Lead Solutions Architect

Solution Architect - Retail Technology

Full Time

London or Reigate - Hybrid

Who are Just?

We're a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions. We help people achieve a better later life by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice, and guidance to help our customers achieve security and peace of mind in retirement.

Purpose

Aligned with the company's growth, we are now recruiting for a new role in the Solution Architecture team to support Retail Technology in:

1. Designing and assisting in delivering technical solutions in line with the company's business and systems strategies.
2. Contributing to the creation and maintenance of technology roadmaps and overall system strategy.
3. Working closely with the business community to identify new opportunities for technology to provide business benefit.

Job Role Accountabilities

1. Evaluate (and recommend) solutions, including costs and impact.
2. Ensure solutions align to the Business and Systems Strategy.
3. Ensure solutions meet Regulatory, Legal and Risk requirements.
4. Ensure roadmaps and strategy are understood in both technical teams and the wider business.
5. Define non-functional Requirements (NFRs), major system elements, subsystems, and interfaces.
6. Lead the design for change initiatives within the company's agile framework.
7. Define design iterations aligned to business MVP and promote evolutionary design.
8. Increase business awareness of new technologies and existing system capabilities.
9. Evaluate and recommend tools, patterns, and practices.
10. Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of technology, industry, and the business.

Examples of Key Activities

1. Collaborate with business stakeholders, programme managers, product owners, development teams, 3rd parties and suppliers to define options and solutions.
2. Attend all relevant agile ceremonies to safeguard the design.
3. Present designs to the Technical Design Authority.
4. Review software requests as part of the Software and Services Approval Board.
5. Mentor and support colleagues, attending or organising communities of practice.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential for the role:

1. Significant, proven commercial experience working in Technology, ideally within Financial Services.
2. Commercial experience of Solution Architecture in an agile framework.
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
4. In-depth knowledge of the Microsoft development technology stack.
5. Proven ability to work in a collaborative agile environment.
6. Skills in architecting solutions using Microsoft Azure, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
7. Architecting applications using .Net, React, microservices, and APIs.

Company Benefits

1. A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme, and Life Assurance.
2. 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day for your Birthday.
3. Private Medical Cover and Income Protection.
4. A generous bonus scheme based on performance.
5. Opportunity to progress within your career.

Why Just?

We are committed to building a more sustainable business and have made good progress in reducing our emissions. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are key priorities for us, and we have multiple initiatives to support a diverse workforce.