Solutions Architect

Job title : Solution Architect

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**:

- Responsible for creating technology solutions to meet business requirements in line with Business Unit and Group IT Strategies and Architectures
- Working with the relevant Technology and Change Project Managers, Senior Architects and CTO Enterprise Architects - responsible for ensuring that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the original solution
- Support the development of systems strategies and roadmaps for the supported business area
- Provide ad-hoc consultancy as required to the business on technical matters

What will you be doing?

**Solutions Development (Minimum 80%)**
- Responsible for creating technology solutions, and stage 0 costs, to meet business requirements, in line with Business Unit and Group Technology Strategies and Architectures. Work with supply chain (including external) as appropriate.
- Identifying common or duplicative needs across Product Technology
- Thinks outside of the box to support the business in delivering its strategic objectives rather than just responding to a pre-defined request,
- Works with project managers and sourcing managers to advise on supplier and cost options, and to ensure that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFPs process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof of concept solutions
- Takes responsibility for ensuring that solutions adhere to architectural and quality standards and policies.
- Working with the relevant Technology and Change Project Manager, Senior Solutions Architect and CTO Architects - responsible for ensuring that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the original solution specified. This will be achieved by reviewing project design artefacts (e.g. Architecture Visions) and the impact of significant change requests.

**Advice and Guidance (up to 10%)**
- Support the Product Owners and Project managers in providing advice and guidance to business stakeholders in shaping the portfolio of technology solutions, and the estimating process for initiatives being provided to business stakeholders and AEs representing £m+ investments.
- Contribute to broader architectural governance activities by participating in peer reviews for other solutions architects. Form part of broader solutioning community across Product Tech for advice and guidance.
- Maintains detailed awareness of, takes fully into account as necessary, and promotes throughout the organisation, any relevant statutory, internal or external regulations, standards and codes of good practice. Is capable of contributing to the definition of such regulations, standards and codes.
- Actively contributes to the development and promotion of Product technology.

**Strategy Development (up to 10%)**
- Working with the relevant CTO Architects, supports the creation of an appropriate technology strategy and roadmap for the relevant business area.
- Supports the Medium Term Planning (MTP) process to ensure interdependencies are understood and that the proposed plan is viable.
- Influence the relevant business strategy to maximize the effective use of technology.
- Maintains knowledge of relevant technical specialism(s) at the highest level, by reading relevant literature, attending conferences and seminars, meeting and maintaining contact with other leading practitioners of the technical specialism and though playing a major role in appropriate learned, professional and trade bodies. Build relationship with manufacturers, supply channels