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# IT Lead Architect

- **Company:** HSBC Group
- **Location:** Sheffield, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Event Driven Architecture, Low-code, Microservices
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/22334FDB081547B4AC07102E3CB32A30/job/

## About the Role

* Experience designing architecture in large, complex and regulated organisations
 * Ability to define target architectures and create practical transition states, roadmaps and decision frameworks
 * Confidence presenting options, trade-offs, recommendations and exceptions in governance or Design Authority forums
 * Strong understanding of application, integration, data and cloud architecture, including APIs, event-driven design, microservices and CI/CD
 * Knowledge of security, resilience, privacy, records management, auditability and control-by-design
 * Experience applying Build vs Buy, reuse, simplification, technology rationalisation and Low-Code/No-Code principles
 * Working knowledge of responsible AI adoption, platform integration, data foundations, model or agent governance, monitoring and evidence
 * Strong influencing, collaboration, coaching and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technology decisions clearly and drive decisions at pace

## Description

* Set and drive the architectural direction for the assigned Risk & Compliance value stream or domain
 * Develop and maintain target and transition architectures, including roadmaps, dependencies and decision points
 * Represent Architecture at governance and Design Authority forums, presenting options, trade-offs and recommendations
 * Identify, manage and escalate cross-programme architectural dependencies, risks and constraints
 * Ensure alignment with Group architecture strategy, standards and guardrails, including Build vs Buy, reuse and simplification
 * Provide architectural leadership for strategic initiatives, including Compass and the Risk & Compliance AI/GenAI agenda
 * Partner with engineering teams to translate architecture into deliverable solution designs, standards and non-functional requirements
 * Coach and challenge architects and engineers, improving solution quality and building consensus with technical and business stakeholders