Your new company

You will be working with a large scale, global financial services organisation within the banking industry. The company has a large global footprint and is seeking an experienced solution architect to join them and help with a current project.

The client is looking for someone to work on a 12 month contract, working on a hybrid basis (3 days per week in office in the North West, 2 days per week working from home).

Your new role

● Responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution architecture which aligns with the business strategy, enterprise architecture strategy, technology and platform choices.
● Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determines the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non-functional requirements.
● Ensures the solution is fit for purpose by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers. In parallel, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions.
● Working with both business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision.
● Leads rapid shaping of a high-level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensures architecture is flexible and modular and designed to adapt easily.
● Utilizes the defined best practices, templates and documentation to create architectural designs.
● Works with Product Manager/Owner to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway.
● Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any impediments.
● Performs design reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g. security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability).
● Individual contributor.

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