Join us as a Solution Architect at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. The purpose of this role is to manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.
To be successful as a Solution Architect at Barclays, you should have experience in:
1. The design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms.
2. Designing solutions using APIs, Microservices, ETL processes, and workflow management tools along with designing database schemas following standard architecture principles.
3. Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security, and record management governance processes.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
1. Ability to analyse complex sets of data from multiple internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
2. Lead technical workshops, guide development teams, and ensure the overall quality and scalability of the implementations.
3. Industry experience in Financial Services and ideally Banking (Business/Corporate to Retail).
This role will be based in our Northampton office.
Purpose of the Role:
To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs while balancing technology risks against business delivery.
Accountabilities:
1. Design and develop solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling.
2. Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation, etc.
3. Best practice designs incorporating security principles that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
4. Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
5. Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit.
6. Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling.
7. Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity, and cost impact.
8. Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the bank's governance processes.
Assistant Vice President Expectations:
1. To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
2. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills.
3. If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive.
4. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
5. Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
6. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls.
7. Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support areas.
8. Engage in complex analysis of data to solve problems creatively and effectively.
9. Communicate complex information effectively.
10. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
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