Senior Enterprise Architect, Investment Banking

Barclays; Knutsford; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Barclays in Knutsford, United Kingdom, is seeking a senior, high-impact architecture lead to define the target architecture for a global Investment Banking domain. You will shape front-to-back data flows, data strategy and platform modernization while collaborating with CIO-level stakeholders and engineering teams.

You will drive AI and intelligent automation adoption in enterprise platforms, maintain architecture standards, and guide senior architects and product managers across the domain.

Formación

• Experience in large-scale, regulated financial institutions, with Investment Banking domain knowledge.
• Deep understanding of Investment Banking front-to-back processes data flows and control points.
• Proven ability to influence CIO-level and senior stakeholders with clear architectural judgement.
• Hands-on experience delivering architecture, solution design or engineering in complex, distributed environments.
• Practical experience applying AI, advanced analytics or intelligent automation within enterprise platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Own, define and maintain the Investment Banking target architecture, covering capabilities, applications, data, integration and security.
• Translate business strategy, regulatory change and technology priorities into actionable roadmaps and design principles.
• Provide leadership to Solution Architects and Product Managers, ensuring alignment to domain direction and enterprise standards.
• Work directly with engineering teams on complex design and delivery challenges (NFRs, integration, resilience, workload placement).
• Drive adoption of standard platforms and contribute to their evolution, ensuring solutions are resilient, governable and cost-effective.
• Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling.
• Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc.

Descripción del empleo

Barclays in Knutsford, United Kingdom, is seeking a senior, high-impact architecture lead to define the target architecture for a global Investment Banking domain. You will shape front-to-back data flows, data strategy and platform modernization while collaborating with CIO-level stakeholders and engineering teams.

You will drive AI and intelligent automation adoption in enterprise platforms, maintain architecture standards, and guide senior architects and product managers across the domain.