Transformation Solutions Architect - Financial Markets

McGregor Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services business is seeking a Solution Architect to lead a transformation and migration project. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in solutions architecture, particularly in financial markets, and have strong technical skills in modern architectures, database design, and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of solution architecture experience.
• Experience in Financial Markets Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define options for migration from legacy systems.
• Deliver end-to-end IT solutions.

Skills

Kafka

Microservices Architecture

Analytical Skills

Database Design

Java Programming

Communication

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

OpenShift

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
• 5+ years of solution architecture experience
• Experience working in Financial Markets Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments
• Analytical and systems architecture/design skills
• Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, etc.
• EDA technology - Kafka
• Commodity platform - OpenShift, containerisation skills
• Object-Oriented Design and Java programming skills
• Financial Markets experience is essential
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management abilities
• Knowledge of Java application programming

Further elements of the role:

• Defining options and providing recommendations for migration from legacy systems to new event-driven and service-focused architecture, 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 aligns fully with Enterprise engineering and architecture standards
• Maintaining end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams, for example, by organising walkthroughs with delivery teams

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on any grounds.