Solutions Architect

Key Responsibilities;

Expectation Providing essential services to Core Banking, as well as products for the bank to manage customers, accounts, pricing, transactions, etc. Core banking systems are crucial for the day-to-day operations, enabling us to serve our customers effectively Producing functional architecture for project(s) Reviewing the designs that have been produced by Engineering Teams using guidance and patterns that have been provided to them by Architecture Validating that solutions align to the strategies (e.g. Retail & Corporate Bank & Group) Working with the engineering community to deliver solutions primarily in an agile way

Key Skills & experience:

Solution Architecture and Design Significant experience as a Solution Architect, ideally within complex financial services environments Domain knowledge in o Retail Banking products e.g. - Unsecured loans Personal Accounts – banking & savings and Bonds (fixed term deposits) o Business Segmentation – Retail, business banking, private o Onboarding processes for Personal account o Core Banking products (customers, accounts, pricing, transactions, etc) and related services essential to the operations of a bank Domain driven design, with working knowledge of the BIAN framework, TOGAF, ArchiMate Proven experience in defining & documenting As-Is & Target Architecture, working with stakeholders to help define & deliver strategic objectives & roadmaps, being embedded into the functional domain, balancing business requirements with functional & technical

Strategy Experience

Defining and evolving RESTful APIs following best practices for scalability, versioning and documentation Experience with event-driven architectures Ability to produce clear functional architecture, design logical components and define interactions between systems, whilst delivering decommissioning and archival initiatives Experience balancing business outcomes with long term architecture strategies Experience in working with engineering teams to align technical designs with the published architecture. Peer review designs produced by other team members, ensuring architectural integrity and compliance with standards. Experience in creating practical, workable architectures that can be aligned to IT principles/standards, whilst following the bank’s architecture governance processes.

Leadership & Ways of Working

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities Practical and delivery focused mindset Able to operate independently in a fast-moving environment Evidence of thought leadership, ownership and initiative Desirable (not mandatory): These are beneficial, but should not exclude otherwise strong candidates: Knowledge of BIAN, TOGAF, ArchiMate or C4. Experience with Abacus or similar architecture tools. Familiarity with microservices, API integration patterns and cloud concepts such as AWS. Exposure to global banking environments or large-scale transformations.