Solution Architect

Job Title: Solution Architect
Location: Chennai

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.

Hybrid Working

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

Introduction:
The USCB India Architecture centre of excellence is responsible for setting up the technical strategy and architecture vision for USCB, drives innovation and provides centralised enterprise and solution architecture capability.

Role is for a senior solution architect
- To lead and be accountable for all solutioning/end to end design activities for projects across the end-to-end software development lifecycle within USCB.
- To support the lead architect within the USCB domain in defining the strategy

What will you be doing?

Strategy Development (20%)
- Strategy and Plan: Under the guidance of the Lead Architect, develop elements of the technical strategy, roadmaps and vision for that area that align to Board Approved Purpose, Values, Risk Appetite and Policies and are consistent with wider USCB and Barclays Group standards.

Project Solutions Development (75%)
- Provide technical consultancy for new initiatives, to assist in the definition of business requirements or technical strategies.
- Work closely with the Lead Architect and other Solution Architects, programme managers, business analysts & product to understand and challenge requirements:

- Support project definition
- Refine business requirements in light of technical constraints and opportunities
- Ensure that end-to-end view is established and that all key requirements are captured. Support the definition of clear functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. capacity, availability, response times, etc.).
- Agree with business clients how requirements will be tested and any mitigating actions to minimise risk.
- Understand technical constraints of live environment / architecture, support business clients in understanding any ‘requirement versus cost’ trade-offs.
- Design, document and communicate technical and integration solutions:

- Analyse project scoping statement, project requirements to help define a complete end to end solution, utilising capabilities available across USCB
- Identify and develop innovative solutions that will enhance the client experience and provide a cost effective solution for USCB
- Present complex technical ideas (both written and verbal), anticipate potential objections and persuade others to adopt the most appropriate view.
- Ensure project designs are compliant to architectures and standards by:

- Producing required governance artefacts for Technical Architecture Council (TAC)
- Presenting project designs at TAC or appropriate Design Authority.
- Supporting the lead architect in evolving the architectures and standards, ensuring their effectiveness alongside advancing business, security and technology landscapes.
- Core Deliverables:

- Full & Partial Concept solutions/Architecture Vision
- Non-functional requirements and its impact assessment
- End to end designs
- Supporting Governance Artefacts

Application Management (5%)
- Participate in technical implementation planning, ensuring that the integrity of live operations will be maintained.
- Assist in the resolution of live incidents and system problems as and when required.
- Identify proactive remedial strategies to prevent future system problems and to improve the quality of delivered systems.

What we’re looking for:
Proficient in architecting solutions across disparate technologies to achieve the complex business objectives of multiple business areas:

- Experience years in solution archi