Solution Architect

Overview

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This is a great opportunity to make an impact on our IT Transformation journey, where you will work in a multi-vendor environment with a new team and a platform built from scratch using native technologies.

In this role, you will support the CCoE Customers by developing solutions and features in our Cloud Platforms. You will ensure that DevOps teams using the platform benefit from already built solutions and patterns that accelerate delivery while ensuring compliance and security. This is a key role in bringing new solutions to enhance BAU and ensure automation is adopted by design.

In this Role, you will

• Design of new features in the bank's Public Cloud Platforms aligned to Business requirements feeding it to the sprints executed by the CCoE Cloud Engineering team
• Pursue improvements in the platform related to compliance, security and operations excellence via automation
• Refine requirements ensuring the built solution will be aligned to business and customer needs
• Guide BUs and other areas on the best use of the CCoE Supported Cloud Platforms
• Guide Partners on the solution implementation once designed
• Represent the solution in needed forums for approval (Architecture and Security for instance)
• Assess opportunities for Cloud adoption with BUs, Group IT colleagues and partners to create business cases for adoption
• Drive Cloud adoption by collaborating with Group Architecture, Security and other IT and IO areas
• Constantly review the Bank's Public Cloud Platform for innovation and cost optimisation
• Support the Cloud Design Authority in the technical space, providing recommendations to projects on how to best use the Cloud
• Work with other Bank areas to ensure security by design and appropriate guardrails
• Create and document repeatable patterns to accelerate cloud adoption and reduce overhead for platform customers

What Will Make You Stand Out

You have 5+ years experience in Cloud Services and architecture with significant experience of cloud technologies, especially AWS and Microsoft Azure. You are a subject matter expert on areas relating to customer applications and services (e.g., AI/Machine Learning, Containers, Security, Big Data, etc.).

You have the ability to influence roadmaps, support scalability and optimisation with an understanding of commercial imperatives. You are a strong communicator at all levels and have experience managing third parties / multiple vendors. You understand risk and operations in a regulatory sector. You display a product mindset for how projects consume these services.

Technical Skills Required

• Strong DevSecOps experience
• AWS and Azure full stack exposure
• CI / CD and automation pipelines
• Problem / Incident management experience (ITIL)
• Pro-active issue resolution and diagnostics

Desirable Skills

• Cloud related qualifications such as AWS/Azure technologies
• Project management certification PRINCE 2 / PMI or equivalent desirable
• Six Sigma or equivalent an advantage

Essential Qualifications

• Cloud technologies certifications; ideally to Solution Architect Level

More About The Team

The Infrastructure Operations Team enables the Service by coordinating with partners to provide the technology required to run the business, secure data, improve stability and remain current to deliver premier service. The Cloud Centre of Excellence enables Cloud adoption and acts as a trusted advisor for Cloud adoption in the Bank as a foundation for Digital Transformation.

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland culture prioritises work-life balance with flexible working, 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. We offer 6 months paid maternity leave, a fertility and surrogacy policy, and working parent support. We provide wellbeing resources and support for educational and professional qualifications to grow your career.

Key Competencies

• Champion Transformation - Self
• Accountable - Self
• Agile - Self
• Customer Focused - Self
• One Group, one team - Self

Bank of Ireland Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Seniority level: Associate

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Banking

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