Lead Technical Architect
Salary: National ranging from £67,100 to £100,000 and London £73,700 to £110,000
The team / department
The landscape of financial services regulation is constantly changing, impacting the way in which the FCA regulates. Business and Technology Solutions (BTS) enables the FCA to deliver, through the implementation and management of cutting-edge, industry leading technology and digital solutions, used by tens of thousands of firms and millions of consumers across the financial services sector in their interactions with the FCA.
BTS is ambitious, with an established and forward-thinking digital strategy, focused on exploiting cloud technologies, and an operating model recognised as more pioneering than many in the private sector. BTS is actively focused on the professional development of colleagues throughout their careers with us. As a division, BTS is committed to establishing a culture of inclusion that enables diversity to underpin our ways of working.
What you will be doing (the role)
Produce architectural solutions, including security requirements and detailed designs, aligned with enterprise architecture standards to meet acceptance criteria
Design and implement high-performance architectural patterns while analysing the performance of complex Salesforce orgs to ensure stability and efficiency
Review and quality assure artifacts from external suppliers and internal teams, ensuring adherence to business and non-functional requirements
Shape technical roadmaps that identify the scope, prioritization, and timelines for delivering capabilities, while addressing technical debt
Identify opportunities for product innovation and lead design proposals, driving quick wins and aligning with the product roadmap
What you will get from the role
An opportunity to lead our technology focused engineering teams
A chance to work in small cross functional, self-organising and autonomous teams passionate about delivering value continuously
Opportunity to be part of teams that work smart, learn from mistakes and not afraid of failing fast
We enjoy having a sense of purpose in our job, knowing that we’re serving those in need.
We believe in innovation, not prescription
Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.
Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:
28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Private healthcare with Bupa
A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
Income protection
We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.
Minimum
Experience as a technical architect working in financial services or government / regulatory bodies, with experience of creating strategies, roadmaps and architectural delivery plans, enabling innovation for the relevant products, platforms, systems or components, on large projects (£5M+)
Significant experience working with formal architectural methodologies and frameworks, including TOGAF, and architecture modelling tools (Erwin, EA Sparx, RSA etc.)
Significant experience of working through the end-to-end project and/or product delivery lifecycle with employees, 3rd party or offshore suppliers following development methodologies (e.g. Prince2, RUP, Scrum, Agile, DevOps)
Essential
Commercially aware with the ability to understand supplier proposals and promote cost-effective solutions
TOGAF certified, demonstrating expertise in enterprise architecture
Salesforce Admin certified and actively working toward additional Salesforce certifications
Possess relevant solution architecture skills, including Data, Application, and Infrastructure expertise
Proven ability to innovate within a product stack while ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture standards
Proficient knowledge of UML for effective modeling and design
Good overall understanding of technology trends and industry standards in IT products and best practices for application, solution, and platform architectures
Experience managing architectural risk throughout the project lifecycle and during operational phases, with familiarity in DevOps and Agile methodologies
The FCA regulates the conduct of nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.
The FCA's Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Technical Specialist role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.
Multi-location
As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact:
What to expect from our interview process
This will consist of a two stage interview process, technical and competency based interviews.
We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.
If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.
Security Clearance/Vetting
The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.
Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.
