Enterprise Architect

Big Bank Funding. FinTech Thinking.

Our technology teams in the UK work closely with HSBC’s global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely. We also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank.

Our multi-disciplined teams include: DevOps engineers, IT architects, front and back end developers, infrastructure specialists, cyber experts, as well as project and programme managers.

Global Operations and Automation partners with Global Operations, WPB, MSS, and Wholesale in enabling bank wide operations powered by our intelligent automation ecosystem and operations platforms that automate the bank at scale and accelerate the optimisation of our front-to-back customer journeys. The team are truly global: developing and delivering change across all key markets supported by HSBC with a host of leading technologies

Role Description/Responsibilities:

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for a portfolio of technology architecture projects and to support and contribute to the strategic architecture work within the GO&A Architecture team.

This role will carry out some or all of the following activities:

• Contribute to the overall the enterprise architecture strategy for GO&A working with the regional Architects and Chief Architect

• Promote new practices, processes, operating model, techniques, products, services, technologies and

standards where needed against identified use cases, via the appropriate governance bodies.

• Support the regional business, IT and transformation teams to define the technology change portfolio that enables delivery of the global business / global function strategy.

• Assess solutions as a member of the GO&A design authority

• Support reviews of services provided against HSBC business area strategy and benchmark internally/externally as appropriate for the region

• Stay abreast of technology trends and advise Technology and the business about potential benefits/impacts.

• Provide a consultancy role to Technology and business teams in the region

• Provide full life cycle architectural guidance to development teams and ensure quality technical deliverables..

• Ensure the solution designs created by solution architects are compliant with the platform architecture and roadmap and have been reviewed by the appropriate design authority.

• Ensure design of products and services meet mandatory and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Manage /provide guidance to solution architects within GO&A

To be successful in this role you should have proven experience within the Technology sector with the following skills:

Business

• Experience of working in financial services sector applying technology to business problems

• Able to translate business needs into appropriate IT solutions.

Technical

• Architecture breadth of knowledge & experience spanning Data, Business, Enterprise, Application & Technology Architecture

• Proven ability in translating business requirements into design and execution in a complex technology environment

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills – desire to solve complex problems at scale.

• Experience of Cloud, micro-services, API and modern data architectures

• Legacy platform integration

• Experience of applying digitization, automation and work management techniques and platforms to deliver STP processes (e.g. business process management, robotics, low code platforms, decision engines)

Ideally experience of working with the technologies outlined below:

• Business Process Automation technologies E.g. Workflow / Process Orchestration , Document Recognition, Cognitive Automation, Process Intelligence, Robotics

• Low Code / No Code platforms

• EA tools e.g. BizzDesign

• Collaboration tools (Confluence, JIRA)

Behavioural

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent time management and prioritisation of work tasks.

• Self-motivated enthusiastic and proven rapid learning capability.

• Utilises own initiative to resolve issues.

• Leadership, ability to motivate and develop a solution architecture team

The ideal candidate:

We are looking for a committed team player, who is passionate about technology and focused on business outcomes.

• With an appetite for learning new technologies quickly, you are happy working on deep technical problems, collaborating with subject matter experts to agree solutions.

• You have a passion for technology and want to accelerate adoption of new technologies in a safe and secure way.

• You are meticulous and can demonstrate strong engineering discipline to ensure robust and resilient technical design

• You enjoy working in a global team, valuing the cultural and professional diversity that this brings and will contribute to a high performing team by embracing new ways of working.

• You inspire other architects through innovation, sharing knowledge and are keen to mentor and help your team members to grow in all aspects of their career.

• You will bring cloud knowledge, service based architecture skills and preferably some Devops experience.

• You will communicate clearly and concisely, with the ability to explain complex technical problems in a simple way to a wide range of stakeholders.

The role will be based in Sheffield but some travel may be required. This role supports Hybrid working (2 days in the office per week)

Come Power a Business that Defines How to Power the World

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We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

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