Solutions Architect

Danske Bank UK; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Flexible benefits tailored to individual needs

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

A leading banking institution in Northern Ireland is looking for a Solutions Architect to oversee architecture for complex projects. This role involves designing solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, and providing technical leadership. Ideal candidates should have a relevant IT qualification, a proven track record in large-scale solutions, and strong software development experience. The position offers a competitive salary along with flexible benefits focused on wellness and personal development.

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing large-scale solutions in complex organisations.
• Ability to simplify complexity and communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience guiding and mentoring teams through hands-on software development.
• Hands-on software development experience guiding teams by example.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the solution architecture of complex initiatives.
• Design solutions to integrate with existing systems and meet business needs.
• Govern solution integrity through reviews, assessments, and assurance.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, security and data to shape roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards and reference architectures.

Skills

Systems thinking

Software development

Architecture modelling

C4 model

UML

Education

Relevant 3rd level qualification in IT or related STEM discipline

Tools

ArchiMate

UML

C4 diagrams

Job description

Overview

Your role: Solutions Architect

Why you’ll want to work with us

At Danske Bank, we’re driven by a clear purpose: to help customers, colleagues, and society thrive. We believe that what we do genuinely makes a positive difference and that our culture and ways of working create a unique place to grow your career. This includes investing in our people’s personal growth and wellbeing to ensure everyone feels that they belong and are set up for success.

You don’t have to just take our word for it - we are very proud of our external recognition which includes being rated by Best Companies as a 3-star World Class Organisation to work for, as a Top 10 Best Company to Work for in the UK and as #1 in the UK Financial Services sector and #1 in Northern Ireland!

We value diversity in its broadest sense which we know makes us stronger as a business and invites all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is central to our purpose and shows up in how we work every day.

Driving sustainability is a key strategic priority for us. We’d proud to have achieved the highest level in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey by Business in the Community (BITC) for the seventh consecutive year.

We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. There are lots of ways you can get involved, such as fundraising for our charity partner (Include Youth), visiting schools to teach young people about money and budgeting, volunteering with a local food bank, planting trees, and so much more.

So, if you share our values and enthusiasm and all of what we stand for resonates with you, then you will find a home at Danske Bank.

There’s much more to working at Danske Bank than just a salary but for this role we are offering a competitive salary & a car allowance in addition.

We want to be a workplace in which our colleagues can succeed and feel empowered through all stages of their career and life. We also offer an attractive range of flexible benefits centered on wellness, financial, psychological, physical and social.

Everyone’s circumstances are different, and our benefits can be tailored to your needs. For example, if you want to buy more holidays or need to avail of medical treatment, then we have a range of benefits for you. And if you want to make your money, go further, our Danske Discounts offering is just for you. With non-stop discounts, this is the perfect perk for all colleagues. If the gym is of interest to you can avail of savings on gym membership.

Role and responsibilities

What does the role look like?

You will be accountable for the solution architecture of complex, multi-team initiatives, ensuring designs are fit for purpose, secure, scalable and cost effective; translating business outcomes into target architectures, roadmaps and designs that engineering teams can deliver; and providing hands-on technical leadership across discovery, design, build, test and operate.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end solution design across applications, integration, data, security, infrastructure and operations
• Understand the business domain and design solutions to meet both short-term and long-term business needs, that integrate seamlessly with existing systems, bridging the communication between the business and technical domains
• Produce and maintain solution artefacts such as context diagrams, logical and physical designs, APIs, integration contracts, infrastructure topology and non-functional requirements
• Partner with product, engineering, security, infrastructure and data colleagues to shape delivery plans and architecture roadmaps
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, reference architectures and guardrails
• Govern solution integrity through delivery, supporting design reviews, readiness assessments and architectural assurance
• Contribute to technology strategies, roadmaps and standards, and lead spikes or proofs of concept where needed
• Staying informed about emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend and implement innovative solutions that enhance business capabilities and competitive advantage

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role:

• Relevant 3rd level qualification in IT or other related STEM discipline (Bachelors, Masters)
• Proven track record designing and transforming large-scale solutions in complex organisations
• Demonstrate systems thinking, with the ability to simplify complexity and communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong hands-on software development experience, with the ability to guide and mentor teams by example
• Experience with structured modelling and documentation of architecture, such as ArchiMate, C4 or UML

How we work

Our belief is that we are “Better when Together” and want to balance the benefits of teaming up in person with flexible working where possible. We will be supportive and flexible to your circumstances, so for roles that offer a hybrid option we ask colleagues to attend their base location a minimum of 3 days a week so they can connect, collaborate and learn together. The other 2 days can be worked either from home or another bank location. Some of our roles are customer facing which means that it’s really important to be able to work with customers face to face and hybrid working isn’t appropriate.

If this sounds good to you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply by uploading your CV ensuring you have included enough detail to clearly demonstrate how you meet our criteria.

Good luck!

If you have a disability, long term health condition or additional need that requires accommodation or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please advise us of this on your CV & a member of the team will be in touch to discuss!

Each one of us is different, and at Danske Bank we value and respect individual differences. Danske Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. That means that, as a committed equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of (but not limited to); gender, ethnicity, background, nationality, generation, age, working style, religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and cognitive diversity, including neurodiversity.