Senior Solutions Architect

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Are you ready to make a significant impact in the banking industry? Our client is on the lookout for a dynamic and experienced Senior Solutions Architect to join their team! This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of Surveillance solutions architecture while working with cutting-edge technologies in a vibrant, agile environment.

Role: Senior Solutions Architect

Duration: 12 Months (extension options)

Location: London (Hybrid 2 days in office)

Rate: £800 per day (umbrella)

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and create Surveillance solutions architecture and evolution roadmaps tailored to meet our business needs.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, delivery leads, and engineers to define scopes and low-level designs, driving the delivery of new features in an agile manner.
• Manage architectural and technical debt, ensuring solutions align with Lloyds Banking Group's standards and policies.
• Analyze system designs and operational performance to continually enhance and optimize our solutions.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Product Owners and Vendors, to ensure solutions are efficient and fit for purpose.

What You Bring:

• Experience in Agile Delivery:A proven track record of delivering technical solutions in Agile environments with expertise in JIRA and Confluence.
• Proven Solution Architect Experience:Deep technical expertise in various solution architectures, especially data platforms and complex data pipelines on public cloud platforms, with a focus on GCP.
• Robust Application Design Skills:Experience in designing scalable, low-latency solutions that meet diverse functional and non-functional requirements.
• Data Architecture Expertise:Proven experience in designing and delivering complex batch and streaming data pipelines, understanding orchestration, and database capabilities across multiple solutions.
• Problem-Solving Ability:A strategic and creative thinker who can tackle complex challenges and develop innovative, robust solutions.
• Collaboration & Communication Skills:Strong interpersonal skills that can influence and engage others effectively.
• Growth Mindset:A keen learner comfortable with providing recommendations and thought leadership.
• CI/CD Knowledge:Detailed understanding of automated CI/CD pipelines and experience with tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker, or Harness.

Desirable Skills:

• Trade Surveillance Knowledge:Familiarity with Market Abuse Regulation and associated monitoring/reporting mechanisms.
• Industry Standards:Experience with TOGAF or equivalent, and GCP Data Engineer/Cloud Architect certifications.
• Cyber & Data Security Understanding:An appreciation for the architectural implications of application design and implementation.
• Modern Data Capabilities:Knowledge of Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Machine Learning architectures.
• QA Best Practices:A solid understanding of data quality concepts and practices.

Why Join Us?

This is your chance to work in a stimulating environment where innovation thrives! You will be part of a collaborative team that values creativity and problem-solving. If you are passionate about leveraging technology to enhance banking solutions and are ready for a new challenge, we want to hear from you!

Apply Now!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.