Solution Architect

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Friday 06 September 2024
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
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Solutions Architect – Mass Affluent Platform

SALARY: £78,849 - £87,610

LOCATION(S): London
HOURS: [Full-time]
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London Office
About this opportunity…
A great opportunity has arisen for a Solutions Architect to work within the Mass Affluent Platform to join product engineering cross functional teams. As a Solutions Architect your responsibilities will be delivering the highest quality solution design, drawing upon your engineering expertise, whilst being open minded to the opportunities the cloud provides.

What you’ll be doing…

• Lead and manage the design of cloud native solutions considering functional and non-functional aspects including the deployment & build approach, automation, route to live and support model.
• Optimise cloud native solutions for cost, performance, security, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Design and implement event driven microservice architecture supporting LBG’s competitive position.
• Mentoring other engineers to deliver high quality and cloud led solutions for our Bank’s customers
• Lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Established experiences partnering with other collaborators such as Enterprise, Security, Data & Infrastructure architects to create customer value or address business problems.
• Support Product Owners & Platform Leads in identifying, articulating and impact assessing software & infrastructure currency risks or issues, offering options & recommendations on action planning & continuously ever-greening solutions/systems within the Platform

About us…
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

Specifically, we’re looking for people who have….

• Strong Solution Architecture experience, using a range of modern technologies (Single Page Applications technologies such as ReactJS), Mobile Native and Cross Platform Apps (Apple iOS, Android or React Native), Microservices, APIs and cloud technologies.
• Experience in Event Driven Architectures & Streaming Platforms (Kafka)
• Strong experience working with API standards, security and gateway patterns.
• Working experience with data technologies – SQL/NoSQL, Big Data.
• Implementation experience in one of the cloud platforms, specifically GCP
• API Gateways and Management Platforms (such as IBM API Connect, IBM DataPower, Apigee or Microsoft Azure API Manager).
• Good understating of cloud storage, security, networking and resource provisioning

It would be great if you had…

• Certification in GCP “Professional Cloud Architect”
• Strong experience in data analysis
• Experience in agile / iterative design working practices.
• Knowledge of AI.

Our focus is to ensure we are inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference

• Lead and manage the design of cloud native solutions considering functional and non-functional aspects including the deployment & build approach, automation, route to live and support model.
• Optimise cloud native solutions for cost, performance, security, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Design and implement event driven microservice architecture supporting LBG’s competitive position.
• Mentoring other engineers to deliver high quality and cloud led solutions for our Bank’s customers
• Lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Established experiences partnering with other collaborators such as Enterprise, Security, Data & Infrastructure architects to create customer value or address business problems.
• Support Product Owners & Platform Leads in identifying, articulating and impact assessing software & infrastructure currency risks or issues, offering options & recommendations on action planning & continuously ever-greening solutions/systems within the Platfor