Senior Solution Architect x 5Location: Northampton (or Knutsford for local candidates)Type: Permanent / Hybrid (2 days on-site weekly)Salary:... Read more
Location: Northampton (or Knutsford for local candidates)
Type: Permanent / Hybrid (2 days on-site weekly)
Salary: Up to £93,000
About the OpportunityAre you a highly experienced Solution Architects looking to make a significant impact within a leading financial institution? We're hiring five Principal-level architects to spearhead the design and delivery of groundbreaking solutions. You'll tackle complex business challenges, shaping our technological future by creating impactful solutions that expertly balance innovation with robust risk management. This is your chance to drive consistency and excellence across an evolving digital landscape.
Key ResponsibilitiesArchitect Scalable Solutions: Lead the design and development of scalable solutions, ensuring alignment with cutting-edge software engineering practices and automated delivery tools. This includes selecting and integrating appropriate technologies.Cloud Maximization: Strategically design solutions to fully leverage cloud capabilities, including serverless, containerization, and intelligent workload placement, to maximize benefits like elasticity.Secure & Resilient Design: Create highly secure and resilient architectures, incorporating principles like defense in depth and blast radius reduction, to meet the institution's stringent expectations.Risk-Value Optimization: Expertly balance risks and controls within your designs to consistently deliver significant business and technology value.Standardization Advocate: Champion the adoption of standardized solutions, contributing to their ongoing evolution when custom approaches are necessary.Operational Support: Provide critical fault-finding and performance issue support to operational teams, utilizing available tooling and expertise.Impact Assessment: Conduct comprehensive solution design impact assessments covering risk, capacity, and cost, including detailed estimations for project changes and ongoing operational expenses.Governance Adherence: Develop all necessary architectural inputs and artifacts to ensure full compliance with the institution's governance processes, spanning architecture, privacy, security, and records management.Strategic Input: Contribute significantly to setting strategy, driving requirements, and making key recommendations for change, including resource planning, budgets, and policy development.Leadership & Mentorship: Demonstrate clear leadership behaviors (Listen, Energise, Align, Develop) to foster a thriving environment and advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership and senior management, on critical areas of impact.Skills & Experience RequiredProven expertise in architecting modern distributed systems.Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to navigate complex architectural trade-offs and resolve challenging problems.Extensive experience creating transitional architectures that effectively leverage existing heritage systems.Experience within financial services (e.g., Banking, Cards, Loans).Ability to architect systems within public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).Manage technical product selection processes, scope, and execute technical spikes/proofs of concept.What Next...If you're a Senior Solution Architect eager to drive innovation and significantly contribute to the digital evolution of a leading financial institution, apply now!
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Solution Architects (AVP to VP level roles available)
Hybrid working - 2 days a week on site in Knutsford, Cheshire (or Northampton)
Salaries ranging from £60,000 to £93,000 (depending on level of experience)
We're looking for a number of skilled Solutions Architects to join a leading Financial Services provider - Preferred experience to have will be people who are currently/recently working/worked within Financial Services.
Senior Solution Architect Expectations:
Drive strategy, manage resources, and plan for impactful change.Oversee policies, budgets, and continuous improvements.Shape long-term architecture and influence key decisions.Balance technical requirements, risk mitigation, and stakeholder objectives.Solution Architect Expectations:
Influence decision-making and ensure operational excellence.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions.Contribute to policy development and technical innovation.Ideal Candidates Will Have:
Expertise in providing end to end solutions architecture design.Expertise in distributed systems and legacy system integration (IBM Mainframe).Stakeholder management, having strong negotiating and influencing skills with ability to solve difficult problems whilst making complex architectural trade-offs.Experience with public Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and PoCs.Banking, Loans, or Cards Domain experience would be an added plus.
Please forward over your CV for immediate review and call back to discuss further - Full Job Description is available upon request.
NOTE - Candidates must be UK based.
GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Read lessSOLUTIONS ARCHITECTLocation: Northampton (or Knutsford for local candidates) Hybrid Working: 2 days a week on-site Salary: Up to... Read more
SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
Location: Northampton (or Knutsford for local candidates) Hybrid Working: 2 days a week on-site Salary: Up to £70,000
About the RoleReady to shape the future of a leading UK financial institution? As a Solution Architect, you'll be at the forefront, designing and implementing cutting-edge solutions that solve complex business challenges. This is your chance to collaborate with key stakeholders, balance technology risks with business goals, and drive the evolution of our digital capabilities.
Key ResponsibilitiesArchitect solutions that align with business needs, modern engineering, and automation.Maximise cloud potential using serverless, containerisation, and smart workload placement.Design secure, resilient systems that meet best practices and governance standards.Support operational teams in diagnosing and resolving performance issues.Provide critical architectural input for compliance and governance, leading complex projects and mentoring team members.Offer expert advice on intricate problems and develop policies to mitigate risk and enhance governance.Own risk management and controls, supporting business-aligned strategies.Experience & Skills Required
Proven track record architecting modern distributed systems.Strong stakeholder management and decision-making skills, adept at navigating complex trade-offs.Familiarity with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).Functional knowledge of financial services (banking, cards, loans).Expertise in creating transitional architectures integrating legacy systems.Ready to Apply?If you're eager to innovate and architect transformative solutions, apply now!
GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Read lessSolution Architects (AVP to VP level roles available)Hybrid working - 2 days a week on site in Knutsford,... Read more
Solution Architects (AVP to VP level roles available)
Hybrid working - 2 days a week on site in Knutsford, Cheshire or Northampton
Salaries ranging from £60,000 to £93,000 (depending on level of experience)
We're looking for talented Solutions Architects to join a leading Financial Services provider - Preferred experience to have will be people who are currently (or recently have worked within) Financial Services, Retail/Commercial Banking - Cards, Loans/Lending.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Can provide end to end solutions expertiseProven track record working in a similar role/environment - Ideally Financial Services, Retail/Commercial Banking - Cards, Loans/LendingArchitecting modern distributed systemsDesign, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problemsStakeholder management, having strong negotiating and influencing skills with ability to solve difficult problems whilst making complex architectural trade-offsArticulate in mitigating riskCreating transitional architectures that leverage legacy/heritage systems (Mainframe, IBM)Hands-on experience in architecting systems that operate within public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) would be good to have, along with the ability to manage technical product selection process, scope & execute Tech spikes/PoCs
Please forward over your CV for immediate review and call back to discuss further - Full Job Description is available upon request.
NOTE - Candidates must be UK based.
GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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