Solution Architect

What is the opportunity?
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
The Cloud Platform Architect will support the CCoE Customers by developing solutions and features in our Cloud Platforms.
You will ensure that DevOps teams using the platform will benefit from already built solutions and patterns accelerating delivery and ensuring compliance and security.
This a key role in bringing new solutions to enhance the business-as-usual (BAU) day to day 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 execute 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's 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 for the solution in the needed forums for approval (Architecture and Security for instance).
Assess of opportunities for Cloud adoption working together with BUs, Group IT colleagues and partners in order to create business cases for adoption.
Drive Cloud adoption by working together with Group Architecture, Security and other IT and IO's areas seeking new opportunities and areas of improvement.
Constantly review the Bank's Public Cloud Platform looking for innovation and cost optimisation - new technologies, new design trends and ways of working.
Support the Cloud Design Authority in the technical space, providing recommendations and guidance to projects/internal Customers on how to best use the Cloud
Work together with the other Bank's areas in order to ensure security by design is adopted and all the guardrails suitable for both security and user needs.
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 understand and input to the roadmap, support scalability, optimisation with an understanding of commercial imperatives and impacts.
You are a strong communicator at all levels of the organisation and have experience managing third parties / multiple vendors.
You understand risk and the operations in a regulatory sector.
You display a product mind-set and thinking about how projects consume these services
Technical Skills Required:
Strong DevSecOps experience
AWS and Azure full stack exposure
CI / CD and automatization 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 Quaifications
Cloud technologies certifications; ideally to Solution Architect Level
More About The team
The Infrastructure Operations Team role is to "Enable the Service" through driving our partners in providing the Bank with the Technology required to run the business, securing the Customers and Banks data, improving stability and remaining current in order to provide a premier servic e.
The Cloud Centre of Excellence has the mission to enable Cloud and to act as a trusted advisor for the Cloud Adoption in the Bank which is a foundation for Digital Transformation
Why work with us?
The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions.
Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.
Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available.
We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance 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.