Solution Architect (Data)
Solution Architect (Data)
Join a forward-thinking organisation that’s transforming how customers engage with digital and telephony banking. You’ll help shape modern, secure, and scalable solutions while working in a team that genuinely values collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
Role Overview:
Location: UK (hybrid)
Package: Competitive salary + bonus + benefits
Industry: Financial Services / Digital Banking
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Owning the full lifecycle of solution architecture, from early shaping through to delivery.
- Designing secure, scalable solutions using modern cloud architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Partnering with product, engineering, and senior stakeholders to align technology choices with strategic business goals.
- Driving continuous improvement and exploring emerging technologies to tackle complex challenges.
- Guiding Agile Release Trains and supporting multiple feature teams with clear architectural direction.
- Contributing to enterprise-wide architecture initiatives and helping evolve ways of working across the business.
Main Skills Needed:
- Strong background in solution design, digital architecture, and governance across multi-channel environments.
- Deep knowledge of cloud architecture, data lake technologies, and data integration patterns.
- Experience working in regulated industries, ideally within Agile at Scale environments.
- Confident leadership and coaching style, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of non-functional requirements, security, resilience, and performance.
- A mindset for innovation and problem-solving, with the ability to translate complexity into practical solutions.
What’s in It for You:
- Generous pension and performance-related bonus.
- Private medical cover and year-round access to virtual GP services.
- Excellent holiday allowance with the option to buy more.
- Retail discounts, including enhanced colleague benefits.
- Enhanced family leave policies and support for different life stages.
- Ongoing training, development pathways, and the chance to grow into enterprise-level architecture roles.
Think it could be a fit? We’d love to hear from you.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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