Solution Architect - Java Technologies (12-16 yrs)

Principal responsibilities :

- Work with the leadership of the Business, Product Ownership, Architecture and Engineering, helping them define their technology vision, strategy and solutions.

- Ensure the architecture governance practices are followed and designs are correctly aligned and supportive of the client's strategies (Tech, Data, Cloud, Security, etc.).

- Create and own architecture deliverables as part of the project architecture team, including both solution and enterprise architecture artefacts.

- Take a leading role in the development and implementation of the Future State Architecture of the product.

- Liaise with many geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders to build knowledge and coordinate solution design.

- Produce both written and verbal knowledge transfer documentation in preparation for transitioning solutions to BAU ownership by the client.

- Develop an understanding of the business and organisational context of the client engagement and use this knowledge to suggest optimisations and reduce risks.

Requirements :

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements :

- A strong technical and solution architecture background, capable of having technical discussions with engineering teams.

- Experience working with Enterprise Architecture.

- A track record of owning and delivering solutions across a broad spectrum of the project delivery lifecycle involving mixed-shore resources.

- The ability to communicate efficiently upwards (to business), downwards (to IT teams) and laterally (to peers, vendors, and client-side staff).

- Familiarity with technology concepts, roles, and terminology, and the ability to work closely with application architects and modellers.

- Familiarity with API design and an awareness of micro-service architectures.

- The ability to serve as an active participant in architecture groups and forums communicating solution strategy and design in conversation, documentation and presentations.

In addition to the above, the following background experience would be highly beneficial :

- Consultancy/customer-facing experiences within a software vendor or enterprise-scale services environment.

- Financial Services domain knowledge with practical experience in mobilizing technology to meet the market dynamics affecting the financial services domain (Risk / Cost / Customer).

- A track record of successful refactoring / tech-debt remediation projects.

- Proficiency in interrogating codebases to ascertain behaviour, particularly with Java and Spring Boot.

High Level Holistic Capabilities sought :

- Experience in digital and broader architectural transformation, applying solutions from experience in decomposing monolithic solutions and methods to manage technical debt.

- Experience working with enterprise architectures, and translating those into solution architectures.

- Ability to understand, articulate and translate customer journeys into technical design, leveraging API and micro-service architecture techniques.

- Experience, knowledge and understanding of enterprise-level software development and API based integration e.g. Spring, Kong

- Participate in technical design and oversee all technology-related issues of cloud-native product development, building a micro-services-based architecture, promoting API reuse and managing technical debt across the enterprise.

Key Role Capabilities [non-technical] :

- Problem Solving and critical thinking

- Innovation & Idea Management

- Maximising Business Performance

- Business analysis and design

- Leading and Improving business systems

- Influences and Challenges Stakeholders

- Working in a dynamic environment

- Engaging with Customers/Stakeholders/Colleagues

- Shapes and Drives the Right Working Environment