Solutions Architect

ZipRecruiter; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Financial Services provider in the UK is seeking Solutions Architects at AVP to VP levels for hybrid roles based in Knutsford or Northampton. The positions offer a salary range between £60,000 and £93,000, requiring candidates to have solid experience in architecting modern solutions in financial services.

Qualifications

• End to end solutions expertise.
• Proven track record in financial services, ideally in Cards or Loans.
• Experience with legacy systems and public cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions to complex business problems.
• Manage stakeholders, negotiate and influence decisions.
• Architect modern distributed systems leveraging existing legacy systems.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Problem solving

Risk mitigation

Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Distributed systems architecture

Job description

Job Description

Solution Architects (AVP to VP level roles available)

Hybrid working - 2 days a week on site in Knutsford, Cheshire or Northampton

Salaries ranging from £60,000 to £93,000 (depending on level of experience)

We’re looking for talented Solutions Architects to join a leading Financial Services provider – experience to have will be people who are currently (or recently have worked within) Financial Services, Retail/Commercial Banking – Cards, Loans/Lending.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Can provide end to end solutions expertise
• Proven track record working in a similar role/environment – Ideally Financial Services, Retail/Commercial Banking – Cards, Loans/Lending
• Architecting modern distributed systems
• Design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems
• Stakeholder management, having strong negotiating and influencing skills with ability to solve difficult problems whilst making complex architectural trade-offs
• Articulate in mitigating risk
• Creating transitional architectures that leverage legacy/heritage systems (Mainframe, IBM)
• Hands-on experience in architecting systems that operate within public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) would be good to have, along with the ability to manage technical product selection process, scope & execute Tech spikes/PoCs

Please forward over your CV for immediate review and call back to discuss further – Full Job Description is available upon request.

NOTE – Candidates must be UK based.