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Solutions Architect - Applications, Open Source, Kafka

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Bangura Solutions

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United Kingdom , London

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Salary:

80000.00 - 95000.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

Exciting career opportunity available for a proven Applications Solutions Architect who has depth and breadth in designing and building technical Open Source - Kafka, Biztalk, Angular solutions. Working for a global financial services organisation, you will get the opportunity to lead on creating technical solutions for the business, aligning to the business needs. As part of the job, you will become an SME on the business domain. Working within a lead dynamic team, you will be able to influence and own designing end-to-end enterprise solutions/platforms built. As part of your job, you will be working on the organisation's Digital Transformation initiative, so you will be joining the business at a great time.

Job Responsibility:

  • lead on creating technical solutions for the business
  • align to the business needs
  • become an SME on the business domain
  • influence and own designing end-to-end enterprise solutions/platforms
  • work on the organisation's Digital Transformation initiative

Requirements:

  • proven Applications Solutions Architect
  • depth and breadth in designing and building technical Open Source - Kafka, Biztalk, Angular solutions
  • Financial Services or Insurance experience (useful, not essential)
  • Consultancy background or accustomed to working closely with business teams
  • intellect for having made the technical choices at previous organisations with rationale

Nice to have:

Financial Services or Insurance experience

What we offer:

Excellent

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 10, 2026

Expiration:
April 30, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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