Lead Architect

J.P. Morgan; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution is seeking a Lead Architect to serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert, championing cloud deployments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software architecture and cloud-native solutions, with strong skills in technical governance and communication. This position plays a crucial role in the organization's modernization journey in a highly collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions.
• Advanced knowledge in software architecture and application design.
• Proven ability to evaluate and recommend emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Engages with technical teams to define target state architectures.
• Represents the team in governance meetings to drive architecture improvements.
• Provides technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams.

Skills

Software architecture concepts

Cloud-native solutions

AWS best practices

Technical governance

Diagrammatic communication

Education

Formal training or certification in software architecture

Job 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