Enterprise Architect - Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Banco Santander SA

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Come and join us on our journey of transformation as an Enterprise Architect within Santander Enterprise Services. You'll work closely with other architecture teams, such as Functional, Technical, Data & Security Architecture and you will collaborate with Business and IT colleagues in Santander UK as well as Santander Global Architecture.

As an Enterprise Architect you'll create domain specific sustainable architecture strategies aligned with Santander's goal of helping people to prosper and realise maximum potential. We are passionate about radical simplification and building strong foundations, we think customer and embrace change. You'll work closely with stakeholders throughout the organisation and will guide a portfolio of solutions within the local Santander Architecture landscape and governance framework.

You will be part of an Architecture Community that spans all functions and domains across the bank, we share knowledge and support one another to ensure the ongoing evolution of this important capability.

The successful candidate will have experience in several areas from the

following:

• Treasury Services: All aspects of the Treasury Services: Liquidity Reporting, Asset Liability Management, Position Management, Treasury Reporting, Securitisation, Balance Sheet Management, Risk Controls, FATCA & MiFiD Reporting, Execution & Affirmation
• Treasury Solutions: Wall Street, Calypso, Murex

The difference you'll make:

• Keeping accountability for the solution architecture and ratification of all architectural decisions proposed by the Business Architect and Solutions Architect
• Maintaining architecture strategy within the specific domain
• Ensuring all solutions align with enterprise, group and domain architecture strategies, documentation standards and that best practice is followed using approved components and including the relevant decommissioning
• Identifying any inter-dependencies between various changes within the domain and/or wider
• Providing guidance, including input into the goals and objectives of the Business Architect and Solutions Architect
• Managing the caveats and actions for each change to ensure effective resolution in the agreed timeframe

What you'll bring:

• Comprehensive Domain Specific knowledge and domain driven design experience, with a working knowledge of the BIAN framework, TOGAF, ArchiMate and API & microservice architecture solutions
• Proven experience in defining & maintaining complex Strategic and Transitional Architectures . Architectures need to consider
  functional / technical / network / infrastructure / security aspects / cross domain dependencies in order to deliver sustainable and cost effective solutions to meet the domains goals & vision
• The ability to communicate complex concepts, to challenge and
  influence a diverse set of stakeholders in order to ensure consistency of understanding and alignment of goals. To be a confident and practised communicator, with excellent stakeholder management skills, both within the organisation and externally
• Experience of planning and organizing concepts, eg managing the Domain Solution Architects to review solution design for projects, understand the key architectural decisions and provide guidance and input ensuring consistency in deliverables methodology & governance processes. Managing caveats and resolving associated actions
• Being flexible with a 'can do' attitude with a strong sense of initiative with the ability to learn fast - new concepts and skills - and deal calmly with situations under pressure
• Be passionate about driving and leading change by creating practical, workable architectures aligned to the bank's IT principles and following the bank's governance processes

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Experience of using Architecture tools e.g. Avolution Abacus
• Have knowledge & experience of AWS & Cloud Architectures
• Experience of defining & building APIs
• Well-developed understanding of the Group's overall aims, structures, and policies, together with a detailed understanding of the Group IT vision, strategy and culture

What else you need to know:

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.

By working this way, we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we're happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.

This role is based in Milton Keynes and our current expectation is at least 2 days in the office every week.

If you're interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Application process

If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be:

1st Stage – Technical Interview – this will a 60min technical interview with two members of the team

2nd Stage – A one-hour formal interview where we will ask both technical and competency-based questions. This can be done virtually or face to face depending on your situation.

If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion

At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Competitive Salary
• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after five year's service, with the option to purchase up to five contractual days per year
• £6,000 car allowance per year
• Company funded individual private medical insurance
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
• Share in Santander's success by investing in our share plans

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply.

If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it's a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we're available through telephone, email, or face to face.
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