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Solution Architect

Information Technology

Job Description

End Date

Wednesday 30 July 2025

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Reduced Hours

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

SALARY:  

London: £104,686 –135,476 pa  
Regional: : £90,440-117,040 pa  

LOCATION: Edinburgh, Leeds, Halifax, London 
HOURS: Full time – 35 hours per week 
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site 

 

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY 

We’re looking for a Senior Solution Architect to join our dynamic architecture community across multiple platforms in the bank. This is a pivotal leadership role where you’ll shape complex, cross-platform solution designs that deliver real value to our customers. You’ll work at the heart of our agile delivery model, collaborating with product owners, engineers, and enterprise architects to ensure our solutions are resilient, scalable, and aligned with our technology strategy. 

 

ABOUT US 

We’re transforming to meet the evolving needs of over 26 million customers. With billions invested in our people, data, and technology, we’re building a modern, inclusive, and forward-thinking organisation. Join us and be part of something extraordinary. 

 

ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO 

  • Lead the design of complex, end-to-end solution architectures across teams, labs, and platforms. 

  • Shape the solution architecture forward look to inform product roadmaps and technical planning. 

  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture teams to align designs with strategic goals. 

  • Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including resilience, security, and scalability. 

  • Drive innovation and continuous improvement in solution design and delivery. 

  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams 

  • Participate in agile ceremonies and deliver iteratively, ensuring continuous feedback and value. 

 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED 

Architecture & Software Development:  

  • Strong software engineering and architecture background, with experience across the full solution development lifecycle—from inception through to production. 

  • Proven experience designing complex, cross-platform solutions in a large-scale agile environment. 

  • Strong understanding of modern cloud-native architectures, microservices, and API design. 

  • Experience with architectural governance, risk management, and technical debt mitigation. 

 

Cloud solutions:  

  • Experience with Public and Private Cloud Solutions, ideally including Google Cloud Platform and OpenShift Container Platform. 

  • Strong understanding of modern cloud-native architectures, microservices, and secure, scalable solution design. 

 

Collaboration & leadership:  

  • Excellent partner collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. 

 

Digital transformation & Delivery: 

  • Experience delivering Digital Transformation Solutions, with a deep understanding of system design decisions and their impact on scalability, resilience, and supportability. 

 

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU ALSO HAD… 

  • Experience with data modelling and understanding of Data Architecture. 

  • Exposure to mainframe systems and integration. 

  • Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes. 

  • Understanding of authentication and authorisation concepts, including experience designing and implementing zero trust models. 

  • Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and resilience-by-design principles. 

 

ABOUT WORKING FOR US  

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 were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. 

 

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. 

 

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need. 

 

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including: 

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15% 

  • Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance 

  • Share schemes including free shares 

  • 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays 

  • Flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle 

  • Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies 

 

If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape the future of technology and deliver impactful solutions, we’d love to hear from you! 

 

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Lloyds Banking Group
About Lloyds Banking Group

 

We're changing financial services, and we want you to join us.

We're the UK's largest financial services group, with our 25 million customers and a history stretching back more than 300 years.

We pride ourselves on creating a great environment for colleagues to work in, one which is inclusive and driven by our values. This is critical to our business success as we know that colleagues who can show up to work as themselves are those that bring their best.

We're an inclusive and open organisation with a scale that creates a vast range of roles and opportunities. We offer a plenty of options for continual personal growth and you'll be part of a culture which embraces diversity of talent, creativity, skills and thinking among our teams.

 

 

Workplace Initiatives

Opportunities for people returning from a career break

Yes our Returner opportunities offer a career path to candidates with a 18 month year break in their career’ with ‘Yes, our Returner opportunities are aimed at candidates who have had a 18 month or more career break

Leadership development programmes?

Yes

Mentoring programmes?

Yes

Coaching programmes?

Yes

Employee-led diversity networks?

Yes

Internal women’s networking groups?

Yes

Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage?

Yes

No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary:

 20 weeks based on full pay + 19 weeks at the current statutory maternity pay rate

Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave:

No qualifying service period

No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary:

6 weeks

Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave:

No qualifying service period

Gender pay gap reporting information (insert year) (UK): 2022

Average pay gap:

 30.5%

Median pay gap:

33.6%

Average bonus gap:

 62.5%

Median bonus gap:

69.5%

Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter?

Yes

Targets to raise the number of women in leadership?

Yes

Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership?

Yes

Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index?

Yes

Flexible Working Policy

We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.

For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.

 

Flexible Working Policy

We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.

For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.

Returner opportunities

Returning to work after time away can be challenging. That’s why we offer Returner opportunities that are designed to assist people returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more and our roles are permanent from the day one. Whether you’ve been away from work due to parenthood, illness, or even travel, we’re looking forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow!

What can you expect?

Coming back into the world of work after a career break can be really daunting – and we therefore know how important flexibility is. We’re very aware that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, so will happily have the discussion about different working patterns with you.

These roles have been created with your career break in mind, making sure we are there to support you in your transition back to work. You will be brought in on a permanent contract and given meaningful work from day one. Plus, you’ll be paired with a buddy or mentor from your team to help guide you along the way. You’ll also benefit from being part of the wider Returners Community and have the chance to create a personal development plan that works for you.

Who are we looking for?

While banking or professional services experience is desirable, especially for some roles, we care more about the transferable skills you can bring to our business.

Testimonials

I had a good network of colleagues already working for Lloyds Banking Group, who were all very passionate about their roles - so it felt the right choice for me and gave me the courage to apply for a Business Analyst role through the Returners. It was a seamless recruitment experience and I was offered a role in the work I wanted to do.

Olufunke Oladinni, Business Analyst


I love being a Project Manager, and I can’t recommend the Lloyds Banking Group Returners enough. It’ll springboard your career, giving you the best opportunity to relaunch yourself and maximise your full potential.

Justin Pierce, Project Manager



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