Solution Architect - CREST New Technology - EUI Transformation

Division: Group Business Solutions

IT is at the heart of the business, driving continuous innovation and delivering cost-efficient, high-quality services to customers. The core business runs on HP NonStop Servers (Tandem), with communications infrastructure and message routing implemented on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The organisation is embarking on a major transformation: migrating CREST from COBOL programs on the HPE NonStop Guardian platform to a modern, commoditised environment such as Linux. The new technology stack will be Java-based, leveraging Event Hub technologies, such as Kafka, for integration between migrated services and legacy systems. Migrated services must be platform-independent and capable of running on OpenShift Linux environments. This migration will be incremental and span several years.

Your Role in GBS

You will join the Solutions Architecture team within the Software Engineering Tribe, playing a pivotal role in defining target architectures and designing end-to-end solutions across GBS domains. Your primary focus will be the EUI Transformation Programme, while contributing to the evolution of the Solution Architecture practice.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Definition

• Support and, where appropriate, lead the design and implementation of architecture solutions for transversal programs, ensuring alignment with functional and non-functional requirements.

Collaboration

• Partner with requirement owners, domain architects, and IT engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.

Integration

• Act as the bridge between Enterprise Architecture and IT delivery teams, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and domain target architectures.

Community Contribution

• Develop reusable solution patterns and building blocks.
• Actively shape Solution Architecture and Software Engineering practices.

Technology Expertise

• Apply hands-on experience to define business capability target architectures and roadmaps, with a strong focus on EUI Transformation.

Knowledge Sharing

• Engage in communities of practice to share best practices and lessons learned.

Additional Responsibilities

• Ensure IT solutions align with enterprise engineering and architecture standards.
• Guarantee end-to-end consistency across platforms and teams, including solution walkthroughs.
• Collaborate with security teams to meet security standards.
• Define infrastructure requirements and work with infrastructure teams on technical design.
• Establish guidelines, patterns, and standards for the new technology stack.
• Develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate key components of the architecture.
• Provide estimation principles for migration phases and proof-of-concept exercises.
• Lead prototype implementation and subsequent work.
• Undertake hands-on Java development while coaching and mentoring colleagues.
• Present solution architectures and plans to management, customers, and team members.
• Act as the technical authority for the new solution stack.

Qualifications

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in solutions architecture and systems development across all stages: inception, budgeting, design, development, testing, implementation, and support.
• Strong expertise in Event Hub technologies, such as Kafka.
• Strong expertise in modern architectures, including SOA and microservices.
• Strong expertise in platform-independent and database-independent applications.
• Strong expertise in object-oriented design and Java programming.
• Strong expertise in database design, including Oracle and SQL Server.
• Strong expertise in containerization and OpenShift environments.
• Experience in Financial Market Infrastructure or regulated environments.

Soft Skills

• Ability to motivate, mentor, and inspire colleagues.
• Collaborative team player and role model, open to peer reviews.
• Reliable, self-driven, and comfortable working independently.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to deliver within agreed timelines.
• Effective problem-solving ability.
• Ability to adapt to dynamic environments.
• Ownership and accountability for project work.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Post Trade Settlement systems, including CREST.
• Familiarity with messaging standards: ISO 15022, ISO 20022, and JSON.
• Experience with Agile development, IBM MQ, and Angular framework.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive, and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Ways of Working

• Hybrid working model, with office attendance 8 days per month and remote-working flexibility.

Great Place to Work for All

The organisation is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or other unique characteristics. Applicants needing accommodation due to disability or another reason can let the recruiter know during the application process.

About the Team

The Group Business Solutions division delivers reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for internal and external clients, deploy changes to production in a controlled and structured way without compromising production stability, and provide applicative production support.