Solutions Architect

Solutions ArchitectNorthampton As a Barclays Solutions Architect, you’ll oversee creating technology application solutions for applications to meet Consumer Credit Risk business requirements in line with Risk Finance Treasury and Group IT Strategies and Architectures. You’ll work closely with application product delivery teams to ensure that those solutions are fit for purpose and help them with architecture related challenges through delivery. You’ll assist the development of systems strategies and roadmaps for the supported business area and provide ad-hoc consultancy. Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business. What will you be doing?•
Adding clarity to business requirements; challenges business requirements and demands to ensure high quality candidate solutions are created•
Thinking outside of the box to aid the business in delivering its strategic objectives rather than just responding to a pre-defined request•
Taking charge of ensuring that solutions adhere to architectural and quality standards and policies•
Assisting the Director in providing advice and guidance to business stakeholders in shaping the portfolio of technology solutions, and the estimating process•
Working with the relevant CTO Architects, supports the creation of an appropriate technology strategy and roadmap for the relevant business area•
Developing technology infrastructure solutions like strategic architecture vision & costs to meet business requirements in line with local & group-wide IT strategies & architectures•
Acting as the acknowledged authority for existing and future based solutions and be the Subject Matter Expert to both the technical development teams and the business•
Working closely with service build, delivery and operational teams across Consumer Credit Risk RFT/GDFDT What we’re looking for:•
Excellent Architecture and Design experience in a Cloud environment•
Solid grasp of Agile Software development methodologies and governance•
Excellent communication, social and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively with a variety of key stakeholder groups•
Solid skills with RDBMS experience in Oracle or similar (e.g., MS-SQL, PostgreSQL)Skills that will help you in the role:•
AWS Architecture or Engineering certification•
Experience in Java /J2EE, Micro Services•
Experience with NoSQL (e.g., MongoDb, Cassandra, ElasticSearch)Where will you be working? Northampton was the birthplace of Barclaycard in 1966 and we've been based in Pavilion Drive since the building opened in 1997. This state-of-the art energy efficient building holds up to 2,500 staff. The office location is perfect for travel from the midlands and London alike as we are based just off the A45, it is easily accessible by both car and bus routes. #LI-Hybrid #architecture
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