Primary Responsibilities · 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. Essential (must-have) skills and experience · Expert in architecting solutions across disparate technologies to achieve the complex business objectives of multiple business areas. · Broad experience of technologies – Java front-end and back-end, AWS cloud, API, DevOps pipelines.
· A proven track record of thriving in an unstructured, ambiguous environment; adept at varying own styles to influence the optimum outcome. · Experience of directly managing a diverse set of stakeholders – technical, business and project - and influencing their conflicting objectives to deliver a pragmatic solution. · 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 (retail) experience is preferred · Experience of working in a highly regulated environment.
· Exposure to API design strategies both for internal and external customer usage · Exposure to Cloud technologies.
AWS Solution Architect certification – foundation level or higher · Experience of working with service management teams or an understanding of ITIL principles. · Application/Infrastructure/Enterprise Architect training and certification, e.g.
TOGAF.
· Any experience with data architecture, data migration would be beneficial.