Your new company
You will be working with a large scale, global financial services organisation within the banking industry. The company has a large global footprint and is seeking an experienced solution architect to join them and help with a current project.
The client is looking for someone to work on a 12 month contract, working on a hybrid basis (3 days per week in office in the North West, 2 days per week working from home).

Your new role
Responsible for defining an architectural vision and solution architecture which aligns with the business strategy, enterprise architecture strategy, technology and platform choices.
Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determines the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non-functional requirements.
Ensures the solution is fit for purpose by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers. In parallel, evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions.
Working with both business and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision.
Leads rapid shaping of a high-level architecture with details filled in with emerging business requirements; ensures architecture is flexible and modular and designed to adapt easily.
Utilizes the defined best practices, templates and documentation to create architectural designs.
Works with Product Manager/Owner to plan and prioritize technology focused backlog items for the architecture runway.
Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any impediments.
Performs design reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (eg security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability).
Individual contributor.

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