Lead

Job Description: Technical Lead (x2)

Location: Hybrid Brighton BN1 4FY - please note you must be happy to travel to Brighton 1-2 days a week.

Type: Permanent

Salary: £57,000 - £71,000 per annum, depending on experience + bonus and benefits

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours, and working patterns.

About Bupa Global

Bupa Global is the international health insurance division of Bupa. We provide customers who want premium international coverage with products and services to access the healthcare they need anytime, around the world, whether at home or when studying, living, travelling, or working abroad. Bupa Global has offices around the world including London and Brighton (UK), Dublin (Europe), Miami (USA), Dubai (UAE, in partnership with OIC), Egypt and Hong Kong (China) as well as regional offices in mainland China, Singapore, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Panama, Guatemala, and Ecuador.

Role Overview

Bupa Global is looking for two Technical Leads to be the technical authority in their domain:

Role 1:

• Highly proficient in .NET and PLSQL
• Good knowledge of Azure DevOps, Oracle, Azure, web and windows, CI-CD

Role 2:

• Highly proficient in Sitecore and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Good knowledge of Azure DevOps, CI-CD, Azure, web and windows

How You’ll Help Us Make Health Happen

• Give application or technology specific guidance to business analysts, architects, and designers to achieve the best overall solutions.
• Impact assess and validate technical solutions, designs, proof of concept to ensure end-to-end solutions are fit for purpose.
• Be a sign-off authority for application solution designs.
• Work within, and develop the application delivery design standards, development methodologies, and strategic architecture frameworks.
• Contribute towards and influence strategic decisions relating to software architecture.
• Provide input to Infrastructure Design teams regarding overall solution design.
• Take ownership for resolving all IT-related problems within their domain, impacting operational services or development.
• Establish and maintain credibility and working relationships with other IT teams, supporting a customer service culture.
• Engage proactively with technology groups outside of their immediate team to influence solution decisions and outcomes.
• Act as a technical mentor to less experienced software engineers and other technicians across IT.
• Manage 3rd party supplier resources in a matrix environment e.g., tech lead, scrum master.
• Responsible for the quality of all deliverables affecting software within their domain.
• Keep abreast of current and emerging technologies and actively look for ways to incorporate technology for the overall benefit of the business.
• Understand business objectives and continually seek ways to improve business operations, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role

• Experience working in more than one of the following service delivery functions; development, support, software design, or environment configuration.
• Knowledge and experience of a broad range of technologies or expert in a single technology.
• Ability to translate business goals into technology solutions.
• Strong communication skills, good team player.
• Experience working in a matrix-managed environment, with mixed teams including contractors and outsourced vendors.
• Experience working within Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Experience working with offshore 3rd Party partners.

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 Global 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 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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Be at the heart of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive, and the talent to help us in our ambition, then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people: our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa, you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect, and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.