Job Description
End Date\n\nSunday 19 January 2025\n\nSalary Range\n\n£86,964 - £102,310\n\n**[We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible\nworking options](https:www.lloydsbankinggroup.comcareersculture-and-\ninclusionagile-working.html)**\n\nFlexible Working Options\n\nHybrid Working\n\nJob Description Summary\n\n.\n\nJob Description\n\n**JOB TITLE**** :** Solution Architect\n\nSALARY: £86,964 - £102,310\n\nLOCATION: Leeds\n\nHOURS: Full time\n\nWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at\nleast two days per week, or 40% of our time, in our Leeds office.\n\nAbout this opportunity:\n\nWe are seeking a talented Solution Architect to join our innovative\nStockbroking lab within the Insurance, Pensions, and Investments division. In\nthis role, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of online\ntrading by designing and implementing a streamlined, customer and colleague-\nfocused platform that will redefine how our customers invest. You will work\nclosely with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions that\nenhance our digital presence and improve customer engagement.\n\nWhat youll do…\n\n * Design and develop scalable, robust, and secure architecture solutions for the enhanced stockbroking platform.\n * Collaborate with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects, and Engineers to create and maintain the architectural runway for our platform teams.\n * Partner with Enterprise Architecture and service providers to elaborate on solutions, validate technology assumptions, and evaluate implementation alternatives.\n * Ensure alignment of architectural solutions with business goals and technology strategy.\n * Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.\n * Conduct architectural reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and standards.\n * Identify and mitigate technical risks and issues\n * Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation.\n\nAbout us\n\nLike the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving.
Investing billions in our\npeople, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of\nour 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey\nand you will too…\n\nWhat you’ll need experience in:\n\n * Designing and implementing complex, large-scale architecture solutions.\n * Common enterprise integration patterns\n * Working with cloud platforms (GCP preferred)\n * Microservices, event-based architecture and API design.\n * Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.\n * Designing to meet complex security principles and practices.\n * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills\n * Containerisation and orchestration tools e.g.
Docker, Kubernetes etc\n * Working in a regulated environment and designing to meet compliance requirements.\n\nAnd the following experience would be really useful:\n\n * Domain driven design principles and pattern\n * Delivering software solutions in financial services (particularly tradinginvestments or wealth)\n * Delivering large scale data migrations (500k+ customers)\n * Enterprise architecture frameworks e.g. TOGAF.\n\nAbout working for us:\n\nOur focus is to ensure were inclusive every day, building an organisation\nthat reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.\n\nWe want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless\nof background, identity or culture.\n\nWe were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in\nsenior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with\nCancer initiative.\n\nAnd it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.\n\nWe’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be\nmade to our recruitment processes, just let us know.\n\nWe also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:\n\n * A generous pension contribution of up to 15%\n * An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance\n * Share schemes including free shares\n * Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping\n * 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top\n * A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies\n\nWant to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions\nof people?
Join our journey.\n\n**At Lloyds Banking Group, were driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain\nprosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference\nto customers, businesses and communities. With us youll have a key role to\nplay in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and\nreach of our Group means youll have many opportunities to learn, grow and\ndevelop.**\n\n**We keep your data safe.
So, well only ever ask you to provide confidential\nor sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an\ninterview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our\nbackground checks. Well always explain what we need and why, with any request\ncoming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.**\n\n**Were focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building\na workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we\nserve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our\ncolleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.**