Data Solution Architect

Lloyds Banking Group, Claremount, Calderdale

Data Solution Architect

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Lloyds Banking Group, Claremount, Calderdale

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 5 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: dd1f390f1a7b457f9416866057b63048

Full Job Description

  • Working as part of an Agile team of architects and engineers, you will cultivate collaboration through your extensive expertise and influence.
  • Using data technology expertise, you will be able to identity opportunities to unlock its value to the business
  • Deliver the best technical solutions for complex or significant business needs, where no precedent may exist.
  • Ensure compliance with the Bank's IT architecture design and all regulatory, mandatory, and statutory requirements, protecting the Bank at all times.
  • Run and chair technical design meetings to achieve purposeful outcomes, active involvement in architecture and design governance.
  • Contribute to the financial investment process to obtain funding for key solution opportunities.
  • Participate in risk management, using it to influence change planning and delivery.
  • Here's Where You'll Make a Difference… Your contribution will influence our strategy to enable data to be a core part of our business capability This is a key role at the financial heart of the Group, underpinning the long-term sustainability and integrity of the organization. What We Need from You… We need a Data Solution Architect who understands the challenges of modern software development and exploiting data in a complex enterprise. You will build a compelling and powerful image of where we're heading from a data architecture and design perspective. You will understand technology implications for people and processes and will bring this to your holistic view of design. Ideally, you will have previous career experience in software engineering or solution architecture and will be well-placed to define and sell your vision to engineers, architects, and product owners alike. What you'll bring…

  • Excellent knowledge of the data technology of complex enterprise systems, modern cloud-hosted data solutions, integration patterns, DevOps, and data and event stream technologies and broad experience with in-house and vendor-written applications.
  • Ability to support negotiations to gain agreement from senior stakeholders, seeing the big picture and translating business priorities into technical solutions
  • Experience working on multiple products simultaneously and understanding the relationships between them.
  • Understanding of risk management concepts and how to factor this into work prioritization models.
  • Strong understanding of and experience with enterprise architecture principles and data strategy.
  • Experience with risk, infrastructure, resilience, and security architecture practices and concerns.
  • Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, from end-users to senior stakeholders.

    Lloyds Banking Group is the largest provider of mortgages in the UK, with over 2 million active mortgages. We have placed mortgages at the heart of our strategy to become the best bank for customers. Our team in the Homes Platform is passionate about creating new services for our customers that transform the customer and colleague experience. Our culture brings together smart, hardworking people from diverse backgrounds who enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working., Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

    Our focus is to ensure we are inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
  • We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares.
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
  • 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies