Solution Architect | S | Milton KeynesCountry: United Kingdom

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Solutions Architecture is part of the Architecture Team within Santander Services. You’ll gain incredible exposure across the business, working closely with other architecture teams (Enterprise, Cloud, Technical, Data & Security Architecture) and liaising with Business and IT colleagues in Santander UK, as well as Santander Global/Group Architecture.

The Team effectively works as an Architecture Community across domains, sharing reusable patterns and solutions, as well as innovating and curating new solutions to grow and keep Santander competitive.

If you’re passionate about driving and leading change by creating practical, workable architectures that can be aligned to IT principles & standards, then this role could be for you.

The difference you’ll make:

Applying domain and Decision Driven Design experience, using your knowledge of the BIAN framework, TOGAF, ArchiMate and API & microservice architecture solutions, using tools such as Avolution Abacus to create Solution Design Documents (SDD)

Owning the end-to-end Solution Architecture, collaborating and co-ordinating input from other architecture disciplines (Security, Data, Infra, Cloud, etc), and aligned to Domain Enterprise Architecture Strategy 

Documenting complex As-Is / Transition / Target Architectures aligned to associated roadmaps

Establishing & maintaining Strategy/Roadmaps, aligning diverse stakeholders across different technologies and business areas, both locally & globally

Having knowledge of Digital/API/Micro-Services/Big Data/AWS/Azure/Cloud Architecture and domain relevant software packages

Understanding and experience of migrating/decommissioning from legacy technologies to new technologies and removing obsolescence

What you’ll bring:

Experienced in IT Systems Design and Solutions Architecture with Financial Institution knowledge, Retail, or Corporate with domain knowledge in Financial Crime (Financial Crime Detection, Transaction Monitoring, KYC/CRA, Sanctions Screening, etc), or other regulated industry risk control frameworks

Experience in creating practical, workable architectures that can be aligned to IT principles/standards, whilst following appropriate governance

Collaboration is critical, as is the ability to communicate complex concepts (both written and verbal)

Demonstrable experience to diplomatically challenge and influence a diverse set of stakeholders and colleagues

It would also be nice for you to have:

Ability to deal with ambiguity with resilience to drive clarity/agreement

Good organisational and prioritisation skills across competing demands on time

Demonstrate initiative, with the ability to learn fast (new concepts and skills) and deal calmly with situations under pressure

Manage risks in a highly Regulatory business/environment

What else you need to know:

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.
 

By working this way we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.

This is a permanent role to be based in Milton Keynes and current expectation is at least days in an office every week.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be :–

st Stage – A minute virtual interview including a mix of competency & technical questions

Possible nd stage – A follow up session to capture any additional technical questions if required

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.

We put % of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to .% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer

days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to days after yrs service, with the option to purchase up to contractual days per year

£, car allowance per year

Company funded individual private medical insurance

Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments

Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover

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