Solutions Architect - Financial Markets & Clearing

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is embarking on an exciting transformation and migration project, seeking a Solutions Architect to lead the charge. This role demands a blend of proven architecture skills and extensive systems development experience. You will collaborate with a global team to define innovative solutions, ensuring seamless transitions from legacy systems to modern, event-driven architectures. If you have a strong background in Financial Markets and are ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will shape the future of financial services technology.

Qualifications

• Proven solutions architecture skills and experience.
• Strong systems development experience across all stages.

Responsibilities

• Defining options for migration to new architecture.
• Delivering end-to-end IT solutions meeting requirements.
• Ensuring alignment with engineering and architecture standards.

Skills

Event Hub technology (Kafka)

Service-oriented architecture

Microservices architecture

Financial Markets Infrastructure experience

Analytical skills

Database design (Oracle, SQL Server)

OpenShift and containerisation skills

Object-Oriented Design

Java programming

Stakeholder management

Job description

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Solutions Architect - Financial Markets & Clearing, London (City of London)

Client:

Global Financial Services Business

Location:

London (City of London), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

3

Posted:

08.05.2025

Expiry Date:

22.06.2025

Job Description:

Global Financial Services Business is at the start of a new transformation and migration project and seeks a Solution Architect. The ideal candidate will have proven solutions architecture skills and experience alongside strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development, covering inception, budgeting, architecture, design, development, testing, live implementation, and post-implementation support.

Technical skills required:

• Experience in implementing Event Hub technology (such as Kafka) and modern architecture (for example, service-oriented architecture, microservices architecture)
• Experience leading the implementation of platform-independent and database-independent applications
• A track record working on Financial Markets Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments
• Analytical and systems architecture/design skills
• Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, etc.
• Commodity platform - OpenShift, containerisation skills
• Hands-on Object-Oriented Design and Java programming skills
• Financial Markets experience is essential
• Strong communication skills, ability to manage stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of Java application programming

Further elements of the role:

• Defining options and providing recommendations for migration from legacy to new event-driven and service-focused architecture, working in collaboration with the Global Enterprise Architecture team
• Delivering a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements
• Ensuring the IT solution fully aligns with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards
• End-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by, for instance, organising walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams

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