Role Application Architect Location: London Bevis marks Work type Permanent Hybrid 3 days from office Seasoned Solutions/IT architect having proven technology track with 12-15 years of experience, with at least 8-10 years of experience in 'Banking and Financial Services' (BFS) domain. Experience in leading solution/technical architecture team to define complex enterprise architecture and implementation roadmap and present/defend solution to client CTO/EA team and align with business and IT stakeholders. Experience in architectural change management and implementation governance. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain the overall IT architecture using Microsoft technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, .Net and Dynamics 365. Strong technical hands on skills skills in React native and .Net technologies. Technology leadership focused on 1 or 2 LOBs/Accounts within an SBU and will be responsible for driving architectural and technology initiatives for those accounts, working closely with SBU Demonstrate the ability to evangelize architectures and strategies to business executives and project leaders in order to gain stakeholder commitment. Ability to perform architectural assessment and provide remediation guidance for existing architectures or systems in crisis. Lead team of solution/technical architects and collaborate with various stakeholders from business, IT, Operations, partners, vendors to define enterprise architecture blueprint. Mediate opposing viewpoints and negotiate equitable solutions to ensure successful and stable outcomes. Establish, maintain, and evolve process and policies for architecture governance for those programs or projects in which the LOB architects are responsible. Establish metrics for validating the conformance of a solution to an architecture. Skill / Experience: Must have shown technical leadership in conducting strategic architectural projects or initiatives. Must have demonstrated positive significant impact on the business by leading significantly complex projects, applications, or system-of-systems architectures. Knowledge of the technology, trends, and techniques in the IT industry Leadership capability to drive, mentor and scale the team in technology & architecture area. Excellent communication and stakeholder management capability Must have experience in driving Enterprise / Solution architecture definition Must have experience in 'Banking and Financial Services' domain Certification in TOGAF or technology architecture (Ex: Cloud etc.) is added advantages. Skills Mandatory Skills : Architectural diagrams, Docker, Microservices, Software Engineering and Design Architecture, UML diagrams