Solution Architect

Barclays UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Solution Architect to drive innovation and technical excellence. In this role, you will design and implement solutions that address complex business challenges while balancing technology risks. Collaborate with stakeholders and leverage your expertise in cloud architecture and data processing to ensure that the technology landscape exceeds strategic goals. This position offers a unique opportunity to work with industry experts and be part of a vibrant professional network, contributing to the evolution of solutions that empower the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and implementing cloud solutions.
• Strong understanding of data processing and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions to complex business problems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet their needs.

Skills

AWS Cloud & Architecture

Java

Kafka

Data Architecture

Cyber Security

Tools

Kubernetes

DynamoDB

MongoDB

Postgres

Oracle SQL

Job description

Join us as a Solution Architect at Barclays, where you'll transform our business needs into cutting-edge technical solutions. This role is pivotal in ensuring our technology landscape not only meets but exceeds our strategic goals. You’ll also benefit from being part of a vast professional network, collaborating with industry experts.

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

• AWS Cloud & Architecture - VPC, IAM, ELB, ALB, EKS, ECS, Transit Gateways, Kubernetes, Secret Manager, Hashicorp Cyberark
• Data Processing - Java, Kafka, Streaming / Flink / REST APIs / gRPC / Spark Streaming & Batch
• Databases — NoSQL, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, Postgres/Oracle SQL DBs

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Fraud Detection Domain
• Strong Data Architecture skills
• Strong Cyber Security experience - tokenisation, encryption, hashing (Data at Rest/Transport)

You may be assessed on key skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in either our Northampton or Glasgow office.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs, balancing technology risks against business delivery, and driving consistency.

Accountabilities

1. Design and develop solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements, aligning with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling, including identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms.
2. Apply workload placement strategies to maximize cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerization.
3. Incorporate security principles (defence in depth, reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
4. Balance risks and controls to deliver the business and technology value.
5. Adopt standardised solutions where appropriate, and contribute to their evolution if no standard fits.
6. Support operational teams with fault finding and performance troubleshooting, leveraging tooling.
7. Assess solution design impacts in terms of risk, capacity, and cost, including project change and ongoing run costs.
8. Develop architecture inputs for governance compliance, including design artefacts for architecture, privacy, security, and records management.

Vice President Expectations

1. Contribute to strategy, requirements, and change recommendations; manage resources, budgets, policies; deliver improvements; escalate breaches.
2. For those managing teams, define roles, plan for future needs, counsel on performance, and influence operations, aligning with strategic and tactical priorities.
3. Demonstrate leadership behaviors (Listen, Energize, Align, Develop) to create a thriving environment.
4. For individual contributors, act as subject matter experts, guide technical directions, lead assignments, and mentor less experienced staff.
5. Advise stakeholders on impacts and alignment across functions.
6. Manage risks, demonstrate accountability, and contribute to organizational goals.
7. Build relationships, influence outcomes, and develop innovative solutions based on research and analysis.
8. Maintain trust with stakeholders through effective influencing and negotiating skills.

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