Platform Solution Architect, GCP, Banking, 6+ months,

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Platform Solution Architect with expertise in GCP and a strong background in finance. This exciting role involves leading the transformation of monolithic systems into scalable microservices-based platforms. You will leverage your extensive experience in enterprise architecture and cloud-native solutions to drive engineering excellence. Join a dynamic team where your leadership and technical skills will make a significant impact in the banking sector. This hybrid position offers flexibility while allowing you to contribute to innovative projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architecture.
• Experience leading large-scale cloud-native solutions development.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-scale engineering transformation and re-architect client monoliths.
• Serve as the technical expert across software design and architecture.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

GCP Cloud Solutions

Software Design Concepts

Microservices Architecture

Java

C#

Go

Scala

Python

DevOps Automation

Tools

GKE

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Platform Solution Architect, GCP, Banking, 6+ months, London

Client:

Norton Blake

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

Job Description:

Platform Solution Architect, GCP, Banking, 6+ months

My client, a leading bank, is searching for a GCP platform Solution architect to join on an initial 6 month contract. You will help to drive enterprise-scale engineering transformation and re-architect client monoliths into highly robust, scalable microservices-based digital platforms.

You will be the technical expert across software design and architecture, bringing with you high engineering standards, leadership, and motivational skills. This role is inside IR35, hybrid in London (3 days a week), and ideally requires a finance/banking background.

Skills required:

• Extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architecture
• Experience leading large-scale, complex, and distributed applications development of cloud-native solutions using GCP
• Excellent knowledge of software design/architectural concepts like Event-driven Architecture, Microservices, Domain-driven design, SOLID, DRY, SoC, etc.
• Background in software development of large-scale distributed systems with exposure to multiple languages (Java, C#, Go, Scala, Python, etc.)
• Experience with containers and building container-based platforms using GKE
• DevOps/automation experience (CI, CD, Observability, Logging, and Engineering Metrics)