Solution Architect

Solution Architect with / E2E Designer with significant real-world experience of defining enterprise wide technical solutions and driving them through to delivery.

The successful candidate will lead and be accountable for solutioning and end-to-end design activities for projects across the software development lifecycle. They will be required to:

• Define and document technical solutions spanning multiple applications / products and technologies, aligned to the bank’s strategic architecture principles
• Lead the liaison with business clients and wider business teams in helping to shape initial ideas into requirements that are sufficiently comprehensive to support effective system development.
• Support design and integration activity throughout the end-to-end software development lifecycle.
• Drive collaboration across the component design and build teams, ensuring that they understand and follow the defined design.
• Ensure that the technical integrity and quality of the applications and alignment to architecture strategy are maintained throughout delivery.

• Expert in architecting solutions across disparate technologies to achieve the complex business objectives of multiple business areas.
• A proven track record of thriving in an unstructured, ambiguous environment; adept at varying own styles to influence the optimum outcome.
• Experience of managing a diverse set of stakeholders and influencing their conflicting objectives in to a pragmatic solution and deliverable release schedule.
• Financial services business and applications knowledge.
• The ability to present complex technical ideas (both written and verbal), anticipate potential objections and persuade others to adopt the most appropriate view.

Preferred skills and experience

• Banking experience is preferred but not essential.
• Exposure to Cloud technologies. AWS Solution Architect certification - foundation level or higher e.g. Associate level is desirable.
• Exposure to API design strategies both for internal and external customer usage
• Experience of working with service management teams or an understanding of ITIL principles.
• Application/Infrastructure/Enterprise Architect training and certification, e.g. TOGAF.
• Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.