Solutions Architect

ARC IT Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ARC IT Recruitment partners with a leading financial services client to hire a Solution Architect for their London-based Architecture practice within Group IT.

You will curate solution architecture designs across all lines of business, provide hands-on consultancy to project teams delivering cloud, on-premises and hybrid solutions, and act as a trusted technical partner to BRMs, product owners and delivery teams throughout the product life cycle.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience across at least two IT solution disciplines.
• Strong Back End skills in one or more languages such as C#, Java, Python, Go or Rust.
• Experience with architecture modelling approaches (ArchiMate, UML).

Responsibilities

• Curate and own solution architecture designs across multiple lines of business.
• Translate business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints.
• Provide consultancy across cloud, on-premises and hybrid delivery.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security, regulatory and risk requirements.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud & hybrid

Archimate/UML

Threat modelling

SDLC/DevOps

Agile/Waterfall

Tools

ArchiMate

UML

Job description

We're partnering with a leading financial services client to hire a Solution Architect into their London-based Architecture practice within Group IT.

You will curate solution architecture designs across all lines of business, provide hands-on consultancy to project teams delivering cloud, on-premises and hybrid solutions, and act as a trusted technical partner to business relationship managers, product owners and delivery teams throughout the product life cycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Curate and own solution architecture designs across multiple lines of business
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural blueprints
• Perform threat modelling and author/maintain architecture guidelines and patterns
• Provide solution architecture consultancy to project teams across cloud, on-premises and hybrid delivery
• Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security, regulatory and risk requirements
• Work closely with BRMs, product owners and product managers to support future business requirements
• Contribute to a shared community of practice, sharing reusable solutions and lessons learned

Key Requirements:

• 5+ years' experience across at least two IT solution disciplines - technical/infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, Middleware, database management or cloud development
• Strong Back End skills in one or more of C#, Java, Python, Go or Rust
• Working knowledge of databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB or Oracle
• Broad, hands-on exposure to cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments
• Experience with architecture modelling approaches such as ArchiMate, UML or equivalent
• Experience producing solution designs and documentation for governance/design authority sign-off
• Understanding of SDLC, deployment pipelines and modern engineering/DevOps practices
• Experience working across both Agile and Waterfall delivery models