Solution Architect

This is a remote position.

SPG Resourcing has partnered high-growth financial services organisation to support them with hiring a Solution Architect due to an internal promotion.

Reporting in the Architecture Manager you ll be working across a number of key programmes of work as part of a large-scale transformation programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to overall architectural support for the major projects whilst acting as architectural lead for a range of projects
  
• Contribute to overall architectural support and solution for the Business Units whilst taking design lead responsibility for one or more projects
  
• Corporate: Back-office functions, Banking, Marketing & Distribution
  
• Contribute to the development, publishing and promotion of architectural policies and standards
  
• Assist in ensuring compliance with IT Strategy, policies and standards across all projects.
  
• Contribute to the development, maintenance and publishing of application roadmaps for critical and core applications
  
  

Requirements

• Financial services systems
  
• High-level Integration Architecture API, WebServices and Integration best practise.
  
• High-level cloud service experience - AWS or Azure.
  
• Traditional Infrastructure Servers, Storage, Wintel, HP-UX, 3PAR, Nimble, Cisco Network and Telephony.
  
• Security infrastructure and best practise
  
• Databases SQL, Cache, Oracle
  
• Cloud Productivity: O365 (Office, SharePoint, Dynamics
  
• TOGAF certified or equivalent experience
  
• The ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
  
• Confident at managing relationships and communicating at all levels
  
• Delivery oriented and ability to work under pressure in a complex business environment
  
• Highly developed business analytical skills specifically aimed at the generation of complete and consistent business requirements and business cases for IT Change, in collaboration with SME s
  
• High levels of initiative, professionalism, independence and resilience
  
• Proven record of producing quality technical requirements, design and test documentation
  
• Excellent experience of IT management processes across operational, change and delivery
  
  

Benefits

• Up to 20% Bonus
  
• Pension 10%
  
• Private Medical Insurance
  
  

If this role sounds of interest, please contact Grace Aird - IT Architecture - Talent Partner.