Description
Solution Architect - Trade & Working Capital - London
Square One are looking for a Solution Architect to come on board for a 9 month project based in Central London.
To lead and be accountable for all solutioning/end to end design activities for projects across the end-to-end software development life cycle within the Trade & Working Capital function within PCB.
To support the lead architect within the Trade & Working Capital function in defining the strategy and roadmap for this particular domain.
Work closely with the Trade & Working Capital Lead Architect, programme managers, business analysts & product to understand and challenge requirements:
- Support project definition
- Refine business requirements in light of technical constraints and opportunities
- Ensure that end-to-end view is established and that all key requirements are captured. Support the definition of clear functional and non-functional requirements (eg capacity, availability, response times, etc.).
- Agree with business clients how requirements will be tested and any mitigating actions to minimise risk.
- Understand technical constraints of live environment/architecture, support business clients in understanding any requirement versus cost' trade-offs.
- Design, document and communicate technical and integration solutions:
- Analyse project scoping statement, project requirements to help define a complete end to end solution, utilising capabilities available across PCB or in the wider market place
- Identify and develop innovative solution that will enhance the client experience and provide a cost effective solution for PCB
- Use analysis output to create and document candidate solutions
- Present complex technical ideas (both written and verbal), anticipate potential objections and persuade others to adopt the most appropriate view.
- Ensure candidate solutions are reviewed with peer architects and the Lead Architect for Trade & Working Capital
- Maintain ownership of the design throughout the Software Development Life Cycle, ensuring continued alignment to end-to-end designs, reviewing and approving component designs driven from the wider end to end design
- Actively investigate interesting new tools and techniques
- Ensure project designs are compliant to architectures and standards by:
- Producing required governance artefacts as dictated by the TSBIA rating assigned to the project
- Presenting large project designs at the appropriate Design Authority.
- Working with the lead architect for Trade & Working Capital to evolve the architectures and standards, ensuring their effectiveness alongside advancing business, security and technology landscapes.
Architectures
- Breadth and depth of financial services business and applications knowledge.
- Subject matter expert in one or more technologies/functions used by the bank such as banking packages, CRM and Customer solutions, sales & origin etc.
- Has a history at thriving in an unstructured, ambiguous environment; adept at varying own styles to influence the optimum outcome.
- Has experience interfacing with several stakeholders and influencing their conflicting objectives in to a pragmatic solution and deliverable release schedule.
- The candidate ideally will have experience in banking applications and infrastructure, with an understanding of service management
- Solution architect and enterprise architect training and certification, eg TOGAF, is desirable.
- Exposure to SOA (Service Orientated Architecture) design principles, service definition and web services implementation including exposure of API components to external consumers
This is a 9 month contract role based in Central London paying excellent day rates. Interviews are scheduled for early next week with a view to start immediately.
Solution Architect - Trade & Working Capital - London