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Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect

ZipRecruiterNorthampton, England, United Kingdom
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

  • Accountable for delivering effective solution designs within the Open Banking COE, taking the lead on the solution design from an API design and API Security perspective.
  • Design end-to-end API solutions to meet business needs within the context of a broader solution implementation.
  • Contribute to overall solution planning, providing input into the estimation process as well as highlighting technical risks, issues, and assumptions.
  • Define and derive best practices in the API space, adopting industry best practices and highlighting areas of improvement.
  • Produce required design artefacts, independently or as part of a team.
  • Engage with key stakeholders in workshops to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Present to the Customer's Architecture Review Board when necessary.
  • Ensure solutions align with strategic architecture principles and direction.
  • Review the designs and code produced by technical teams to ensure alignment with the overall solution design.
  • Support the delivery lead in breaking down the solution for iterative delivery in sprints.
  • Review requirements and monitor change requests to ensure the solution design remains fit for purpose.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Deep experience of UK's open banking standards coupled with solution implementation experience in the UK Open Banking context.
  • Highly experienced solution architect in designing solutions for large-scale API integration projects within the Banking / Payments domain.
  • Deep knowledge and experience in REST API design principles with creation of Swagger / RAML definitions.
  • Experience with API security standards such as OAuth, OIDC, and FAPI.
  • Understanding of Domain Driven Design is beneficial.
  • Expertise in industry-standard API management platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway).
  • Experience in modelling, building, and deploying large-scale distributed micro-services using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Deep expertise in observability, logging, monitoring, and error handling.
  • Knowledge of industry-standard solutions like Splunk and ELK is beneficial.
  • Expertise in public cloud platforms, especially AWS.
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Integration Patterns and Kafka is beneficial.
  • Expertise in industry-standard DevOps solutions (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, AWS CodePipeline).
  • Financial services experience is advantageous.
  • Ability to take a lead role and ownership of complex deliveries.

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