Senior Solutions Architect

Job title:

Senior Solutions Architect

Company

Lloyds Banking Group

Job description

End Date Wednesday 25 June 2025Salary Range £90,440 – £106,400Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job ShareJob Description Summary .Job DescriptionJOB TITLE: Senior Solution ArchitectSALARY: The salary banding for this role is £90,440 – £106,400LOCATION: LeedsHOURS: 35 hours, full timeWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.About this opportunityIn the Economic Crime Prevention (ECP) Platform, our mission is to reduce harm to our communities by enhancing the Group’s capability to prevent, detect and respond to economic crime. The Platform sits within Consumer Relationships and plays a critical role in providing services across the whole Group.What will I be doing?As a Senior Solution Architect, you’ll also hold overall responsibility for leading and directing a diverse workforce to achieve the business strategy, Inspiring people, achieving their full commitment to do the extraordinary.Collaborating with Product Owners, Platform Leads, Enterprise Architects & Engineers to create the Architectural runway for our Platform teams.Providing analysis of options and deliver end-to-end solution designs using relevant architectural building blocks as well as producing designs for features that enable frequent incremental customer value delivery.Promoting adaptive design practises to drive collaboration across Platform teams centring on a common vision with continuous feedback.Owning the technical design risks or issues and driving resolution through architectural or agile practises.Setting guiding principles and solution success criteria for platform capability or feature development across our Platforms.Providing oversight & foster built in quality, decoupled & modernised architectures.Makes a significant improvement on short-term or long-term business performance by recommending authoritative technical and/or professional solutions.Why Lloyds Banking GroupFrom building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.What you’ll needStrong experience of solution design, security & resilience patterns.Strong knowledge of microservice architecture, containerisation, Event Driven Architectures & Streaming PlatformsStrong understanding of building applications through containerised microservices-based architectures, with good understanding of cloud methodologiesStrong understanding of API standards, security and gateway patterns.Strong understanding of data technologies – SQL/NoSQL, Big Data.Strong experience & knowledge of some key LBG development technologies (e.g. Java, JavaScript, Java Spring Boot, Python)Good knowledge of cloud architecture, cloud platform as a service, in particular GCP.Good understanding of Data Architecture & Modelling concepts.Good understanding of AI/ ML concepts and models.Appreciation for Architectural Frameworks such as TOGAF, Archimate, Software patterns or similar.Experience of Cloud patterns and associated technologies, preferably GCP, CI/CD (Jenkins, Harness), Containerisation, Orchestration, IAM, VPC, GKEExposure and familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Stackdriver, Promethus, GrafanaA solid understanding of networking, firewalls, load balancing, and cloud security patternsExperience of API Management, ApigeeX or similarAny qualifications in GCP (Eg. ACE, PCA) desirableOur focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.And it’s why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups.We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us knowWe also offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes:A generous pension contribution of up to 15%An annual performance related bonusShare schemes including free sharesBenefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on topA range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policiesWant to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.We’re focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Expected salary

£90440 – 106400 per year

Location

Leeds

Job date

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:52:47 GMT

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