OVERALL SUMMARY
At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join the Close Brothers Technology team where you will support the architecture value proposition, helping to develop the team, individuals and enhance the function.
The successful candidate will have previous experience in providing day to day architectural leadership for programmes and projects with excellent collaboration and relationship building skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Own the definition of the solution from idea through to delivery.
* Assessing Close Brothers and external IT systems to ensure they address the requirements.
* Producing outline solution designs to show how the solution meets the requirements
* Working with subject matters experts, partners, and other solution architects to produce an approved solution design, including any ancillary artefacts
* Ensuring that any knowledge repositories (e.g. application catalogues, application designs, service designs etc.) impacted by a change are kept up to date
* Where necessary producing or contributing to Request for Information (RFI) and/or Request for Proposal (RFP) to address gaps in the current Close Brothers application / capability catalogue
* Ensuring that any artefacts produced go through a robust quality assurance and sign off process
* Make sure that any designs, new technology etc. are presented at and approved by the Bank’s governance forums.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ARE:
* Experience of leading larger projects (circa > £2m) and providing direction to other analysts and architects.
* Able to collaborate and build strong and well-respected relationships with peer levels in different groups.
* An Innovative, creative thinker with a flexible approach to Strategy, Architecture and Development.
* Experience with designing and delivering complex architecture including multi domain business and IT applications e.g. database, web-based applications, loan management, batch processing, CRM, etc…
* Experience of designing and delivering solutions in a Financial Services environment
IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE:
* Experience in developing principles, patterns, and standards
* Experience of the full software development lifecycle.
* Experience in Modelling (UML, ArchiMate), Architecture Modelling Tools (Sparx EA), Threat Modelling (DREAD, STRIDE), Agile Principles and Methodologies, Financial Services / Regulated Industries, Salesforce (Sales and Service Cloud), API Gateways / API Management / Microservices (REST/JSON)
We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back.
ABOUT US
At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.