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At Barclays, we are looking for a highly skilled and collaborative Solution Architect to help shape and deliver innovative technology solutions that support our strategic business objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to work across complex enterprise environments, partnering with stakeholders to drive architecture excellence and technology transformation.
Job Responsibility
Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling
Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc.
Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations
Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value
Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit
Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling
Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs
Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes
Requirements
Solid stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively across technical and non-technical audiences
Proven experience in end-to-end solution ownership within complex enterprise environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and confidently
Demonstrable IT industry knowledge and understanding of modern technology landscapes
Nice to have
Risk and controls awareness/management
Influencing and negotiation skills
Experience working within regulated or financial services environments
Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery considerations