Remote Solution Architect – API & Integration

Royal Bank of Scotland; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking a Solution Architect to define end-to-end integration architectures that connect Online Banking and Colleagues platforms with the Core Banking Platform. You will design customer-centric, secure solutions leveraging REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Kafka, and ensure alignment with the bank's target architecture and roadmap.

You will collaborate across teams to deliver measurable business value, contribute to architectural governance, and mentor colleagues to grow

Qualifications

• Knowledge of solution architecture frameworks and modern technologies such as Cloud, microservices and AI.
• Experience with agile architecture and DevOps practices.
• Ability to define architectures aligned with organizational objectives and partner with stakeholders.
• Experience engaging with partners across the organization to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design customer-centric, high-performance, secure end-to-end integration solutions connecting satellite systems with our Core Banking Platform.
• Collaborate with teams to align solutions with target architectures and roadmaps.
• Support growth of architecture capability by sharing knowledge and mentoring others.
• Provide technical guidance and champion architecture patterns, removing impediments.
• Work with Security Engineering and Risk teams to embed secure patterns and improve solution security.
• Collaborate with programme stakeholders to define viable architectures and follow the bank's method.
• Prepare and present solution designs to architecture boards and coordinate with stakeholders throughout delivery.
• Assist in selecting and integrating technologies using approved catalogs and patterns.
• Adopt a DevOps mindset by embedding architecture guidance in CI/CD pipelines.
• Create architecture documentation following the Bank's templates and TOGAF guidance.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud

Microservices

AI

Agile architecture

DevOps practices

REST APIs

OpenAPI

Kafka

Tools

OpenAPI

Kafka

CI/CD

Job description

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking a Solution Architect to define end-to-end integration architectures that connect Online Banking and Colleagues platforms with the Core Banking Platform. You will design customer-centric, secure solutions leveraging REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Kafka, and ensure alignment with the bank's target architecture and roadmap.

You will collaborate across teams to deliver measurable business value, contribute to architectural governance, and mentor colleagues to grow