Cash and Banking Lead Solution Architect Employment type: Contract Duration: 12 months (extensions thereafter confirmed) Location: London (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite) IR35 status: INSIDE IR35Rate: £650 – £720 per day We will only consider candidates with strong domain knowledge within Payments and ideally Treasury Management, you must also have a foundation in IT Solution Architecture. Role Responsibilities Architectural Leadership: Define and implement end-to-end architecture solutions for IT initiatives, ensuring they meet functional, non-functional, and security requirements. Collaboration: Work with requirement owners, domain architects, and IT engineers to build high-quality solutions. Integration: Bridge the gap between Enterprise Architecture and IT delivery teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and domain target architectures. Community Contribution: Develop reusable solution patterns and building blocks and actively participate in the evolution of Solution Architecture and Software Engineering practices. Technology Expertise: Apply hands-on technology and delivery experience to contribute to the definition of business capability (Domain) target architectures and roadmaps focussed on the EB Cash & Banking domain. Knowledge Sharing: Engage in communities of practice with other architects to share standard methodologies and lessons learned. Profile Requirements Must have Proven experience working in Payments and Treasury domain as a business or solution architect who is easily able to converse with business (product management, business analysts etc). Must have Sufficient background in IT to be able to assimilate unfamiliar technologies quickly and apply to the end-2-end solution, converse with IT SMEs. Nice to have Extensive experience in the IT industry, particularly as a solution architect on large-scale transformation projects. Agile and DevOps: Experience with large-scale agile projects and DevOps practices, including CI/CD. Knowledge of agile working at scale and methods such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) would be beneficial. Architectural Skills: Proficiency in Event Driven and Service-based architectures, microservices, and RESTful APIs would be advantageous but not essential Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with Mainframe technologies in general would be nice to have Familiarity with integration and data technologies, and experience with JavaScript front-end frameworks like Angular is advantageous but not essential Complex Problem Solving: Ability to handle complex systems and problems across functions, locations, and organizations. Autonomy: Capable of conducting architectural analysis and providing pragmatic suggestions with guidance / mentorship and know when to escalate. Analytical Skills: Strong analytical abilities to break down complex problems and provide actionable solutions. Pragmatism: Focus on delivering fit-for-purpose results using a pragmatic approach. Innovation and Change: Identify the need for change and propose innovative solutions to improve IT delivery processes. Communication: Strong communication skills to advocate for architectural recommendations to project teams and senior management. Relationship Management: Ability to build positive relationships. Industry Knowledge: Strong domain knowledge in Payments (domestic and cross-border) and Treasury Management in post-trade market. Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks (e.g. Open Agile Architecture or TOGAF) is a plus. Financial Services: Experience in the Financial Services industry and a good understanding of Payments or Treasury processes is must and the related regulatory environments understanding is desirable. This role offers the chance to define a significant impact on the IT landscape while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.