Senior Architect

Ford Motor Company; Fobbing; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector is seeking a Senior Enterprise / Solution Architect to join their Global Architecture team. This pivotal role will focus on designing next-generation financial platforms while providing mentorship and guidance to engineering teams around the globe. You will leverage your extensive IT experience and technical expertise to ensure alignment with global standards and lead the transformation of customer vehicle finance access. If you're a motivated professional with a strong IT and architecture background, apply to shape the future of vehicle financing at Ford.

Qualifications

• Significant IT experience in architecture or software engineering roles.
• Experience in designing secure architectures for financial applications.
• Deep proficiency in using Google Cloud Platform services.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural design and technology solutions for financial platforms.
• Collaborate with business and engineering teams to create platform designs.
• Mentor and guide team members on deliverables.

Skills

Architecture design patterns

Agile methodologies

Cloud technologies

Problem-solving

Communication

Data architecture principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification or equivalent

Job description

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Ford Credit Europe is transforming how customers access vehicle finance. As a Senior Enterprise / Solution Architect in the Global Architecture team, you will play a key role in our journey to design and develop the next generation of financial platforms. In this role you will be play a pivotal role with engineering teams around the world and have responsibility for providing architectural design, technology solutions and guidance across a diverse selection of applications ensuring alignment with our overall global architecture standards and strategies.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Architect for this leadership position reporting to the Director of Architecture, Ford Credit Europe. In this role, you will be a key individual contributor working with senior business and engineering partners to create the future designs of Ford Credit platforms whilst also helping to guide, steer and mentor other team members on their deliverables.

Required Skills and Selection Criteria:

• Significant years overall IT experience in architecture or software engineering roles
• Hands-on Enterprise or Solution Architecture experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification or equivalent
• Deep technical proficiency in developing architecture designs for digital front end and back end foundational platforms, ideally React, Java Springboot, Apollo GraphQL, Kafka / PubSub, PostgreSQL, BigQuery technologies.
• Experience of migrating, designing and building applications in modern cloud hosting environments, specifically leveraging Google Cloud Platform services.
• Knowledge of enterprise frameworks and technologies. Strong in architecture design patterns, experience with secure interoperability standards and methods, architecture tools and process.
• Solid understanding of architectural principles and best practices, particularly in the context of lending and financial systems. Experience within the Banking and Financial sector, including knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements preferred.
• Good knowledge of strategic, new, and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of them within enterprise landscapes.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to communicate and collaborate on architectural proposals with diverse audiences (user groups, stakeholders and senior management).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing business needs. Ability to work on multiple projects in a fast paced & dynamic environment.
• Experience with agile methodologies and modern development practices.
• Track record of designing secure architectures, including knowledge of common security patterns, threats, and mitigation techniques relevant to digital platforms and financial applications.
• Strong understanding of data architecture principles, including data modeling, data governance, data integration patterns, and experience designing solutions that utilize various database technologies and data warehousing concepts, ideally with PostgreSQL and BigQuery experience.