Solution Architect (Cloud, Springboot)/Senior Lead Architect

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Lead Architect.

In this role, you will:

• The Solution Architect leads end to end solution design across all change.
• They are responsible for delivering in line with global patterns and strategies where appropriate and to align business requirements to technology solutions, aligning to architecture direction and roadmap
• They will provide consistent end to end solution designs which will deliver expected Business Outcomes, satisfy all relevant regulatory requirements and mitigate identified operational risk 
• Provide a consistent end to end solution designs which will deliver expected Business Outcomes, satisfy all relevant regulatory requirements and mitigate identified operational risks
• Provides architectural management across a portfolio of change
• Defines, maintains and owns the architecture for the respective Value Stream, ensuring compliance with Enterprise Architecture, group standards and policies; ensuring that the target architecture is implemented consistently across the function and respective teams
• Provide clear guidance and direction to Value Stream leads that affect a journey or prioritization in QBR sessions
• Communicate architecture direction and roadmap to the VS ensuring alignment
• Works across Value Stream and Sub-Value Streams (SVS) to identify and manage dependencies where they enter and exit VS and SVS
• Minimize / avoid technology debts & ensure clear communication to SVS leadership and pods alike; escalate as required via VS lead architect
• Clearly document all risks, issues, dependencies and communicate effectively and document via agreed Architecture Operating Model