Lead Solution Architect

2 weeks ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Barclays Bank PLC Full time

Join us as a Lead Solution Architect - Pega at Barclays, where you'll safeguard our Customers and the Bank by identifying bad actors and make Barclays the safest bank to bank with. We directly impact  the customer’s experience and build the trust and reputation for the bank with our customer journeys

To be successful as a Lead Solution Architect, you should have experience with

  • Pega Lead Solution Architect certification and application working experience.        
  • AWS Professional or Associate Solution Architect certification and application working experience.           
  • Experience working with REST APIs, Apache Kafka,  DevSecOps & EKS

Some other highly valued skills may include

  • Set up or migrated Client managed Pega Platform Managed  on EKS on AWS or Azure   
  • Educated to Master in Computer Science or equivalent degree to be able to meet the intellectual demands of the job, or can demonstrate equivalent experience.          
  • Experience with Caching solutions such as Hazelcast and  Search tools like Elastic Search

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

This role can be based in any of the following locations Northampton, Glasgow and Knutsford



.

Purpose of the role

To set direction and design solutions for the banks most complex IT systems and / or platforms, inc. using industry leading approaches in response to the most challenging functional and non-functional requirements. 

Accountabilities

  • Set the banks strategic architecture direction for a specialist technology area(s), e.g. development of trading platforms.
  • Provision of deep technical expertise in designing and evaluating complex technology architectures to stakeholders, including overseeing and coordinating solution architects, to encourage continuous learning across the architecture community.
  • Management of innovative design, engineering initiatives and complex technology projects, through the collaboration with technical experts across the bank to resolve complex problems that support the banks technology strategy.
  • Development and promotion of architectural standards, guidelines and governance policies to ensure consistency, quality and compliance to support the mitigation of various risks including breaches, access and regulatory violation.
  • Identification of emerging technology trends, patterns and innovations that may impact the bank and implement potential solutions that align with the banks strategic objectives.
  • Development and maintenance of advisor relationships with business partners, architects and engineering teams to drive successful design, adoption and engineering outcomes.
  • Advocation of optimal solutions that address the banks technological needs through clear and compelling communication to support architectural decisions.
  • Support of engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share and grow knowledge.

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 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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