Lead Solution Architect

JOB TITLE: Lead Solution Architect

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400

LOCATION: Bristol

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Bristol office.

About this opportunity

This Lead Solution Architect role sits within the Strategic ledger & Controls Lab and will focus on Group Ledger Cluster. You'll play a key part in the delivery of high-quality solution designs, working closely with a wide community of change colleagues. You'll be involved in coaching, continually challenging, motivating, mentoring, and supporting your team. Specialising in design & architecture, this role will be instrumental in delivering Finance's agenda for change in a coherent, innovative, and collaborative manner.

About us

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you'll do

• Solution design and technology integrationacrossGCP and Oracle Technologies, aligned withEnterprise ArchitectureandBusiness Design strategy.

• Manage acomplex set of constraints and opportunitiesto create and maintain ablueprintfor organising and communicating theFinance technology change agenda.

• Promote the adoption ofmodern software engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud computing, Agile ways of working.

• Act as anadvocate for technology design and governance

• Deliveringengineering design outputs, such as Minimum Viable Designs & architecture decisions via formal governance processes.

What you'll need

Professional Experience:

• 5+ yearsin either Software Engineering design, or Solution Design/Architecture

• Experience inshaping and executing design changeacross complex operational and technology environments

Technical Skills:

• PaaS,SaaS

• Oracle Database,SQL Server

• TWS,API Connect

• Oracle Fusion

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Technical knowledge in:

• Database management

• Data integration

• Cloud/SaaS integration

• Cybersecurity

• Authentication

Familiarity with DevOps pipelines and tools including:

• Git

• Jenkins

• Urbancode

• Docker

About working for us

Our 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 under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!