Solution Designer

Job Totle : Solution Designer

Location: Pune

**About Barclays**

**Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.**

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

**Working Flexibly**

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

**Introduction**:
**What will you be doing?**

**Role of Solution Designer function to support design and delivery of change**

The role demands involvement in the software development lifecycle from software design through to handover of tested code to the to the deployment team.

**Design Leadership**:

- Working with developers /Sr. developers working on one or many projects of varying complexity, undertaking the following activities, maintaining overall accountability for the work of the team in terms of quality and timeliness of delivery:

- Completion of Solution Design work
- Supporting development team on technical queries, suggestion of solution options and participation on tech meetings
- Design Issue escalation
- Validation of plans and progress management
- Technical review of deliverables

Design Support and Collaboration across Technology Delivery
- Contributing to the creation of concept/feasibility through collaboration with various stakeholders
- Advising on, and recommending solutions, based on experience and industry knowledge.
- Supporting strategic architecture definition and product selection within Risk, Decisions and Collections team

**Design for Application Delivery Projects**:

- Good hands-on expertise on Open system technologies and tools. Identifying the design tasks which need to be undertaken to successfully deliver the solution, and taking personal responsibility for completing the agreed tasks.
- Specifying user/system interfaces, including for example: menus, screen dialogues, inputs, reports, validation and error correction procedures, processing rules, access, security and audit controls, recovery routines and contingency procedures [New Build].
- Translating logical designs into physical designs taking account of target environment, performance requirements, existing systems and any potential safety-related aspects [New Build].
- Documenting all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate. Providing guidance to development team members as required.
- Identifying, owning and resolving design related issues as they arise during the project lifecycle.
- Supporting the specification of the testing and technical implementation phases of the project, collaborating with other parties as needed.
- Ensuring that architectures are adhered to by suppliers. And that the projects follow correct design governance principles.
- Leading and/or participating (where required) in build, test and implementation activity for small or specialised developments where this is deemed to be the most beneficial delivery approach for Application Delivery.
- Working alone (where required) on moderately complex systems or with colleagues on larger or more complex systems.
- Maintaining communication with Demand Management and I&SD during the project lifecycle to ensure the end to end integrity of the solution and for the resolution of issues.

**Implementation of Architecture Definition**:

- Contributing to the definition and documentation of implementation level architectures.
- Identifying issues with existing implementation level architectures and follows appropriate procedures for resolution.

**Delivery Management Support**:

- Assisting with the creation, monitoring and reporting of progress against project plans and identifying corrective action where necessary.
- Providing input into risk analyses and development plans to take account of design decisions.
- Assisting the delivery manager in both