Barclays
Financial Services
SolutionArchitect
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“Solution Architect at Barclays. Skills: Solution Architecture, design and development of solutions, cloud capabilities, security principles, risk management, governance processes, payments systems, systems integration, cloud based computing, APIs. design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems. collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements”
What You'll Achieve.
meet business requirements; create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery; driving consistency; meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations; deliver the agreed business and technology value; contribute to achieving the goals of the business
Industry & Context.
design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems; Fault finding; performance issues support; Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives; In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions; Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
architecting solutions across disparate technologies to achieve the complex business objectives of multiple business areas, designing and/or building highly scalable and resilient core payment systems for global financial organisations, knowledge of various UK and International schemes like FPS, BACS, CHAPS, Target2, SEPA and SWIFT, systems integration projects that involve open-source technologies and implementation utilising cloud based computing and APIs
Nice to Have
Knowledge and experience of Cyber threats, Information Security or Fraud, Expertise in technology domains within payments: DevOps, API, Analytics, Cloud adoption and Process, Expertise in Service Orientated Architecture design principles and/or Cloud based, developing Target Operating Models, capability models and transition architectures that resonate with Board-level executives
What You'll Do.
and implement solutions to complex business problems
collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements
design and implement solutions that meet those needs
create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery
Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve
meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling
identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms
Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity
containerisation etc.
Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations
Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value
Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit
feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate
Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams
leveraging available tooling
Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk
capacity and cost impact
inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs
Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes
including design artefacts required for architecture
security and records management governance processes
spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines
driving innovation and operational excellence
harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust
scalable and secure infrastructure
ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements; collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies; guide team members through structured assignments; identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments; train, guide and coach less experienced specialists
Communication Scope
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment; influencing and negotiating skills
Process & Methodology
Plan resources, budgets, manage and maintain policies, deliver continuous improvements, escalate breaches of policies/procedures, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, balancing short and long term goals, ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements, Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda, Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency. **Accountabilities** * Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms. * Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc. * Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations. * Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value. * Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate. * Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling. * Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs. * Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes. **Vice President Expectations** * To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. * If managing a team,
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