Solution Architect (1 year relevant experience required)

Step into the role of a Solution Architect where youll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. In this role you will 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.

To be successful as in this role you should have experience with:
? Java
? Stakeholder management skills
? AWS

Some other highly valued skills may include:
? DevOps
? Communication skills

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 is based in Knutsford.

**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.

**Analyst Expectations**
? Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
? Partner with other functions and business areas.
? Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
? Escalate breaches of policiesprocedure appropriately.
? Take responsibility for embedding new policiesprocedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
? Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
? Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
? Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
? Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
? Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
? Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
? Guide and persuade team members and communicate complexsensitive information.
? Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.