Senior Solutions Architect

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.

We need you to have

• 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 

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• 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.

Red Hot Rewards

• 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)

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one. Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you. Say hello to Virgin Money We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work. Be yourself at Virgin Money Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com Now the legal bit Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.