- Accountable for ensuring platform architecture reflects the needs of their products and associated enterprise wide requirements, and working closely with the GBGF CIO architecture function and the solution architects to ensure alignment
- Responsible for creating platform roadmaps & ensuring cost effective, compliant and appropriate architectures are developed
- Ensure the solution designs created by solution architects are compliant with the platform architecture and roadmap
- Ensure design of products and services meet mandatory and regulatory compliance requirements
- Accountable for ensuring that operational issues (performance, operator intervention, alerting, design defect related issues etc) are addressed in the product architecture and fed into the backlog of change on an ongoing and regular basis
- Working with the Technical Product Manager, Product Owner, Solutions Architect and Technical Leads to turn overall business requirements into more detailed stories which are progressed by the teams
- Accountable for their the end to end solution architecture strategy and designs; ensuring the creation of strategically aligned, cost effective solutions that adhere to platform roadmaps and overall enterprise architecture.
- Able to manage risk, including timely and effective management and escalation of risks and issues
- Ensure relevant architecture governance and standards are met
- Partner with external suppliers to define architecture patterns and integration approache, Stay up to date with technology trends and communicate to peers and stakeholders
Requirements
- Lead architect experience on major projects or complex programmes (e.g. $5m+)
- Work or Educational experience of automated decisioning via AI, ML or declarative rulesets.
- Experience working with AI/ML and ideally Generative AI.
- Significant experience of Retail Banking Lending (Mortgages, loans or credit cards). Automated deicsioning, origination and servicing design experience is relevant to the role, and the range of technical integrations and business processes required.
- Experience of working in international or global projects preferred
- Experience architecting Cloud solutions, and GCP Certification (Or equivalent alternative)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communications appropriately to the audience
- Significant experience of Architecture ways of working, for example Reviews, Design Authority processes
- Has previously worked with third parties vendors
- Excellent understanding of API architectures (API patterns, security approaches, Spring, integration)
- Exposure to as many as possible of: UI frameworks (e.g. React, Angular, mobile), Databases (e.g. Postgres, BigQuery), Integration (e.g. API, gRPC, Events), Data processing (e.g. Spark, BQ SQL, or other), Decision Systems (e.g. Power Curve, SAS ID, InRule)
- Proven ability to deliver in a matrixed organisation, including working collaboratively and resolving conflicts
- Proven ability to work with ambiguous problems and drive solutions and escalation through excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Awareness of infrastructure, integration, data, messaging or security are also relevant technical skills.
- Ability to be pragmatic, flexible, have a sense of ownership, develop relationships, and be culturally sensitive are also relevant personal attributes.
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
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