Solution Architect

Barclays; Knutsford, Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Solution Architect to lead the development of innovative digital solutions. This role involves designing and implementing adaptable products that meet business needs while leveraging modern software engineering practices. You will work closely with stakeholders, ensuring exceptional customer experiences and balancing technology risks with business delivery. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence architectural decisions and drive innovation within the organization. If you're passionate about technology and want to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting modern distributed systems and stakeholder management.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud environments like AWS and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions for complex business problems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to balance technology risks with business delivery.

Skills

Architecting modern distributed systems

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Creating transitional architectures

Financial services experience

Public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Technical product selection

Job description

Join us as a Solution Architect at Barclays, where you'll lead the development of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll utilize technology to enhance our digital offerings, ensuring exceptional customer experiences.

To succeed as a Solution Architect, you should have experience with:

1. Architecting modern distributed systems
2. Stakeholder management, with strong influencing skills and the ability to solve complex problems while making architectural trade-offs
3. Creating transitional architectures leveraging heritage systems

Additional valued skills include:

1. Functional/Domain experience in financial services such as Banking, Cards, or Loans
2. Hands-on experience with systems within public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
3. Managing technical product selection, scope, and executing Tech spikes/PoCs

This role is based in our Knutsford or Northampton office.

Purpose of the role

Design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and design solutions that balance technology risks with business delivery, promoting consistency.

Accountabilities

• Designing and developing solutions as adaptable products meeting business requirements, using modern software engineering practices and automation tools
• Applying workload placement strategies to maximize cloud capabilities like elasticity, serverless, and containerization
• Incorporating security principles (defense in depth, reducing blast radius) to meet resiliency standards
• Balancing risks and controls to deliver value
• Using standard solutions where appropriate and contributing to their evolution when necessary
• Supporting operational teams with fault finding and performance issues
• Assessing impact of solutions in terms of risk, capacity, and costs, including ongoing operational costs
• Developing architecture documentation to comply with governance requirements, including design artifacts for architecture, privacy, and security

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advising decision-making, contributing to policy, and collaborating across functions
• Leading a team on complex tasks, setting objectives, coaching, and evaluating performance
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors to foster a thriving environment (Listen, Energize, Align, Develop)
• For individual contributors, leading collaborations, guiding team members, and identifying new directions for projects
• Consulting on complex issues and supporting risk mitigation and policy development
• Managing risks and controls effectively
• Collaborating across areas to support business strategies
• Analyzing data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively
• Communicating complex or sensitive information effectively
• Influencing stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes

All colleagues are expected to embody the Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, Drive.