Associate Specialist Architect, AVP

• In this key role, youll assist in the realisation of the Enterprise and Solution Architectures working as part of development teams throughout the engineering development lifecycle. This includes providing technical guidance, resolving architectural impediments, and championing the adoption of architecture patterns and practices.
• Well look to you to support Program Managers, Solution Architects, and Engineers in developing reusable and scalable capabilities within your specific domain, ensuring alignment with the banks strategic initiatives.

Youll also:

• Support the development of architecture models within a specific domain, ensuring alignment with the banks Strategic Target Architecture
• Support the adoption of specialist domain architecture enablers, assisting in the creation of playbooks, collaborating with peers, and helping educate stakeholders on best practices and alignment with strategic roadmaps
• Maintain familiarity with and apply approved tools, models, reference architectures, and design patterns, providing guidance to development teams on best practices and suitable alternatives
• Engage in design reviews for projects, contributing to the assessment of solution quality, identifying potential risks, and communicating findings to relevant stakeholders for further action
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies within your domain, assessing potential opportunities or risks and contributing insights to the architecture governance framework to inform decision-making

To excel in this role, youll need knowledge in area of specialism including good understanding of business use cases and emerging trends that drive organisational success.

Youll also have knowledge of modern technologies such as Cloud, Microservices, AI along with agile architecture and DevOps practices.

In addition, youll need:

• Experience of collaborative decision-making processes, partnering with business and technology colleagues to articulate and evolve architectural direction, while ensuring adherence to key architecture principles and alignment with strategic goals
• Basic experience in creating business cases to influence senior stakeholders to secure investment for architecture initiatives
• Experience of participating in overseeing and assuring the quality of architecture designs including supporting Architecture and Design Reviews to validate that solutions meet business needs and comply with architecture standards, with a focus on risk management and governance