Dublin

Hybrid

Contract - Good Rates

Tier 1 Investment Bank is looking to hire a Architect to join the EMEA Regulatory Reporting Technology team, to drive the architectural vision and architecture for our technology platform in line with the enterprise technology architecture and business strategy.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the creation of the architecture roadmap

Work across business and technology to create the solution design and architecture and evolve it based on an emerging backlog

Provide technical thought leadership based on experience of building multiple software solutions

Contribute to the development of design and technology implementation best practices

Look for better ways to solve technical problems and design solutions

Ensure architecture is flexible, modular and designed to adapt easily

Facilitate solution-driven discussions and lead the design, finding creative solutions

Clarify the architecture and assist with system design (where needed) for the development teams to support implementation and resolve any architectural impediments

Perform design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (eg security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)

Support the Engineering team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions

Educate team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies and best practices

Build business-technology relationship through aligning business goals and strategy with technology implementation

Identifies risks/dependencies that are not easily evident and defines controls needed to resolve/mitigate.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Core Skills - Required and Preferred

Proven track record in solution architecture and design across multiple technologies

Ability to build strong knowledge of products and services at functional and data level

Excellent technical skills (key technologies used: Oracle PL/SQL, Angular, Java, Spring)

Good knowledge of emerging technologies and Big Data (Hadoop)

Experience with data technologies and understanding of metadata and data lineage concepts

Experience of interfacing with 3rd party vendor platforms

Exposure to Cloud technologies

Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues

Ability to create reusable components that can be leveraged across the enterprise

Strong leader, capable of guiding the technology team to implement technical designs

Ability to face off to and build strong relationships with business and technology partners

Experience of working within a large organization or financial services company

Good communication skills