Solution Architect

Experis - ManpowerGroup; England; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Solution Architect with expertise in Cards and Payments. This role involves leading a team of architects to deliver innovative solutions that meet business needs. You will be responsible for creating scalable technical solutions, managing stakeholder relationships, and driving large-scale changes within the organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Domain Driven Design and cloud technologies, particularly AWS. Join a forward-thinking company that values fresh perspectives and collaboration in technology.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience over a team of architects delivering solutions.
• Solid understanding of Domain Driven Design methodology.

Responsibilities

• Leading architectural design that impacts customer and colleague experiences.
• Managing stakeholder relationships at CTO and CIO levels.

Skills

TOGAF

Requirements Management

Cards and Payments Domain Knowledge

Migration from Legacy to Cloud

Domain Driven Design

Stakeholder Management

Tools

AWS Stack

Job description

Role: Solution Architect

Location: Northampton or Knutsford

Duration: 31 December 2025

Rate: £500 per day - Umbrella only

Job description:

Good To have skill:

• TOGAF and specifically the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) provide very good guidelines and best practices to architects, implement architectures within organisations.
• 'Requirements Management' circle at the centre of the ADM graphic, the ADM is continuously driven by the requirements management process.

Architecture Development Cycle:

• Need associate with prior exp in Cards and Payments domain knowledge of cards issuance and authorisation journeys.
• Good to have banking and Cards secured lending work experience.
• Cards and Loans collections and recoveries - Work experience required.
• Migration Experience from legacy to cloud is an added advantage.
• Leading architectural design within a business area that has true customer and colleague impacts.
• Creating an architectural vision in keeping with the business providing a technical solution for customer and colleagues.
• Owning the technical solution, providing an end-to-end assurance that satisfies business needs & creating Scalable solutions.
• Acting as SME to whom that business area trusts to realise their aspirations as to how they can best drive their business forward in helping our customers.
• Challenging the status quo; things don't change by themselves, so new thinking is welcomed and applauded.
• Providing a fresh perspective that not only protects our brand but also re-energises Barclays as a bank with technology at its heart.
• Continuously collaborating with a team of like-minded architects, encouraging each other to find the right technology solutions for the business areas.

What We're Looking For:

• Evidence of leadership over a team of architects, providing direction and delivering architectural solutions.
• Track record of managing large scale changes & delivering effective solutions.
• Managing stakeholder relationships at CTO as well as CIO level.
• Solid understanding of Domain Driven Design methodology combined with Cards & Payment Domain.

Desired skills:

• Product Processing - Specialised/Deeper financial services product/business/process knowledge.
• Integration - Specialised/Deeper knowledge in Integration patterns especially in a Cloud Native, Streaming, Domain Driven Design world.
• Cloud - Specialised/Deeper knowledge in AWS Stack.
• Data - Specialised/Deeper knowledge in Data Platforms especially in a Cloud Native, Streaming, Domain Driven Design world.
• Digital Servicing - Knowledge and Experience in architecting Digital Journey (customer/colleague) [this is from Tech rather than UI/UI perspective].