Solution Architect- Component, Designer Provisioning and Orchestration

Barclays UK; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Solution Architect – Component Designer in London, where you'll drive innovation in our digital landscape. This role requires designing complex solutions, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and ensuring a seamless customer experience as part of our Operational Support Systems team.

Qualifications

• Experience in orchestration and activation of resources/services using catalog models.
• Familiarity with open-source tools for managing complex networks.
• Ability to balance technology risks against business delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions as products that can evolve.
• Apply workload placement strategies to maximize cloud capabilities.
• Support operational teams in performance issues using available tooling.

Skills

Experience in designing and implementing solutions

Knowledge of ITIL, ETOM, TMF SID

Understanding of network technology fundamentals

Knowledge of DevOps tools

Programming experience in high-level languages

Proficiency in Agile methodologies

Job description

Join us on a transformative journey as a Solution Architect - Component Designer Provisioning & Orchestration, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

Operational Support Systems (OSS) & Tools is a newly formed functional unit in the Network Product domain at Barclays. The Barclays OSS & Tools Engineering team is responsible for the design, build, and operation of the underlying OSS infrastructure and toolchain across cloud, data center, campus, and branch networks that are required to run the Barclays Global Network at scale.

To be successful as a Solution Architect, you should possess the following skill sets:

Essential Skills

• Experience in designing and implementing solutions for orchestration and activation of resources/services using industry-standard catalog models like YANG, TOSCA, HEAT templates, YAML-based automation (e.g., Ansible).
• Knowledge of processes (ITIL, ETOM, TMF SID, OpenAPI, ETSINFV or similar) across network domains and experience designing and implementing solutions with open-source tools for lifecycle management of complex networks (experience with projects like Netbox, ODL, Grafana stack, ONAP/OSM, and other Linux Foundation projects).
• Understanding of network technology fundamentals, data structures, scalable system design, and the ability to translate information into structured solutions for product and engineering teams.

Some other highly valued skills include:

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of DevOps tools, GitOps, CI/CD, configuration management, Jenkins, build pipelines, and source control systems. Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services: compute, storage, networking, hybrid connectivity, monitoring/logging, security, and IAM.
• Programming experience in high-level languages like Python, Java, Golang, and expertise in NetDevOps automation and AI engineering (GenAI/AgenticAI), API service development.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies such as Scrum/Kanban, backlog, and workflow management.

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

Location: London

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and designing solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, 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.
• Apply workload placement strategies to maximize cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, and containerization.
• Incorporate security principles (defense in depth, reduction of blast radius) to meet the bank’s resiliency standards.
• Balance risks and controls to deliver business and technology value.
• Use standard solutions where appropriate; contribute to their evolution if no standard fits.
• Support operational teams in fault finding and performance issues using available tooling.
• Assess solution design impact on risk, capacity, and costs, 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 strategy, requirements, and change management; plan resources, budgets, and policies; deliver improvements; escalate breaches.
• If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, counsel on performance, and contribute to pay decisions. Lead specialists to influence operations, ensure strategic alignment, and balance short- and long-term goals.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, act as subject matter experts, guide technical direction, lead multi-year projects, train and mentor less experienced staff, and inform strategic decisions.
• Advise stakeholders, manage risks, and demonstrate leadership in controls and organizational understanding.
• Collaborate across functions, build trusting relationships, and develop innovative solutions through analytical thinking and research.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, influence outcomes, and negotiate effectively.

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