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JOB TITLE:Data SolutionArchitect

SALARY:£86,964 -£102,310

LOCATION(S):Halifax

HOURS:[Full-time]

WORKING PATTERN:Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending atleast two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at ourHalifax Office.

Aboutthis opportunity…

Lloyds Banking Groupis the largest provider of mortgages in the UK, with over 2 millionactive mortgages. We have placed mortgages at the heart of ourstrategy to become the best bank for customers. Our team in theHomes Platform is passionate about creating new services for ourcustomers that transform the customer and colleague experience. Ourculture brings together smart, hardworking people from diversebackgrounds who enjoy a collaborative and innovative environmentthat supports flexible and agileworking.

We are creating a newstrategic data capability to unlock significant businessopportunities, supporting our objectives to create personaliseddata driven customer experience and insight driven businessdecisioning. As a Data Solution Architect, you’ll contribute acrosskey aspects of delivery from initiation through design and intodelivery and beyond. You’ll be a design authority for a lab orgroup of products and possess expert knowledge of multipleapplications, technologies, and business processes across severalplatformdomains.

Aboutus…

Like the modernBritain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people,data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needsof our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us onour journey and you willtoo…

What you’lldo…

• Working as partof an Agile team of architects and engineers, you will cultivatecollaboration through your extensive expertise andinfluence.

• Using datatechnology expertise, you will be able to identity opportunities tounlock its value to thebusiness

• Deliver the besttechnical solutions for complex or significant business needs,where no precedent mayexist.

• Ensure compliancewith the Bank’s IT architecture design and all regulatory,mandatory, and statutory requirements, protecting the Bank at alltimes.

• Run and chairtechnical design meetings to achieve purposeful outcomes, activeinvolvement in architecture and designgovernance.

• Contribute tothe financial investment process to obtain funding for key solutionopportunities.

• Participatein risk management, using it to influence change planning anddelivery.

Here’sWhere You’ll Make a Difference…

Yourcontribution will influence our strategy to enable data to be acore part of our business capability This is a key role at thefinancial heart of the Group, underpinning the long-termsustainability and integrity of theorganization.

What WeNeed from You…

We need a Data SolutionArchitect who understands the challenges of modern softwaredevelopment and exploiting data in a complex enterprise. You willbuild a compelling and powerful image of where we’re heading from adata architecture and design perspective. You will understandtechnology implications for people and processes and will bringthis to your holistic view of design. Ideally, you will haveprevious career experience in software engineering or solutionarchitecture and will be well-placed to define and sell your visionto engineers, architects, and product ownersalike.

What you’llbring…

• Excellentknowledge of the data technology of complex enterprise systems,modern cloud-hosted data solutions, integration patterns, DevOps,and data and event stream technologies and broad experience within-house and vendor-writtenapplications.

• Ability tosupport negotiations to gain agreement from senior stakeholders,seeing the big picture and translating business priorities intotechnicalsolutions

• Experience workingon multiple products simultaneously and understanding therelationships betweenthem.

• Understanding of riskmanagement concepts and how to factor this into work prioritizationmodels.

• Strong understandingof and experience with enterprise architecture principles and datastrategy.

• Experience withrisk, infrastructure, resilience, and security architecturepractices and concerns.

• Ableto communicate effectively with technical and non-technicalaudiences, from end-users to seniorstakeholders.

Aboutworking for us…

Our focus is to ensurewe are inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflectsmodern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We wantour people to feel that they belong and can be their best,regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of thefirst major organisations to set goals on diversity in seniorroles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Workingwith Cancer initiative. And it is why we especially welcomeapplications from under-represented groups. We are disabilityconfident. So, if you would like reasonable adjustments to be madeto our recruitment processes, just let usknow.

We also offer awide-ranging benefits package, whichincludes:

• Agenerous pension contribution of up to15%

• An annualperformance-relatedbonus

• Share schemesincluding freeshares.

• Benefits you canadapt to your lifestyle, such as discountedshopping.

• 30 days’ holiday,with bank holidays on top

• Arange of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leavepolicies

Readyfor a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn,grow, and thrive? Apply today and find outmore.

Join ourjourney.

At Lloyds BankingGroup, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper.Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a differenceto customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a keyrole to play in shaping the financial services of the future,whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have manyopportunities to learn, grow anddevelop.We keep your data safe. So,we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitiveinformation once you have formally been invited along to aninterview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when werun our background checks.  We'll always explain what we needand why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds BankingGroup person. We're focused oncreating a values-led culture and are committed to building aworkforce which reflects the diversity of the customers andcommunities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusiveworkplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to makea real difference.