Job Description

Date live:

11/06/2025

Business Area:

Chief Technology Office

Area of Expertise:

Technology

Contract:

Permanent

Reference Code:

JR-0000050076

Be a part of a place where challenges are measured in billions, qubits and nanoseconds. Build your career in an environment where we're advancing machine learning, leveraging blockchains, and harnessing FinTech. Working in Barclays technology, you'll reimagine possibilities: learning and innovating to solve the challenges ahead, delivering for millions of customers.

We are shaping the future of financial technology.

Why not join us and make it happen here?



Join us as a Solution Architect - working in controls and operational risk, with reach into audit, compliance and legal. You will be first onshore team hire in a growing that has a large work book. You will be part of delivery of transformation with Phase 1 and Phase 2 due in 2026.



To be successful as a Solution Architect, you should have experience with



Essential Skills



Solution, Technology & Enterprise Architecture roadmap design, creation and curation

Critical analysis, thought leadership and strong stakeholder management

Drivers + levers of tech strategies to improve application health, deliver simplification + cost optimisation



Some other highly valued skills may include



Desirable Skills



Knowledge of Controls, Op Risk and 3 LoD strategy

Data lake & data product strategy and implementation

SNOW design and operation experience



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 (e.g. proficient on excel reporting, data management, etc.)



Location is Knutsford or alternatively Northampton or Glasgow



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.

Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc.

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..

OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..

Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.

Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.

Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.

Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.

Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.

Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.

Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.



All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.



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Reasonable adjustment

Our purpose

Equal opportunities

Right to work statement

Who succeeds in

Tech at Barclays?



For a career with us, you need to be prepared to take big steps forward, curious to face the challenges ahead, and driven to focus on the outcomes. We need people with the Barclays mindset to make it happen here.



What you'll get in return

Competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance

Private medical care

Pension contribution

Our technology



Supporting our 48 million customers and clients worldwide takes a lot of forward thinking. It means harnessing technology to support the economy. It means making a difference to people's lives. And it requires the maintenance and development of a global, technological infrastructure. At Barclays, technology helps us keep transactions moving, manages data, and protects our customers. Join a world where your work creates unique moments of impact. Make it happen here.



This is Barclays Manchester



Barclays Knutsford is a world-class campus in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, and at the centre of our global operations. The place where it all happens. The place where we deliver the technology, security and customer care that our personal and corporate banking customers rely on 24/7/365.



A workplace like no other

Your commute

Much more than work

Immersive events

Play/Pause

Working flexibly



We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. If you'd like to explore flexible working arrangements, please discuss this with the hiring manager. Your request will be reviewed in-line with the requirements of the role/business needs of the team.



Hybrid working



We have a structured approach to hybrid working, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, 'anchor', days, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.



Barclays is built on an international scale.



Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience. And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we'll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.