Senior Solution Architect

Join us as a Senior Solution Architect at Barclays, where you will be creating innovative cutting-edge solutions, playing a key role in the transformation of our business. You will also be pivotal in driving simplification and consistency across key technology elements. You will revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be successful as a Senior Solution Architect you should have experience with:

• Software Architecture and understanding engineering principles, including software development, engineering patterns and system design.
• Modern application architecture, including Microservices, APIs, Containerisation and designing for Cloud.
• Proven track record of delivering large scale complex end to end architecture using disparate technologies to solve complex business problems.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts (both written and verbal) to an extensive and varied set of stakeholders, anticipate objections, and effectively persuade others to adopt the most suitable approach — supported by excellent troubleshooting and analytical abilities.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Autonomy – ability to drive results without direct supervision.
• Experience in working in Financial Services or other highly regulated industry.
• Experience of working in an Agile delivery model.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in the Knutsford office