Solution / Platform Architect - Palantir Foundry

London, United Kingdom Posted on 02/02/2026

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Job Description

Role Summary

The Foundry Architect is accountable for the technical design, governance, and assurance of Palantir Foundry / FDP implementations. This role ensures that Foundry is used not just as a tool, but as a sustainable enterprise data platform, aligned to NHS operating models, information governance, and long-term reuse.

The architect provides technical leadership, defines patterns and guardrails, and bridges engineering delivery with platform governance and service management.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Define and own the Foundry architecture across:

• curated layers
  
• semantic / ontology layers
  
• analytics and data products
  

Establish architectural patterns and standards for:

• access control
  

Ensure designs align with FDP constraints and NHS governance expectations.

• Lead or oversee development of canonical data models (CDM) and ontologies.
  
• Define modelling conventions, versioning, and change control.
  
• Ensure semantic consistency across domains and trusts.
  
• Support the creation of a "data twin" representation of operational environments (e.g. acute).
  

Governance, Assurance & IG

Embed IG-by-design:

• role-based access
  
• audit and traceability
  

Act as a technical authority during IG, security, and assurance reviews.

Provide evidence and rationale for architectural decisions.

Define the service management model for Foundry as a data platform, including:

• monitoring and alerting approach
  
• incident and escalation paths
  

Produce and maintain architectural runbooks and decision logs.

Support transition from project delivery to steady-state operation.

Technical Leadership & Enablement

Provide technical leadership to Foundry Engineers and internal teams.

Review designs, code patterns, and delivery approaches.

Mentor engineers and uplift internal capability.

Act as the primary technical interface with:

• Palantir
  
• NHSE
  
• cloud and assurance stakeholders
  

Foundry & Data Platforms

• Strong, hands-on experience architecting solutions on Palantir Foundry / FDP.
  
• Deep understanding of modern data platform architecture concepts.
  

Strong background in:

• canonical models
  

Experience designing for reuse, scale, and governance.

Governance & Assurance

Experience operating in regulated environments (public sector, healthcare).

Strong understanding of:

• data protection
  
• DPIA processes
  
• audit and assurance requirements
  

Leadership & Delivery

• Proven experience leading technical teams in complex programmes.
  
• Ability to balance delivery pragmatism with architectural integrity.
  
• NHS or healthcare data platform experience.
  
• Experience defining service models for data platforms (not just applications).
  
• Familiarity with multi-tenant or multi-trust architectures.
  
• Experience supporting board-level or senior stakeholder assurance discussions.
  

Security & Compliance Requirements

• UK-based role.
  
• BPSS clearance (or eligible).
  
• Comfortable operating in environments handling sensitive patient data.