VP Level Solution Architect - SDLC - TOGAF - Agile - Cards & Payments

Scope AT Limited; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a Solutions Architect to design and implement innovative solutions for complex business challenges. Candidates should have experience working across various technologies, strong stakeholder management skills, and proficiency in cloud services, particularly AWS. This role requires a high level of technical expertise and the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in architecting solutions across disparate technologies.
• Practical experience with SDLC methodologies.
• Strong communication skills for presenting technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems.
• Advise stakeholders and manage risks.
• Collaborate and maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Architecting solutions

Communication

Analytical abilities

Education

Application, Infrastructure, or Enterprise Architecture training and certification (e.g., TOGAF)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Purpose of the role
To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

To excel in this role, you will need:

• Proficiency in architecting solutions across disparate technologies to solve complex business challenges, while collaborating with various stakeholder groups and influencing their perspectives on technology-driven innovation.
• Practical experience with one or more SDLC methodologies with the ability to exhibit deep technical understanding conveyed through crisp solution design artefacts and walkthroughs.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts (both written and verbal) to an extensive and varied set of stakeholders, anticipate objections, and effectively persuade others to adopt the most suitable approach - supported by excellent troubleshooting and analytical abilities.

Additional highly valued skills:

• Application, Infrastructure, or Enterprise Architecture training and certification, such as TOGAF.
• Extensive experience in system integration, API design, and API management, including architecting enterprise-wide, end-to-end solutions with a strong focus on cloud-based technologies - particularly AWS, though experience with Azure and Google Cloud is also beneficial.
• Experience in Financial Services or working in a highly regulated environment, particularly within the Cards & Payments domain, as well as familiarity with Scaled Agile frameworks.

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