Solutions Architect (C#, .NET) in City of London

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 220,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services.

To own, shape and assure end‑to‑end solution architecture and decisions within a clearly defined business or technology domain, accountable for decision quality, risk posture, and long‑term sustainability of outcomes. The Solution Architect operates as a domain‑aligned, decision‑owning leader, partnering with CIO, Product and Engineering leadership to balance delivery speed, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, cost efficiency and architectural integrity.

Owns material architectural decisions within the domain, including technology selection, integration patterns, data flows and non‑functional trade‑offs. Acts as the primary decision authority for solution‑level architecture, escalating only where decisions are cross‑domain, systemic or materially risk‑bearing. Accountable for the quality, timeliness and outcomes of architectural decisions, not the production of design artefacts alone.

Risk, security and resilience leadership; accountable for ensuring solutions meet the Bank’s security, resilience and regulatory expectations. Owns the architectural risk position of solutions, explicitly balancing requirements with delivery objectives and long‑term operational stability.

Champions the adoption of standardized platforms, AI, patterns and services, and actively feeds unmet needs into platform and enterprise roadmaps. Partners with Engineering and Operations leaders to support production stability, fault resolution and performance optimization for architecturally significant services.

Governance inputs & regulatory compliance; accountable for the architecture inputs required by governance, risk, privacy, security and records‑management processes, ensuring they are decision‑focused, proportionate and regulator‑credible. Represents the domain architecture position confidently in senior forums, with clarity on trade‑offs and residual risks.

Operates as a senior leader within the domain and architecture community, mentoring other architects and setting expectations for decision quality and professional standards. Analyse business processes and workflows within the organisation and identification of new approaches to completely redesign business activities or optimise performance, quality and speed of services or processes.

Ability to analyze the purpose and scope of a producer, product, process, or project in terms of cost and benefits. Data Modeling leverages advanced data tools and programming techniques to analyze highly complex data sets. Applies mathematical models, database and programming languages to accelerate analysis and derive insights from data.

Ability to design and build systems incorporating datacenters, cloud, compute, networking, storage, operating systems & software components foundational to the operation of the bank. Knowledge of the interaction between technology infrastructure and software system, operating models for delivery and operations, reliability engineering as related to foundational infrastructure services.

Understands the value of innovation, AI and tooling, and knows how to deliver new ideas and initiatives that improve performance, despite challenges or setbacks.

IT Governance knowledge of the accountability framework and processes used to encourage proper behaviour in IT activities and operations; ability to implement IT systems and controls to meet business needs and requirements.

Requirements Analysis knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyse and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Scrum Software Development knowledge of the principles, components and features of scrum methodology; ability to apply this methodology to manage software product development processes.

Ability to apply various security practices, methods and regulations to resolve security issues related to individuals, facilities and the manufacturing environment. The ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, competing priorities and regulatory constraint.

Commercial, risk and value orientation strong commercial, risk and value orientation, translating architectural decisions into measurable business and operational outcomes. Credibility with CIO, Product, Engineering and Risk leadership, influencing through evidence, clarity and decision discipline rather than authority alone.

Deep understanding of modern software engineering (inc. agentic SDLC), cloud platforms, integration architectures and data patterns, with the ability to abstract detail when engaging at executive level.