Purpose of the role
To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.
Accountabilities
Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms.
Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc.
Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.
Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling.
Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
Join us as a Solutions Architect at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to evolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.
To be successful as a Solutions Architect you should have experience with:
Solution Development - Extensive experience creating fit for purpose technology solutions that are deliverable, meet business need, and correspond to organisational strategic guidance.
IT Architecture – Substantial experience of application integration and implementation issues and their architectural implications. Excellent understanding of best practice architectural and design methods along with the appropriate governance and controls
Technical Knowledge - A very good broad understanding of a wide variety of technologies pertinent to Barclaycard, with notable substantial knowledge and experience in specific technology areas.
Stakeholder Management - Able and confident to challenge stakeholders creatively and professionally to create solutions which meet all the above criteria, but which are not necessarily obvious responses to pre-defined requests.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
Knowledge and expertise of technologies that are used by financial service providers and used by Barclays (e.g. Salesforce or Cloud technology)
Exposure to API design strategies both for internal and external customer usage
Experience of working in the Financial Services sector, or in a highly regulated environment.
Relevant certifications - Application/Infrastructure/Enterprise Architect training and certification, TOGAF, AWS Solution Architect certification – foundation level or higher
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is based out of Pune.