We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our Customer Data technology team in the role of Senior Solution Architect.

This role reports to the Principal Customer Data Architect. The individual in this role is empowered and accountable for the architecture of our Customer data solutions.

Data Asset Technologies is a global department within Group Data Technology (GDT) and has teams around the globe supporting operational master data solutions for Data & Analytics Office all parts of the bank globally. The organization is rapidly transforming both its people structure and ways of working to better align with our vision for Data as an asset, and therefore the need to increase the speed and quality of delivery. We are adopting a DevOps model driving agile delivery and building a strong product ownership group. The engineering is c.450 technology professionals.

The successful candidate will be expected to perform the following duties with a high level of competence:

• The Solution Architect leads end to end solution design across all change.
• They are responsible for delivering in line with global patterns and strategies where appropriate and to align business requirements to technology solutions, aligning to architecture direction and roadmap
• They will provide consistent end to end solution designs which will deliver expected Business Outcomes, satisfy all relevant regulatory requirements and mitigate identified operational risk 
• Provide a consistent end to end solution designs which will deliver expected Business Outcomes, satisfy all relevant regulatory requirements and mitigate identified operational risks
• Provides architectural management across a portfolio of change
• Defines, maintains and owns the architecture for the respective Value Stream, ensuring compliance with Enterprise Architecture, group standards and policies; ensuring that the target architecture is implemented consistently across the function and respective teams
• Provide clear guidance and direction to Value Stream leads that affect a journey or prioritization in QBR sessions
• Communicate architecture direction and roadmap to the VS ensuring alignment
• Works across Value Stream and Sub-Value Streams (SVS) to identify and manage dependencies where they enter and exit VS and SVS
• Minimize / avoid technology debts & ensure clear communication to SVS leadership and pods alike; escalate as required via VS lead architect
• Clearly document all risks, issues, dependencies and communicate effectively and document via agreed Architecture Operating Model

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Knowledge of cloud providers (AWS and GCP preferred), what technologies they provide, and the use cases they serve
• Ability to understand business issues and devise solutions that deliver results, constructing innovative approaches where required
• Experience architecting in an DevOps and agile environments
• Build strong relationships with engineering and operations teams aligned to the relevant area, particularly the designers within these teams
• Experience with Mongo/SQL would be advantageous

This role is based in Sheffield

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