Junior IT Architect

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Junior IT Architect in a leading financial services organization. Join a collaborative team focused on architectural excellence, where you'll engage in solution design, assurance processes, and documentation. This role offers the chance to work with diverse technical teams, enhancing your skills in a dynamic environment. With a commitment to flexible working arrangements and an inclusive culture, this innovative firm is dedicated to fostering your professional growth. If you have a passion for architecture and technology, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• Qualifications in technical change or technology-related subjects are desirable.
• An understanding of architecture and its value addition is important.

Responsibilities

• Produce simple solution designs and support complex designs.
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and minimize risk.
• Collaborate with project teams and SMEs to support delivery.

Skills

Effective Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Understanding of Architecture

Technical Knowledge

Curiosity for Architecture

Education

Technical Change or Technology-Related Subjects

Academic Background in Technical Subjects

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Job Description

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Junior IT Architect who will join a highly technical and collaborative team. The role holder will support a wide range of architectural activities across the Group Architecture Practice. These include providing support to our Business Architecture, IT Architecture Delivery, and Technology Governance capabilities through activities like running discovery workshops, synthesising design inputs, applying simple design patterns, assuring simpler designs, and working with architecture tooling.

What you'll be doing

1. Solution Design – Producing simple solution designs and adopting basic patterns independently or supporting complex designs alongside experienced and specialist architects.
2. Assure Solutions – Supporting assurance processes to ensure solutions meet business needs and minimize risk. Evaluating simple solutions against pre-defined assessment criteria.
3. Accurate Documentation and Record Keeping – Producing architecture artefacts, such as high-level designs and key decision documents. Ensuring enterprise architecture tooling records are updated and accurate.
4. Solutions Delivery – Collaborating with project teams and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support delivery, e.g., assurance of lower-level designs.
5. Provide Clarity on Architecture Processes and Services – Offering guidance on architecture access, services, and engagement points.
6. Improving the Discipline – Supporting initiatives to mature the architecture discipline, such as tooling improvements or process optimizations.
7. Ensuring Business and System Changes Follow Best Practices – Making sure changes adhere to proper processes and methodologies, including IT Change Management Standards.

Qualifications

• Appropriate qualifications in technical change or technology-related subjects are desirable but not essential. An academic background in technical subjects is also desirable.
• An understanding of architecture and its value addition.
• Knowledge in technical subjects (e.g., data, systems, software, engineering) is a plus.
• Understanding of technology trends.
• A curiosity for architecture.

Experience

• Effective communication with stakeholders, adapting style and content as necessary.
• Experience working with technical teams (e.g., engineering, software, security, change management).
• Building successful relationships and team dynamics in a matrix environment.
• Practical, common-sense delivery of collaborative solutions.
• Balancing daily delivery with process and work improvements.

Additional Information

Legal & General is a leading financial services organization, recognized in 2023 for its strong heritage and promising future. We are one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers, and insurers, committed to creating value for our customers and society. Our inclusive culture fosters collaboration among diverse backgrounds and experiences, guided by leaders who care about your future and wellbeing. We support flexible working arrangements and accommodations for candidates with specific needs. If you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you.