Solutions Architect
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Solution Architect
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time. Where possible we are open to considering part time/flexible working patterns. Please let us know in your application your desired working pattern.
Salary: Circa 85000
Reporting to: Chief Architect
Location: London docklands. Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office.
We are looking for a Solution Architect who can craft technology solutions to tackle complex business challenges. This role blends technical expertise with business insight and creativity. Youll leverage both new and existing tech to drive innovation and business success.
If you have experience of working with nontechnical and technical stakeholders and creating and articulating technology solutions we invite you to review our minimum criteria and apply.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop comprehensive solutions using a mix of current and emerging technologies.
Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
Create vision documents and highlevel designs aligned with business goals.
Collaborate with development teams to ensure solutions are effectively developed tested and deployed.
Work alongside database and infrastructure teams to guarantee scalability reliability and security.
Coordinate with internal teams and thirdparty vendors to integrate various technical components.
Maintain a broad understanding of application development database management and infrastructure.
Minimum Criteria
Experience in application development with a solid grasp of software development life cycles. Technical proficiency in application development database management and infrastructure is key.
Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
Understanding of cloud platforms networking and security components.
Ability to produce detailed technical documentation and highlevel designs.
Excellent communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts.
Experience collaborating with internal teams and external vendors to deliver integrated solutions
Candidates should ideally have some experience of our existing Technology Areas:
Microsoft Azure (general IaaS PaaS)
Microsoft D365
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft M365
SharePoint Online
Microsoft PowerBI
Azure OpenAI
SQL
CosmosDB
Workday
Why Financial Ombudsman Service
We are a values led organisation. Our values define our culture influence our decisions and underpin our vision and strategy. They set out how we play our PART through Purpose Ambition Respect and Trust. You can learn more about our values here: also offer an attractive competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Heres a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
25 days holiday entitlement with the option to buy extra or sell days
Generous pension
Various Family Friendly Policies including enhanced maternity pay carers and dependants leave
Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance virtual GP Critical illness cover Life assurance cover to name a few
Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme Cycle to work scheme Willwriting service amongst others
Employee Assistance Programme
Extensive opportunities for personal and career development
Nationwide gym membership discounts and a fully equipped onsite gym open 24/7 in London
Extensive Wellbeing resources including onsite therapists (London office only)
Beautiful and bright London office looking over the Thames and near to mainline stations
Our Coventry office is 2 minutes walk from the main station
Our employee led networks (a couple of examples being our Womens Network Carers network and Neurodiverse Network) do fantastic work in educating and raising awareness across a range of experiences and support us in being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. You can get involved too!
How do I apply
Please apply with your up to date CV
A full job profile is available on request and will be provided to candidates shortlisted
Were proud to be an inclusive employer
We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities.
Were committed to being a great place to work attracting and developing people from the widest possible range of backgrounds. We want everyone to perform at their best and feel able to be themselves. We understand that if were diverse and inclusive well better understand different perspectives which is fundamental to our job resolving financial complaints.
We welcome applications from Black and other ethnic minority candidates and female candidates for all positions and particularly so for senior leader positions as they are underrepresented within the Financial Ombudsman Service at this level.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. This means that we will put disabled candidates entering under the scheme through to the next stage of the recruitment process should they meet the minimum criteria for a role. A minimum criterion needs to be measurable from reviewing a candidates CV/supporting statement. Exceptions may apply if due to the volume of applications we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme. If you would like to speak to a member of our team about any reasonable adjustments you need please email and let us know your preferred method of contact.
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Employment Type
Full Time
