Solutions Architect

Role: Solution Architect

Location : London, UK

Inside IR35

Hybrid to office

What you'll do

:We are looking for an experienced developer with a strong background in RESTful API design, contract-based development, and architecture modeling, who can deeply understand and analyze the functionalities of our existing applications to effectively design and implement APIs. The ideal candidate will be adept at making strategic decisions about what functionalities to expose through the API, determining the best methods for this exposure, and ensuring that the API design aligns with both the application's needs and the end users' requirements. This role involves modeling APIs to address all potential use cases, delivering solutions that are high-quality and easily accessible to API consumers, with a particular emphasis on following Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles

.The successful applicant will be responsible for creating and maintaining scalable, efficient RESTful APIs, developing systems based on well-defined contracts, and designing complex software architectures to enhance performance and scalability, all while collaborating effectively within a team environment

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For this role we are looking for someone with extensive exposure to API design using a range of different development tools, with experience designing and implementing APIs (REST, JSON). You will be required t

• o:* APD (API Product Design) and ATD (API Technical Design) documentation per API required to support dedicated Value Stream outcomes (supporting all functional and non-functional requirements for all APIs for each VS outco
• me* Deliver reliable robust resilient and secure software solutions meeting strict operational specifications on a timely bas
• is* Define application data and resource model such that the operations and relationships between resources are easily understoo
• d.* Exhibit critical thinking leading to driving out efficient solutions capable of solving complex business requiremen
• ts* Analysis and documenting of the existing platform, APIs and ES
• Bs* Metadata submissions per API to support API discove
• ry* Responsible for ALL APIs to be published with supporting documentation to our strategic API discovery tools, including Exchang
• e.* Collaboration on QA test case generation to support efficient and timely testing of AP
• Is* Ongoing support to Engineering teams to resolving queries during PI lifecyc
• le* Work with SAPI / Platform teams to ensure analysis is validated against system constraints/future states/standar
• ds* Regularly attend the API Product Design Working Group to ensure product level design decisions are consistent across Value stream

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What you will need to succeed in the ro

• le:* University Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipl
• ine* Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, particularly with NET framework, API development, and microservices (NET core, WCF, c7, RESTful APIs, SOAP, Microservices, S
• QL,Integration Pattern
• s,)* Have good understanding of Rabbi
• tMQ- Knowledge or experience in Enterprise Integration Platform (EIP) and API design with implementation experience on ESB tools (Rabit
• MQ)* Have experience in designing APIs and microservices using DDD princip
• les* TAM products and enterprise security, DB Architecture on cloud, Enterprise Security mechanisms, data security regulati
• ons* Strong knowledge of software design patterns, cloud computing, and scalable system architectu
• re.* Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernete
• s).* Familianty with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies, Secure Coding pract
• ise* Expertise with Cloud Technologies (Azu
• re)* Knowledge or experience in Azure A
• PIM* Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skil
• ls.* Strong analytical, design and problem solving ski

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ave?* Financial systems and ban

king* Experience with Splunk and App dyna

mics* Event driven design and architec

ture* JIRA and conflu

ence* Excellent team player with ability to work under minimal supervi