Job Role: Solution Architect Salary: £Competitive plus excellent benefits Function: CIO Location: London or Edinburgh Closing Date: 31 January 2025 At TSB, we’re transforming the service we provide our customers, and technology will be at the forefront of that change. It’s an exciting transformation and we’re investing in an enhanced in-house capability to deliver it – so, if you’re a forward-looking and innovative IT professional, this is your opportunity to be in on the ground floor and help us build the future of banking. As a Solution Architect, you’ll be responsible for owning and detailing the solution architecture within a feature team or initiative, ensuring it meets business requirements and aligns with strategic goals. You’ll drive quality in design and build processes, document standard approaches for repeatable components, and lead the solution architecture efforts. You’ll engage with stakeholders to document requirements, obtain cost estimates, and ensure clarity and approval of the solution architecture. The Solution Architect supports the engineering team, manages significant change requests, and conducts postmortems to gather feedback and best practices. You’ll also participate in feature team activities to maintain alignment with the strategic architecture principles. What you’ll bring: • Previous experience of working in a Scaled Agile environment. • Expertise in one or financial services Domain area. • Consulting experience with presentation skills preferred. • Experience with Cloud platforms e.g. AWS, Azure. • Relevant certifications (e.g. AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect) are a plus. • Familiarity with distributed databases (SQL and NoSQL) and messaging products such as Kafka. • Experience in Infrastructure Resilience. • Familiar with ArchiMate and EA repository use. • Understanding of TOGAF and BIAN frameworks. • Must have financial services/banking solutions implementation experience • Familiar with UK Banking and its related vendor community. • Experienced in Agile ways of working. What we offer in return • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work/life balance. • An attractive reward and myTSB benefits package, giving you more of what matters to you. • A diverse, energising and collaborative working environment. • A truly inclusive organisation that values difference, where everyone feels welcome and has access to equal opportunities. • A career that’s enriching and full of opportunities. If this sounds right up your street, come and join our team. We make things happen We are TSB. Life Made More Inclusion matters at TSB. We want our colleagues to feel at home here, no matter their background. Diverse teams are what helps us deliver Money Confidence. For everyone. Every day. Did our job advert catch your eye, but you don't meet all the requirements? Don't let that put you off, if you meet some of the requirements and have an open, curious mindset, we'd love to hear from you Remember TSB is a Disability Confident Leader which means you are entitled to be part of the selection process for a role if you meet the minimum criteria outlined in the job advert.