Solutions Architect

The role is based in Leeds city centre office which has been designed as a collaborative space supporting hybrid working.

You will play a vital part, within your domain of responsibility, supporting the business to understand their technology landscape and how it will assist them is supporting their needs and future vision.

You will be decisive in proposing and agreeing solutions within the architecture community and proactively help project teams determine how your solution designs will be implemented by the individual delivery teams and support them through implementation.

Lead internal and external teams to deliver the appropriate cost-effective and innovative technology solutions in a variety of technology areas

Act as a subject matter expert within your domain of responsibility, as an advocate for the architecture team, and point of contact

Match the business requirements to the technology, shaping appropriate solutions across multiple global and market systems

Ensure various applications and systems perform to user expectations and are continuously evolved, improved and maintained

Contribute to the production of application roadmaps to identify software end-of-life risks and evolve the technology landscape

Contribute to assuring designs within the architecture team, supporting peers and mentoring the wider community

Contribute to ensuring all IT change is appropriately governed and aligns to application roadmaps and the overall IT Strategy, Standards and Practices

Engage actively in business development activities to maintain a holistic view of the portfolio of change, in order to stay current with most effective solutions to address them

A technology subject-matter expert with expertise in software architecture and design patterns and practices, with significant experience with 'cloud' ecosystems

Practical career experience to lead teams and resources in a matrix structure.

Able to demonstrate relevant technical capabilities in areas such as mobile application architecture, CRM and other customer technology solutions.

Excellent knowledge and practical experience of all phases of a project lifecycle and delivery of IT solutions for a medium or large organisation.

Experience of working with international teams preferably within the financial services sector.

Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, for effective stakeholder engagement as a facilitator, communicator, peer, and mentor.

The salary will be circa £60K - £70K + excellent benefits.