Solution Architect

at  The Cooperative Bank

Location

Manchester
Discipline:

Retail Banking
Job type:

Permanent
Contact name:

Josh Wingate
Contact email:

careers@co-operativebank.co.uk
Job ref:

028602
Published:

1 day ago

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Be a thought leader in digital technologies, develop and own the architecture of the domain and projects you work on
• Support engineers to design services for our customers and colleagues and deliver our Technology strategy
• Make key architectural decisions impacting individual designs, the wider portfolio or the longer term strategy
• Translate business requirements and strategy into designs and roadmaps which align to the bank’s standard and principles
• Be an active member of the banks architecture community participating in design review and governance processes
• Co-ordinate and direct all IT design activity to ensure the solution is coherent and deliverable
• Lead resources involved in design elements including 3rd parties and other internal bank resources
• Select and propose suitable technologies and manage their approval through bank governance processes

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Experience of working within a regulated industry
• Strong consulting and influencing skills, including excellent presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at senior levels, both written and oral, within the business and IT strategy areas.
• A good working knowledge of architecture frameworks and models (e.g. Systems Engineering, TOGAF)
• Experience of projects with significant integration challenges. Deep understanding of integration approaches and technologies
• Extensive experience of at least one technical architecture discipline Our preference would be application, and some knowledge of data and infrastructure
• Considerable experience in senior roles on major application development or systems integration (e.g. application architect, technical architect, lead designer, lead developer)
• Experience of building applications within a Cloud Infrastructure and a good understanding of Dev ops practices
• Experience of managing and reviewing 3rd party activities including commercials and deliverables

Specifically focusing on Digital transformation and direction, as a Digital Architect, you will be responsible for the Mobile- Online Banking & Open Banking aspects of the Banks digital strategy. You will have the ability to operate in both agile and waterfall methodologies defining the change needed (in the form of design decisions, project designs, roadmaps and/or technology selection) to meet stated business outcomes and align to the banks IT strategy. Additionally, you will offer forward thinking within the digital space road-mapping the direction of architecture strategies for the Bank.