Legal & General

Financial Services

DigitalSolutionsArchitect

£75–110k ~AI est. Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Digital Solutions Architect at Legal & General. Skills: Digital solutions architecture, Microservices, AWS cloud. Produce end to end solution architecture. Own end to end solution architecture”

What You'll Achieve.

Seamless customer journeys; Scalable solutions; Future ready solutions; Consistent delivery; High quality customer experiences; Robust solutions; Secure solutions; Operationally sound solutions; Alignment with enterprise standards; Alignment to business objectives; Solutions are secure; Solutions are resilient; Solutions are scalable; Solutions are cost efficient

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Translate business needs; Robust technical solutions; Future proof technical solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Degree or equivalent professional experience, Expertise in microservices architectures, Experience delivering scalable APIs, Experience delivering microservices, Experience working in Agile environments

Nice to Have

TOGAF or similar architecture certification, Cloud certifications across Azure or AWS, AWS services such as EKS

What You'll Do.

Produce end to end solution architecture

Own end to end solution architecture

Lead architectural decisions

Collaborate with engineering teams

Ensure component level designs align

Communicate architecture decisions

Communicate rationale

Communicate trade offs

Partner with Product Owners

Partner with Business Analysts

Partner with Technology Leads

Translate business outcomes

Participate in Agile ceremonies

Support estimation processes

Support planning processes

Validate delivery scope

Refine delivery scope

Refine delivery timelines

Drive translation of customer journeys

Embed non functional requirements

Maintain architecture models

Support delivery of technology change

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Agile Scrum teams; Product Owners; Engineers; Stakeholders; Business Analysts; Technology Leads

Communication Scope

Communicate architecture decisions; Communicate rationale; Communicate trade offs

Process & Methodology

Agile, PI planning, Sprint activities

Full Job Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. Who we are Our Retail business supports customers throughout their lives, to help them save, plan, protect and enjoy retirement. We’re a leading provider of retirement and protection solutions. We aim to support our c.12.8 million policyholders and workplace members throughout their lifelong financial journeys. We focus on helping the customers of today and tomorrow achieve better long-term outcomes. We either talk with them directly or work with intermediaries and employers to meet their needs. We use the latest technology to connect with them quickly, efficiently and wherever possible in highly personalised ways. We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to join Legal & General Retail and play a key role in designing and delivering modern digital solutions across customer facing platforms, including mobile applications and web experiences. This is an exciting opportunity to shape end to end solution architecture across digital channels, ensuring seamless customer journeys supported by scalable, resilient microservices and secure AWS cloud implementations. The successful candidate will define and drive the target state digital architecture, working across multiple Agile Scrum teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and the consistent delivery of high quality customer experiences. This role requires strong collaboration with Product Owners, engineers, and stakeholders, alongside t

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