Solution Architect (Solution Advisory), Director

Job Description

Join us as a Solution Architect (Solution Advisory) This is an opportunity for an experienced Solution Architect to help us define the high level technical architecture and design that provides solutions to deliver great business outcomes and meets our longer term strategy You ll influence the definition and communication of a shared architectural vision of end-to-end data designs that may span multiple platforms and domains Take on this exciting new challenge and hone your technical capabilities while advancing your career and building your network across the bank This role is being offered at director level What youll do Youll be collaborating with platform, data and domain teams to architect and deliver data solutions. Together, you ll elaborate on the solution and its interfaces, validate technology assumptions, evaluate implementation alternatives, and develop a pipeline of features and improvements to allow frequent and incremental delivery of customer value. On top of this, you ll be: Owning the technical design issues and driving resolution through the iteration of the technical data solution design Leading the activities to shape requirements, validating designs and prototypes to deliver change that aligns with the target data architecture Promoting adaptive design practices to drive collaboration of feature teams around a common data vision using continuous feedback Making recommendations of potential impacts to existing and prospective customers of the latest technology and customer trends The skills youll need You ll bring expert knowledge of application architecture, and in business data or infrastructure architecture with working knowledge of industry architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or ArchiMate. You ll also need an understanding of Agile and contemporary methodologies with experience of working in Agile teams. You should have ideally started as Data or Software Engineer and must have experience in AWS. S trategic thinking is another desired skill, colleague should be able to recommend strategy, and how to transition from the current to future state. On top of this, you ll bring: Experience of data supply chain architectures and roadmaps for complex solutions Experience in diagramming (using tools like MS Visio, Draw.io, etc.) A background in delivering data solutions that securely span a complex infrastructure domain Experience of systems development change lifecycles, best practices and approaches Knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering The ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to peers, leadership level colleagues, business and technical audiences. Strong stakeholder management skills Ability to work independently, take ownership and accountability for your work and quality outcomes Hours 45 Job Posting Closing Date: 16/06/2025