Role: Solutions ArchitectLocation: London (Hybrid)Remuneration: circa £90,000 plus bonus and benefitsTenure: 12-month fixed term (to go to permanent thereafter)The CompanyOur client is the premier trade organisation representing firms across finance, banking, markets, and payments in the UK. Their diverse membership includes national and international entities, serving a broad spectrum of customers from individuals to corporates, charities to government bodies. With a focus on customer-centricity, they champion the interests of their members' clientele, ensuring access to essential financial products and services for their day-to-day operations.Job PurposeAs a Solutions Architect (SA) within the IT department, you'll forge strong relationships with business SMEs to drive successful outcomes. You'll lead technology design activities, evaluating our current setup and suggesting future enhancements.Your key tasks include:Leading technical initiatives such as ERP system evaluation and migrating to MS Office 365.Ensuring optimal returns from our technology stack.Prioritizing the expansion of our Financial Crime platform on AWS to meet industry regulations by October 2024.You'll collaborate with internal teams, third-party vendors, and external partners to improve the platform and mitigate project risks. Your role also involves maintaining seamless communication among stakeholders and ensuring alignment with organisational changes.Duties & ResponsibilitiesResponsible for the technical delivery of the Financial Crime platform expansion at all stages, including driving delivery of key milestones and providing status reporting into the programmeResponsible for developing business and implementation plans as detailed, along with stakeholdersExperience of running complex, cross-sector projects via a structured methodology, including planning, producing project artefacts and responsibility for budgetary management of external vendors, where requiredManage dependencies across multiple groups of stakeholders including external stakeholders from the financial services industryDrive key discussions with stakeholders and analyse the current landscape for opportunities to articulate and implement creative solutions.Monitor delivery and ensure milestones are met. Find effective strategies to remove blocks and delays where necessaryHave experience in the design and development of PoCsBe able to deliver projects from inception to completion often working with a broad mix of individuals and companies with diverse skill setsPossess outstanding attention to detail and understand the need for high quality documentationCollaborate with various companies (vendors, operators and others) to provide technical recommendations and specifications for wider industry adoptionExperienced in the Agile methodology and processes with a hands-on approach to assist with the design and prototyping for product backlog and road-mapped featuresBe able to work towards tight deadlines, being personally resilient and able to balance, at times, the pressure of a demanding workload and complex client needs.QualificationsEducation to degree-level or equivalentFormal project management methodology qualifications, such as PRINCE2 or AgileQualifications such as the Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer Associate or equivalent from other Cloud Service ProvidersExperience in dealing with IT Transformation projectsSkills & CompetenciesIn-depth knowledge of Cloud computing and Cloud-specific patterns, with a track record of developing and designing cloud environmentsTechnical skills covering some of the following:Networking (DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP, CDN, and VPC)Containerization and DevOps ToolsSecurityArtificial Intelligence, including ML, RPA and Natural Language ProcessingCommercial experience with Event Driven ArchitecturesAbility to architect applications in AWS/Azure using a wide array of AWS/Azure native components and services in collaboration with third-party commercial toolsArchitecting the digital strategic vision in collaboration with internal teams and third parties, ensuring clear links back to the organisational vision and strategyDeveloping enterprise-level roadmaps for clients, including the creation of enterprise standards, relevant business models, and technology standardsExpert in ensuring all digital initiatives align with the strategic visionPromote and own continuous improvement for cost reduction, application / member appropriate security and efficiencyDesigning end-to-end solutions using a set of robust architecture principlesBuild rapport quickly, creating positive and productive relationships with both internal and external stakeholdersHave excellent communication and presentation skills, and actively enjoy shaping requirements and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholdersAdvantageous: knowledge of Fraud and Scams and Financial Services