Hybrid Cloud-Native Solutions Architect: Lead & Mentor

Lloyds Bank plc; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

A major banking institution is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design and implement cloud-native solutions. The role involves leading the technical design, optimizing for performance and security, while mentoring engineers. Candidates should have a strong background in modern technologies including APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms like GCP. This position supports a hybrid working model and includes a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual bonus award

Share schemes

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Lead and manage the design of cloud native solutions.
• Optimise cloud native solutions for cost, performance, and security.
• Mentor engineers to deliver high quality, cloud-led solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality solution design.
• Shape approaches to solving technical challenges.
• Work with teams to create customer value.

Skills

Strong Solution Architecture experience

Event Driven Architectures & Streaming Platforms

API standards and security

Data technologies – SQL/NoSQL, Big Data

Cloud platforms (GCP)

Education

Certification in GCP

Professional Cloud Architect

Tools

IBM API Connect

Microsoft Azure API Manager

Job description

A major banking institution is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design and implement cloud-native solutions. The role involves leading the technical design, optimizing for performance and security, while mentoring engineers. Candidates should have a strong background in modern technologies including APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms like GCP. This position supports a hybrid working model and includes a generous benefits package.