Solution Architect - Chief Controls Office

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

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector seeks a Solution Architect to develop and implement innovative solutions for operational risk and controls. The role will involve collaborative problem-solving and strategic input into the company's technological direction, vital for business delivery and transformation.

Benefits

Commitment to employee growth

Dynamic work environment

Qualifications

• Experience with Solution, Technology & Enterprise Architecture roadmap design.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of operational risk and data strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions for complex business problems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet their needs.
• Ensure security principles meet the Bank's resiliency standards.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Critical Analysis

Strategic Thinking

Tools

Excel Reporting

Job description

Join us as a Solution Architect - working in controls and operational risk, with reach into audit, compliance, and legal. You will be the first onshore team hire in a growing organization that has a large workload. You will be part of the delivery of transformation with Phase 1 and Phase 2 due in 2026.

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

Essential Skills

• Solution, Technology & Enterprise Architecture roadmap design, creation, and curation
• Critical analysis, thought leadership, and strong stakeholder management
• Drivers and levers of tech strategies to improve application health, deliver simplification, and cost optimization

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Controls, OpRisk, and 3LoD strategy
• Datalake & data product strategy and implementation
• SNow design and operation experience

You may be assessed on key critical 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 (e.g., proficiency in Excel reporting, data management, etc.).

Location is Knutsford, or alternatively Northampton or Glasgow

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

• Design and develop solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements aligned with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identifying and implementing technologies and platforms.
• Apply targeted design activities that utilize workload placement strategies and maximize cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, and containerization.
• Ensure best practice designs incorporate security principles (defense in depth, reduction of blast radius) meeting the Bank’s resiliency standards.
• Create solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
• Adopt standard solutions where appropriate, and contribute to their ongoing evolution when no standard fits.
• Support fault finding and performance issues for operational support teams using available tooling.
• Assess the impact of solution design in terms of risk, capacity, and cost, including project change and ongoing run costs.
• Develop architecture inputs to comply with governance processes, including design artifacts for architecture, privacy, security, and records management.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes. Manage resources, budgets, policies, and processes; deliver continuous improvements; escalate breaches.
• If managing a team, define roles and responsibilities, plan for future needs, and lead a team of specialists, influencing operations and aligning with strategic priorities.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• If an individual contributor, serve as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead multi-year assignments, and mentor less experienced staff.
• Advise stakeholders and senior management on impact and alignment across functions.
• Manage risks through assessments, support control and governance, and demonstrate accountability for risk management and controls.
• Understand organizational functions to contribute to business goals.
• Collaborate across work areas to stay aligned with business strategies.
• Create solutions based on complex analysis and research, developing innovative solutions.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills.

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