Senior Solution Architect
Senior Solution Architect
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Job Description
Job Description
At Aberdeen our ambition is to be the UKs leading Wealth & Investments group.
Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industrys best talent.
Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients customers colleagues shareholders and society.
We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service supported by leading technology and talent.
Aberdeen comprises three businesses interactive investor (ii) Investments and Adviser each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients evolving needs:
- interactive investor the UKs second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform enables individuals in the UK to plan save and invest in the way that works for them.
- Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers enabling them to create value for their customers.
- Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
About the Role
Join us as a Senior Solutions Architect at Aberdeen where youll play a key role in evolving our technology landscape. You will work at the heart of Agile delivery in our Corporate Technology Office designing and overseeing strategic technology solutions that deliver cost-efficiency modernisation and innovation at pace to generate business value. Modern Orchestration capability aligned with our Cloud Transformation strategy looking to reduce time to market using Agile Tooling and DevSecOps.
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Corporate Functions supporting Aberdeen and how they contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
- Have demonstrable experience in one or more core platforms supporting Corporate Functions including Finance HR Risk Legal Audit & Sustainability.
- Be experienced in architecting solutions across disparate technologies to meet complex business requirements working with various stakeholder groups to understand business needs guide thinking and ensure solutions align with Corporate technology strategy and roadmaps.
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders. Have ability to constructively challenge & build consensus around the most suitable approach.
- Perform technology and data impact assessments in terms of risk and wider technical impact of a design including estimation of delivery and ongoing run costs.
- Have a proven track record in delivering design artefacts that align with best practices and preparing materials that enable sound technical decision-making. Develop the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with technology design governance.
- Guide delivery and ongoing operation of solutions to ensure they appropriately balance risks and controls and continue delivering the agreed business and technology value.
About the Candidate:
- Achieved Architecture Certification e.g. TOGAF or BCS (Desirable).
- Understand modern application data and security architectures with a focus on Microsoft technologies and Corporate systems integration including ETL APIs Azure Data Pipelines Data Product Architectures Identity & Access Management Zero Trust AI and Cloud-based technologies.
- Work with autonomy. Demonstrate self-leadership and ability to own and drive results without direct supervision.
- Have experience in Financial Services or other highly regulated industry.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.
Our benefits
Theres more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn get involved and be supported.
When you join us your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days annual leave a 16% employer pension contribution a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable) private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefitshere.
Our business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas our vectors of growth focused on our clients changing needs. You can find out more about what we dohere.
An inclusive way of working
Whatever way you like to work if you have the talent and commitment to join our team wed like to hear from you.
At Aberdeen weve adopted a blended working approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles their teams our clients and our business.
Were committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds experience cognitive and neurodiversity age gender gender identity sexual orientation disability religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
