At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build scalable solutions using modern technologies in a hybrid work environment.
- Company: Join a leading UK business focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Benefits: Generous pension, performance bonuses, 30 days holiday, and lifestyle benefits.
- Other info: Great career growth opportunities in a dynamic and supportive environment.
- Why this job: Be part of an ambitious transformation journey impacting 28 million customers.
- Qualifications: Experience in cloud computing, application architecture, and strong problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 72702 - 80780 £ per year.
A Solution Architect in the Customer Data Services Platform will work to simplify and modernise reference data, including product and organisational data across the Group. This role presents a unique opportunity to shape and transform our reference and product data architecture by using modern technologies and architectural protocols. The position requires close collaboration with cloud partners and internal engineering, product, and architecture teams to evaluate emerging technologies and support industry-specific use cases.
Strong expertise in defining and delivering scalable, high-performance architectures that meet the evolving demands of modern digital platforms is essential. This is an exciting time to join the team and contribute to an ambitious transformation journey that will have a lasting impact across the organisation.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design and build robust, scalable solutions demonstrating diverse technologies
- Evaluate technology stacks, including operations, administration, automation, and PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS
- Develop estimates and strategies for proposals and statements of work (SOWs)
- Build scalable and reliable software systems using modern software stacks and DevOps practices
- Work with systems handling reference and product data, including SaaS and in-house solutions
Why join us?
We're transforming at pace, investing billions in our people, data, and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We're growing, and we'd love you to be part of the journey.
What we’re looking for:
- Proven understanding of cloud computing concepts and GCP services
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work closely in a team environment
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Expertise in reference data and product data management along with experience of product cataloguing and reference management systems
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field and 4 years of hands-on experience in application architecture
- Google Professional Cloud Architect Certification and/or Google Professional Data Engineer Certification (Optional) with two years experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)/ Cloud environment
And any experience of these would be great:
- Experience with Informatica, IBM, and in-house cloud-based solutions and visualisation technologies
- Knowledge of OWASP, ETL, event streaming and reference and products data technologies
- Experience with AI/ML, sophisticated analytics, and enterprise collaboration
- Familiarity with CDN, microservices, Apigee, and serverless architectures
- Experience with VMware, OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes, Istio
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
This is a place for you:
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
Solution Architect (CDS) employer: Lloyds Banking Group
As a Solution Architect at our Bristol office, you'll be part of a dynamic team driving significant transformation in customer data services. We pride ourselves on a hybrid work culture that promotes flexibility and inclusivity, alongside a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous pension contributions, performance bonuses, and extensive wellbeing initiatives. Join us to not only advance your career with opportunities for growth but also to contribute to meaningful projects that impact millions of customers.
