Join us as a Solutions Architect at Barclays, where youll spearhead the
evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. The
purpose of this role is to design, develop and improve software, utilising
various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and
technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues .
To be successful in this role you should have:
- Understanding and experience working in software development, SDLC best practices, systems design, security and data architecture, database systems, networks and cloud solutions.
- Extensive comprehension of architectural principles and frameworks with knowledge of service-oriented architecture, microservices and API design.
- Experience with DevOps practices – CICD and experience with tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
Some other highly valued skills may include:
- Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills.
- Leadership and Project Management skills.
- Experience working in Wholesale Onboarding (KYC) and or Financial Crime
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 Glasgow
Purpose of the role
To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems,
collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements,
and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions
that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.
Accountabilities
· Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting
business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices
and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and
implementation of the technologies and platforms.
· Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement
strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity,
serverless, containerisation etc.
· Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in
depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency
expectations.
· Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the
agreed business and technology value.
· Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions
fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.
· Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams,
leveraging available tooling.
· Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost
impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
· Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the
banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for
architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes.
Vice President Expectations
· Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior
management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
· Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and
governance agenda.
· Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and
strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
· Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to
contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
· Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to
keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
· Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and
selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking
will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
· Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving
processes.
· Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with
internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business
objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect,
Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us
do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the
Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for
how we behave.
