Lead Architect

JPMorganChase; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a skilled Lead Architect to champion architectural excellence in cloud deployments within the Sales Research and Data portfolio. In this role, you will influence enterprise standards, guide modernization efforts, and collaborate with technical teams to create resilient architectures. The ideal candidate will have strong cloud-native design experience and the ability to communicate effectively across diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software architecture concepts.
• Experience in designing and delivering cloud-native solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture and application design.

Responsibilities

• Engage technical teams to discuss approaches for target state architectures.
• Guide evaluation of current technologies and lead assessments of new solutions.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams.

Skills

Administrative Skills

Facilities Management

Biotechnology

Creative Production

Design And Estimation

Architecture

Tools

AWS

Job description

Description

A career with us is a journey not a destination. This could be the next best step in your technical career. Join us.

As the Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Commercial Investment and Bank for Market Tech- Sales Research and Data portfolio you will serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert championing architectural excellence in cloud deployments. You will work closely with leadership engineering leads and teams to create target architectures that are resilient future-ready and aligned with business goals. This position offers the chance to influence enterprise-wide standards collaborate with talented teams and play a crucial role in our modernization journey.

Job responsibilities

• Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose technical approaches to define target state architectures for applications across our AWS and on-premises portfolio ensuring alignment with broader enterprise architecture and firmwide standards and business strategy.
• Represent the Sales Research and Data in firmwide technical governance meetings providing feedback and driving improvements in architecture governance practices and opinionated .
• Guide the evaluation of current technologies and lead the assessment of new solutions using established standards and frameworks.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams fostering best practices in cloud-native design and development.
• Understand business needs and opportunities to inform architectural decisions and strategic direction.
• Drive decisions that influence product design application functionality and technical operations balancing innovation with operational stability.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in enterprise architecture cloud modernization and AWS best practices.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Formal training or certification on software architecture concepts and proficient advanced experience.
• Demonstrable experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture application design and technical processes with expertise in at least one architecture pillar (Business Application Data Infrastructure).
• Proven ability to evaluate and recommend current and emerging technologies for future-state architecture.
• Skilled in verbal written and diagrammatic communication with the ability to adapt style for diverse audiences.
• Experience guiding teams through modernization programs including cloud migration and roadmap creation.

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect or higher) strongly preferred
• Demonstrable experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions preferably on AWS

Key Skills

Administrative Skills,Facilities Management,Biotechnology,Creative Production,Design And Estimation,Architecture

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1