Back Principal, IT Architect

Requisition ID 34666 Office Country United Kingdom Office City London Division Information Technology Contract Type Fixed Term Contract Length 2 years Posting End Date

Purpose of Job

The Principal, IT Architect is accountable for the delivery of aspects of the Enterprise Reference Architecture and Architecture Practice that support IT for the Bank. These architectures provide strategic guidance to all technology initiatives. The Principal, IT Architect is further accountable for defining the overall architecture and design of IT solutions, working within a team of technical and functional specialists in the elaboration of solutions within the defined architecture.

The role interacts with primarily with all IT teams, but also engages with many of the business functions across the Bank.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Delivers, maintains and communicates aspects of the Enterprise Reference Architecture (ERA), to ensure systems are fit for purpose and meet evolving business requirements.
• Contributes to the Architectural Knowledge Base, to enable a consistent and efficient approach to the retention and re-use of architectural knowledge assets.
• Explain and promote the ERA within IT to develop understanding of strategic architectural priorities and approaches.
• Advises project teams and runs practice groups to ensure stakeholders are kept up to date
• Champion and role model the Bank’s Behavioural Competencies and Corporate Behaviours, ensuring adherence within the team(s) so that the highest standards of integrity and ethical conduct are exhibited at all times.
• Provide technical guidance and advice to projects from an early stage, ensuring they follow an optimal direction from the outset
• Ensure that solutions are technically sound and will function as expected in production. Any operational risks or considerations of the technology solution should be understood and agreed before implementation
• Ensure that solutions are an appropriate balance between short-term delivery needs and medium-term strategic aspirations. All deviations from agreed roadmaps should be explicit and agreed through appropriate governance

  Specialisms

  Treasury, Payments, and Procurement

  The role requires experience and deep understanding of technologies and processes for delivering transformation change with enhanced technical solutions in the business functions of Treasury, Payments and Procurement. The architect will build target architects and design solutions in these areas and will be required at times to work in other functional areas.

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  Candidates would benefit from having experience with:

  • Experience in one of more technology solutions: Summit, LoanIQ, SAP

  • Payment gateways and processing with Swift, BACs and Internet Banking services

  • Market data provisioning services and data management solutions

  • Regulatory, compliance and security standards in Treasury and Payments

  • Solution design governance.

  • Solution integration using industry standards such as RestAPI

  • Interacting with business stakeholders from finance, treasury, procurement and human resources.

  Experience working at a relevant software vendor\\partner or financial institution would also be advantageous

  Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications