Solution Architect

Phoenix; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services organization is seeking a Solution Architect in Edinburgh. In this pivotal role, you will develop solution architecture aligned with enterprise standards, translating business goals into deliverable solutions. Extensive solution architecture experience in financial services is essential. This position offers a competitive salary with substantial benefits including a bonus, private medical cover, and extensive leave.

Benefits

16% bonus up to 32%

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

Income protection

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Extensive solution architecture skills preferably within a Financial Services environment.
• Strong communication skills with experience of interacting with various stakeholders.
• Knowledge of architecture and design processes within managed IT change.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into architectural solutions.
• Prioritize solutions based on value delivery.
• Deliver high quality Solution Architecture and Design artefacts.

Skills

Solution architecture skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Job description

Overview

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Solution Architect to join our Solution Architecture team.

Job Details

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)

Location: This role is hybrid based in either Edinburgh with time spent working in the office and at home

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.

Closing Date: 03/04/2025

Salary and benefits: £60,000 - £80,000 plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

The Role

As a Solution Architect within Phoenix Group IT Change and Delivery, you will be responsible for the development of solution architecture outputs across one or more architecture domains that are in alignment with the Group Enterprise Architecture. This is a key role within the Group Change Management Framework and is pivotal to the successful delivery of IT change. Working collaboratively as part of wider architecture and change teams is key to this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Translation of business objectives and goals into deliverable architectural solutions.
• Prioritisation of solutions based on value delivery, not just feasibility.
• Attending and contributing to architecture reviews with a focus on delivery impact (e.g., time-to-market, scalability, cost).
• Delivery of high quality, project driven Solution Architecture and Design artefacts.
• Working with other IT architecture domains and wider IT stakeholders to deliver robust and cost effective solutions
• Strong decision making capabilities and capable of communicating with and influencing stakeholders where appropriate.

What are we looking for?

• Extensive solution architecture skills preferably within a Financial Services environment
• Strong communication skills with experience of communicating with different levels of stakeholders on a regular basis and being able to represent Solutions Architecture across Group IT and the wider Phoenix Group when required
• Knowledge and understanding of architecture and design processes within managed IT change processes
• Adaptable approaches and behaviours to deal with any emerging issues and challenges.

We want to hire the whole version of you

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Please note that we reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

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We reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.