Description
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…
1. Solution design and technology integration across GCP and Oracle Technologies, aligned with Enterprise Architecture and Business Design strategy.
2. Manage a complex set of constraints and opportunities to create and maintain a blueprint for organising and communicating the Finance technology change agenda.
3. Promote the adoption of modern software engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud computing, Agile ways of working.
4. Act as an advocate for technology design and governance
5. Delivering engineering design outputs, such as Minimum Viable Designs & architecture decisions via formal governance processes.
What you’ll need…
Professional Experience:
6. 5+ years in either Software Engineering design, or Solution Design/Architecture
7. Experience in shaping and executing design change across complex operational and technology environments
Technical Skills:
8. PaaS, SaaS
9. Oracle Database, SQL Server
10. TWS, API Connect
11. Oracle Fusion
12. Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Technical knowledge in:
13. Database management
14. Data integration
15. Cloud/SaaS integration
16. Cybersecurity
17. Authentication
Familiarity with DevOps pipelines and tools including:
18. Git
19. Jenkins
20. Urbancode
21. 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…
22. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
23. An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
24. Share schemes including free shares
25. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
26. 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
27. 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!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.