**End Date**Tuesday 07 January 2025**Salary Range**£86,964 - £102,310**(We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexibleworking options)( />inclusionagile-working.html)****Flexible Working Options**Hybrid Working**Job Description Summary**.**Job Description****JOB TITLE:** Lead Solutions Architect**SALARY:** £85,255 - £105,315**LOCATION:** Edinburgh**HOURS:** Full time**WORKING PATTERN:** Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site**About this opportunity:**Lloyds Banking Group is a purposeful business & its transformation agenda isunderpinned by a ground-breaking approach for how we deliver financialservices for our customers.
This involves selecting the best of what we docurrently and evolving it to bring business and technology closer together.Our people have the autonomy to incrementally design, engineer, release, andoperate one or more technology-enabled services for our customers.
We areorganised as multidisciplinary teams: the right people with the rightexpertise all working together for the same outcome.We are building contemporary, services-driven architecture which createsopportunities to digitise & deliver excellent customer journeys, businessoutcomes and meets group strategic goals.
We need to simplify and redefine ourtechnology and data landscape.
And we need to deliver a set of flexible,future-focused core platform capabilities to the benefit of all our customers.You can help shape this future.As Lead Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for solutions design andarchitecture across our multi-brand, multi-tenanted direct to consumer andintermediary wealth digital technology estate and its eco-system.
The digitalsites underpin external facing journeys for multiple user profiles, multipleLBG and white label propositions with complex internal and externalintegration points.**About us**Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving.
Investing billions in ourpeople, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs ofour 26 million customers.
We're growing with purpose.
Join us on our journeyand you will too…**What you'll need:** * Solid background as a Lead Solutions or Technical Architect across a large programme of work * Hands on experience of complete Microsoft stack and frameworks * Web development stacks (React, MVC, Javascript frameworks, Ajax, Jquery, CSS) * Experience of designing multi-tier and complex architectures, using various * Excellent understanding of Azure cloud hosting stack and software deployment best practices * application software and hardware components * Knowledge and experience of ID&A;, SCA, SSO patterns (SAML, Oauth, OpenIDConnect) * Experience of solution design for 24x7 applications handling high transaction throughout and high data volumes * Excellent understanding of Cybersecurity best practicesAnd any experience of these**would be really useful** * Practical experience of designing and building cloud-based platforms at scale. * Understanding of domain driven design architectures – understanding where these are applicable and supporting practical steps towards asynchronous, events-based ways of working in this context * Previous experience as a Solutions Architect within Financial Services or Banking * Data Analytics, BigQuery * Content management frameworks and tools (Umbraco or similar) * Large scale data migrations and ADF pipelines**About working for us**Our focus is to ensure were inclusive every day, building an organisationthat reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
Wewant our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless ofbackground, identity or culture.We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity insenior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working withCancer initiative.And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.We're disability confident.
So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be madeto our recruitment processes, just let us know. * A generous pension contribution of up to 15% * An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance * Share schemes including free shares * Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping * 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top * A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policiesWant to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millionsof people?
**Join our journey.
****At Lloyds Banking Group, were driven by a clear purpose; to help Britainprosper.
Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a differenceto customers, businesses and communities.
With us youll have a key role toplay in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale andreach of our Group means youll have many opportunities to learn, grow anddevelop.
****We keep your data safe.
So, well only ever ask you to provide confidentialor sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to aninterview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run ourbackground checks.
Well always explain what we need and why, with any requestcoming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
****Were focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to buildinga workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities weserve.
Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of ourcolleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
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