Solution Architect

We're Synechron, a global consultancy Laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services. With over 14,500 members of staff across 17 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.

We're big enough to be taken seriously, yet small enough to operate with an agile, open, relationship-driven approach. Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.

One of our key clients is currently looking for a Solution Architect to help complete detailed solution designs for stories within the product backlog. Your primary stakeholders will be product owners, fellow Architects (Enterprise Architect, Platform, Process and Business) and pod members. You will be accountable for defining the solution design, in alignment with the technology strategy and roadmap, and articulating associated architectural risks, issues and technical debt. You will also provide architectural leadership across a portfolio of change.

You will need to Lead & Manage the following tasks:

• Accountable for ensuring the products & services are supported by the right architectures and solutions meet the customer needs.
• Accountable for ensuring the design of the product solutions are cost effective and maintained through the agile development life cycle, managing the flow of the backlog of design activities.
• Work with Ops Engineers to ensure operational issues (performance, operator intervention, alerting, design defect related issues, etc) are resolved and that any design related issues are addressed in a timely manner.
• Convert requirements into actionable product/service requirements that feed Technology and/or data solutions development & influence service direction.
• Responsible for ensuring solutions are aligned with the platform architecture and roadmap, group standards and policies, reference architectures and the overall enterprise architecture for their function.

Soft Skills:

• Leadership
• Research oriented
• Communication with Impact
• Consulting and Relationship management with various stakeholders
• Problem Solving abilities
• Able to drive the Governance

Technical Skills:

• Hands-on API design skills and knowledge of IBMi programming language like RPGLE, CLLE (Preferred)
• Experience and Knowledge of Implementing solutions in GCP or AWS. GCP is preferred.
• Exposure to different integration paradigms (eg, REST, Event Driven Architecture, and messaging)
• Well versed on API Security, Authentication, Authorization.
• Knowledge of security like JWT and SSL will be an added advantage.

Mandatory Skills

• Experience building solutions on Distributed Technologies, Rest API's & Event Driven architecture.
• Cloud Knowledge - GCP or AWS. GCP Preferable
• Event driven design and streaming technologies, ideally Apache Kafka and GCP Pub/Sub
• Knowledge of tools like Visio and also tools like Confluence, JIRA or similar tools used for collaboration and continuous integration.

Nice to have

• API connectivity patterns and Enterprise Integration Patterns
• Knowledge of Data processing/ETL
• BIAN knowledge
• Working in Agile delivery model
• Exposure to Data Architecture - Relational and NoSQL

Recruitment London Boilerplate

Synechron's stunning top floor offices are located in London's bustling Square Mile, close to Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Bank. We're a stone's throw from the Bank of England and a five-minute walk from St. Paul's Cathedral.

Our open-plan offices feature breakout areas, innovation spaces and a stunning roof terrace with great views of the city! We're a friendly bunch and host regular summer and Christmas parties, and team-building activities.

Our flexible working policy means three days in the London office and two days at home - and we're happy to accommodate individual circumstances like school drop-offs and pick-ups (this will need to be worked out with your line manager).

Synechron's Diversity Statement

Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.