Solutions Architect

Following investment by one of the Big Four Banks, this business has flourished, consistently winning awards for its initiatives in promoting financial wellbeing.

Due to an internal promotion, they are expanding our Architecture Center of Excellence (CoE), responsible for defining and delivering solution and software architecture to support the global scaling of our microservices platform.

Role Overview:

As a Solution Architect, you will be instrumental in identifying and enforcing established best practices and patterns, as well as defining standards and guidelines for delivery teams. You'll also assess and recommend emerging practices and technologies. You will join a dynamic and supportive environment with many exciting innovative projects in the challenger bank and payment space.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• Expertise in solutions architecture with a focus on application systems and microservices.
• Previous experience with a modern Java stack.
• Industry knowledge in financial services – Banking, Challenger Banks, Payments.
• Understanding of PCI DSS is advantageous.
• Proficiency with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch).
• Experience in DevOps environments and familiarity with CI/CD processes.
• Configuration management and deployment automation experience (Chef, Puppet, Ansible).

What's Next?

• CV submission and shortlisting this week.
• 1st stage: 30-minute Teams informal conversation.
• 2nd stage: 1-hour formal interview with a whiteboard exercise.

What's in It for You?

If spearheading the technical roadmap for a business everyone is talking about isn't enough, here are some additional benefits:

• Pension up to 9%.
• Excellent annual leave: 32 days and increasing.
• Annual bonus scheme.
• Travel insurance.
• Airport lounge access.
• Gym membership.
• AWS accreditation sponsorship.

For any further Q’s - george.aldridge@opusrs.com