Solution Architect - Intelligent Automation
Posted 8 days 23 hours ago by Lloyds Bank plc
Apply locations: London, Edinburgh
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago
Time left to apply: End Date: January 31, 2025 (19 days left to apply)
Salary Range: £78,849 - £87,610
We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours
Job Description Summary:
- Collaborating with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects & Engineers to create the Architectural runway for our Platform teams.
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture & service providers to elaborate on solutions, their interfaces and validating technology assumptions.
- Providing analysis of options and deliver end-to-end solution designs.
- Promoting adaptive design practices to drive collaboration across Platform teams.
- Owning the technical design risks or issues.
- Participating in Agile ceremonies, eliciting requirements, and shaping designs or prototypes.
- Leveraging industry best practices in creating opportunities & value for our customers.
- Contributing to the financial investment process for key solution opportunities.
- Setting guiding principles and solution success criteria.
- Providing oversight & fostering built-in quality, decoupled & modernized architectures.
- Supporting Product Owners & Platform Leads in identifying software & infrastructure currency risks.
Job Title: Solution Architect
Location: London or Edinburgh
Hours: Full-time - 35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid, at least two days per week in the office.
About this opportunity:
In Intelligent Automation, we're on an exciting journey to automate routines while enhancing our understanding of customers. We focus on the future, investing in our technologies and colleagues.
What you'll do:
- Lead approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
- Drive efforts to create, build, support and improve our software.
- Ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed.
What you'll need:
- Prior experience in a solution architecture position.
- Strong knowledge of microservices, containerization, cloud-native and event-driven design concepts.
- Good knowledge of infrastructure and security architecture practices.
- Experience with API Gateways & Management Platforms.
- Cloud Platform as a Service experience.
It would be great if you also had:
- Experience in the banking and finance industry.
- Experience with Process Automation.
- Preferable experience with Python and Big Data technologies.
About working for us:
We aim for an inclusive environment, reflecting modern society and celebrating diversity.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
If you're excited about joining our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.