Solution Architect

**Date live**:
07/07/2025
**Business Area**:
GTIS
**Area of Expertise**:
Technology
**Contract**:
Permanent
**Reference Code**:
JR-0000052451
Embark on a transformative journey as a Solution Architect at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital connectivity landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. You will be responsible for the definition and oversight of the overall network product portfolio strategy, portfolio architecture, compliance and network economics, further it leads on demand management, business change management, end-2-end solution and service designs that underpin the consumption of network connectivity platforms, products and services at scale.
To be successful in this role as a Solution Architect, you should possess the following skillsets:
Hands-on expertise in End-to-end Solution Design and Architecture, Systems Integration, Network Product Design/Modelling and Agile Methodologies; within Network Connectivity and Network Security domain.
Expert level experience in designing solutions for large scale Service Provider or Enterprise Networks in these domains - Order management, Inventory Management, Provisioning/Activation, Discovery & Reconciliation, Alarm Management, Performance Management, Test & Diagnostics, Network Plan and Build.
Strong knowledge and demonstrable hands-on experience with Open-source and standards like eTOM, TMF SID, OpenAPI, ETSI NFV etc.
**Some other highly valued skills include**:
Expertise in IaaS and programming (python or similar) and knowledge of scalable software architectures (micro-services etc).
Expertise in Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud technologies across broad Network (physical and wireless), Infrastructure and Cloud domain.
Experience with NetSec DevOps way of working and experience in delivering runbooks, Network Service Models and blueprints for enablement of Zero Touch Ops.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is based in our Pune office.
Purpose of the role
To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.
Accountabilities
Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms.
Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.
Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling.
Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes.
Vice President Expectations
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others..
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impa