Data Solution Architect

Lloyds Banking Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to spearhead the design of innovative cloud-native data solutions. This role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance customer engagement through advanced data strategies using GCP technologies. Candidates should possess robust experience in data architecture, migration, and CI/CD practices. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the financial industry.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Confirmed experience as a Data Solution Architect with hands-on expertise in GCP and/or Azure.
• Experience migrating data from legacy platforms to cloud-native environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver cloud-native data solutions on GCP.
• Own the migration of legacy platforms to GCP-native tooling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into technical architecture.

Skills

Expertise in GCP services including BigQuery

Data modelling and pipeline development

Event-driven architecture familiarity

API integration knowledge

Real-time data streaming expertise

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

GCP

Job description

Job Title: Data Solutions Architect

Location: Bristol or London

Salary: £70,929 + DOE

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our Bristol or London office.

About This Opportunity:

We’re looking for an innovative Data Solution Architect to join our Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) division. You’ll be part of a dynamic team driving transformation through cloud-native data solutions that improve customer engagement and deliver meaningful insights. Working alongside platform architects, data product owners and engineering teams, you’ll play a key role in defining the technical direction of our data strategy.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re committed to building a more inclusive and sustainable future. This role offers the opportunity to work on pioneering projects using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies, while mentoring others and contributing to a culture of learning and growth. If you’re excited by the challenge of architecting scalable, secure and reusable data products that make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Architect and deliver cloud-native data solutions on GCP to support systems of insight and engagement
• Own the migration of legacy platforms (Teradata, SQL Server) to GCP-native tooling
• Design and implement reusable data products for analytics, reporting and client engagement
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into technical architecture and delivery roadmaps
• Define and implement data governance standards including metadata management and access controls
• Support DevOps practices using tools like Terraform, GitLab and Cloud Build

Why Lloyds Banking Group:

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you’ll need:

• Confirmed experience as a Data Solution Architect with hands-on expertise in GCP and/or Azure
• Strong proficiency in GCP services including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer and Looker
• Experience migrating data from legacy platforms to cloud-native environments
• Expertise in data modelling, pipeline development and real-time data streaming
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture, API integration and microservices
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and GitLab

About working for us:

Our ambition is to be the top tier UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• 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 policies

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve.