Senior Solution Architect

What is the opportunity?

Our Corporate & Commercial Banking Solution Architects take ownership of the entire technical solution on large, complex programmes, across all architecture domains and all phases of the SDLC. You will collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Business Stakeholders and Programme teams to ensure that the correct solution is identified, designed and delivered.
As a Solution Architect you will get to work on designing solutions for large-scale programmes working in fast-paced, complex, multi-vendor change delivery organisation.

In this role, you will:

• Lead architectural teams on large and complex programs and review design artefacts from other solution architects within the team
• Produce required design artefacts, independently or as part of a team
• Ensure solutions align with strategic architecture principles and direction
• Present to the Bank's Architecture Review Board when necessary and engage with key partners in the enterprise architect function and across the business
• Support and collaborate with other engineering functions, including integration and data factories, information security, build, test and release

What will make you stand out?

• Experience designing solutions for large-scale programmes and working in fast-paced, complex, change delivery organisation
• Broad knowledge of technologies across all domains including information, application, infrastructure, security and cloud with technical depth in at least two of these domains
• Experience in modern engineering practices and technologies
• Continuous improvement mind-set
• Experience in technology domains such as Oracle (RDMS, PL/SQL, Oracle Forms and Oracle APEX), Redhat JBoss EAP, Linux and IBM Websphere MQ.
• Experience of integrating on-premises and SaaS solutions running on AWS and/or Azure

Experience with any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role:

• Financial services experience working in the Corporate Banking, Commercial Lending, Markets and/or Treasury business domains
• Experience of Murex MX.3 or similar trading and risk management platforms desirable
• Experience of ACBS and/or FIS Commercial Loan Servicing (CLS

Essential Qualifications

There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role.

More about the team

Our Corporate & Commercial Banking Solution Design teams sits within the Corporate & Commercial Banking Engineering and Delivery Factory and provides critical Technical Design and Solution Architecture services to support the Bank's change programme of initiatives. The Corporate & Commercial Banking Engineering and Delivery factory operates a 'one team' culture delivering across Design, Engineering and Test. Solution Architects working in Solution Design operate across a diverse range of technology and business domains collaborating with other engineering functions, Enterprise Architecture and business stakeholders.

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Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - Leader
• One Group, one team - Leader
• Agile - Leader
• Champion Transformation - Leader
• Manage Risk - Leader

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

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