Solutions Architect

2 weeks ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Barclays UK Full time

Join us as a Solutions Architect at Barclays where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. To be successful as a Solutions Architect, you will need the following:

Expert in developing & articulating strategic concepts through effective storytelling that simplifies sophisticated concepts and engages diverse stakeholders across the bank to achieve buy-ins.

In-depth knowledge of and hands-on experience with architecting & building Data Fabric & Data Mesh on Cloud on an enterprise level.

Experience with researching, assessing, adopting, and implementing state-of-the-art tools and technologies for Data Engineering, Data Analytics, AI/GenAI & Automation (e.g. Databricks, AWS BedRock, Microsoft Power Platform).

Experience collaborating with diverse teams on a wide range of challenging subjects to create synergy and agree on strategies/solutions/approaches that align with EDP and enterprise strategies. Some other highly valued skills may include:

Hands-on experience with data curation and analytics, including data visualisation through dashboarding and performing data engineering activities.

Experience leading team members (direct reports or MSPs) that results in operational excellence, e.g. high efficiency, high morale, and positive outcome.

Hands-on experience executing product management disciplines (e.g. as a product manager) using Agile Methodology to oversee, drive, and track product lifecycle activities including ongoing monitoring.

Experience of operating in a robust data governance environment and managing sustainable and scalable data infrastructures with consideration to security, privacy, and risk.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. 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 and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency. Accountabilities

  • 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.
  • Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc.
  • Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
  • Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
  • Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.
  • Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling.
  • Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity, and cost impact, including estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
  • Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the bank's governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security, and records management governance processes. Vice President Expectations
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation's functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes. Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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