Solutions Architect, Finance

The Role:

Solutions Architect is required by thriving Financial Services organisation. You will design and assist in delivering technical solutions in line with the company’s business and systems strategies, digital transformation objectives, standards and policies. You will contribute to the creation and maintenance of technology roadmaps and overall system strategy and work closely with the business community to identify new opportunities of how & where technology can be used to provide business benefit.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate (and recommend) solutions, including costs and impact
• Ensure solutions align to the Business and Systems Strategy
• Ensure solutions meet Regulatory, Legal and Risk requirements
• Ensure roadmaps and strategy are understood in both technical teams and the wider business
• Define non-functional Requirements (NFRs), major system elements, subsystems, and interfaces
• Lead the design for change initiatives within the company’s agile framework and ensure the design is safeguarded throughout the change life cycle
• Define design iterations aligned to business MVP and encourage and promote evolutionary design
• Increase business awareness of new technologies and existing system capabilities
• Evaluate and recommend tools, patterns and practices
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of technology, industry and the business

Key Requirements:

• Good commercial experience working in technology, ideally within Financial Services
• Commercial experience of Solution Architecture in an agile framework
• Self-Motivated and driven, able to work with little supervision, with a demonstrable track record in delivering large-scale and/or complex solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and appropriately to a technical and non-technical audience
• A demonstrable personal interest in technology
• In-depth knowledge of the Microsoft development technology stack and a demonstrable record in developing and architecting Microsoft-based applications
• A demonstrable ability to handle multiple concurrent initiatives

For a full consultation on this role please email your CV to Arc IT ASAP.