Join us as a Solution Architect, .Net
- We'll look to you to create the solution architecture definition for your assigned change projects, in addition to supporting the delivery of business outcomes that benefit both customers and colleagues
- You'll be working closely with stakeholders to contribute to the design and implementation of digital solutions, validating alignment with the bank's strategic target architecture and roadmap
- If you're ready for a new challenge and want to make a far-reaching impact through your work, this could be the opportunity you're looking for
- We're offering this role at vice president level
What you'll do
As a Solution Architect, you'll be architecting customer centric, high performance, secure and robust end to end digital products, solutions, and services that deliver business value while aligning to the bank's strategic target architectures and roadmaps.
You'll be supporting the growth of architecting capability, contributing to the development of architecture skills across the team by sharing knowledge, best practices, lessons learned, and mentoring others.
As Well As This, You'll Be
- Supporting the realisation of the enterprise and solution architecture, working as part of development teams throughout the engineering development lifecycle
- Providing technical guidance, resolving architectural impediments, and championing the adoption of architecture patterns and practices
- Collaborating with programme stakeholders to help define the minimum viable solution architectures, while following the bank's architecture method and frameworks
- Supporting the selection and integration of technologies using the bank's approved technology catalogues and patterns, with a focus on practical and immediate application
- Adopting a DevOps mindset by working as part of development teams to embed architecture guidance in CI/CD pipelines
The skills you'll need
To take on this role, you'll need practitioner knowledge of solution architecture frameworks, modern technologies such as Cloud, microservices and AI, agile architecture and DevOps practices, including a deep understanding of business use cases and emerging trends that drive organisational success.
As a Solution Architect, you'll bring expert knowledge of application architecture, and in business data or infrastructure architecture with working knowledge of industry architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or ArchiMate. You'll also need an understanding of Agile and contemporary methodologies with experience of working in Agile teams. You'll need at least twelve years of experience in end to end solution design for Investments journeys using .Net stack.
You'll Also Demonstrate Experience Of
- Collaborative decision-making processes, partnering with business and technology colleagues to articulate and evolve architectural direction
- Creating business cases to influence senior stakeholders to secure investment for architecture initiatives
- Participating in overseeing and assuring the quality of architecture designs, with a focus on risk management and governance
- Supporting architecture and design reviews to validate that solutions meet business needs and comply with architecture standards
- People capability development, including mentoring, supporting professional development, encouraging knowledge sharing across architecture teams and promoting best practices
