Solution Architect - Investment Platforms
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Work Environment: Hybrid
Location: London, UK (King's Cross)
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time
About Us
At AustralianSuper, our purpose is clear: helping members achieve their best financial position in retirement. With over £180bn in assets under management, we're one of the world's largest and most forward‑thinking pension funds. Our London office is central to our international strategy, giving you the platform to build and influence globally significant technology solutions.
The Opportunity
This is a technical leadership role within Technology Services' Investment Platforms team. You'll develop solution architectures and high‑level designs for investment‑focused technology. You’ll collaborate across geographies and partner closely with Investments and Investment Operations to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, robust and aligned to our technology standards, vision and roadmap.
* Deliver high‑quality solution architectures and designs that are fit for purpose, aligned to enterprise reference models, standards and roadmaps.
* Collaborate with engineers and business analysts to translate designs into working solutions; maintain technical oversight during delivery.
* Facilitate technology decisions that accelerate adoption of new technologies in a controlled, rapidly changing environment; present solutions at governance forums.
* Partner with Strategy & Architecture to define, maintain and reuse implementation patterns; promote best‑practice reviews, quality and documentation.
* Nurture stakeholder relationships (internal and strategic third parties); proactively communicate issues and escalations.
* Support testing alignment to requirements and design; assist with lifecycle management activities.
* Provide technical leadership‑coaching and mentoring to uplift solution delivery capability across Investment Platforms.
* Operate within our governance and risk frameworks, ensuring compliance with policies and standards.
What You'll Bring
You're an experienced architect who thrives in a fast‑paced, global environment—curious, collaborative and clear in your communication.
Required Qualifications
* Extensive experience in technology design/engineering within Financial Services/Wealth Management and experience in solution architecture and design.
* Domain understanding of Front, Middle and Back Office processes; ability to bridge business and technology. Exposure to portfolio management (e.g., Aladdin, iLevel, Calypso), execution management (e.g., Bloomberg EMS, FXAll, TradeWeb) and investment data platforms (e.g., Finbourne, GoldenSource, Eagle).
* Investments data and modern data warehousing concepts; strong knowledge of cloud (preferably Azure).
* Proven Agile delivery mindset; poise under pressure; vendor management within hybrid operating environments; experience in global, matrixed teams.
* Bachelor's degree in IT/Computer Science (mandatory); TOGAF or equivalent architectural certification (desired); postgraduate study in Finance/Commerce/Economics (desired).
Highly Desirable
* Innovative, growth mindset with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; commercially astute.
* Experience in regulated environments with sound governance awareness.
Benefits
* A flexible hybrid work environment tailored to your lifestyle.
* Opportunities for career development and growth within a global organisation.
* The chance to design technology that enables a world‑class investment function and impacts millions of members.
What's Next
If you're ready to innovate, collaborate and shape the future of investment technology, we'd love to hear from you. We're dedicated to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process - if you require adjustments, please let us know.
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