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Business Unit: Chief Operating Office All candidates should make sure to read the following job description and information carefully before applying. Salary range: £72,800 to £91,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits Location: UK Hybrid with some occasional travel to our hub in Glasgow, likely fortnightly Contract type: Permanent (full time) Live to inspire change. Live a life more Virgin. Our Team We've an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect to join our Payments & Treasury team. As an Architect, we're not just looking for a technologist but for someone who also enjoys solving complex problems and leading form the front to drive out solutions for the bank and its customers. This is a senior role responsible for technical Solution Design and overseeing and supporting the work of other Solutions Design staff. In general, designs will involve a wide range of technologies and business areas, but some domain detailed knowledge is expected within the Payments & Treasury domain. What you’ll be doing
- Deliver high level designs in support of strategic and architectural direction considering best practice and long-term vision.
- Work closely with business and technology colleagues to ensure that design options are effectively evaluated, and robust recommendations made.
- Co-ordinate activities of others within the Solutions and Infrastructure Design teams to support the bank's business projects.
- Ongoing support, direction, and governance of project delivery against agreed designs and assessment of the impact of change requests on the high-level design.
- Running design forums and workshops with developer, operational, 3rd parties and business colleagues.
- Involvement in internal improvement initiatives to develop the overall capability of the Solutions Design competency.
- Working closely with the Enterprise architects to ensure alignment with the banks strategic direction and target architecture.
- Managing a high performing team of senior solution designers.
- Experience in a Solutions Architecture / Design role within financial services
- Experience of working with a Platform as a Service (PaaS), cloud services and APIs & a range of design experience.
- Ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders across the business – strong leadership skills.
- A broad range of design experience
- Experience in some or all of the following areas of business: Financial Fraud and AML; Debit & Credit Cards; ATM & POS; Payments (FPS, SWIFT, CHAPS, BACS); Core banking processing; Treasury Systems.
- An understanding of infrastructure, information security, and experience of risk-based design.
- Working with third party delivery partners.
- Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more
- Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
- 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
- Market-leading pension
- Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
- Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness
- Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)
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