Solution Enterprise Architect
Salary: 441.60 Umbrella
Location: Hybrid - 2 days per week in Northampton
Duration: 31st December 2025
Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking technology professional to join our team. The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in modern technologies and architectural principles, with a proven ability to design secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions. This role requires a broad understanding of enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and software delivery practices, ideally within the payments or financial services domain.
Essential Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong, broad-based understanding of a wide range of technologies relevant to Barclaycard, including emerging technologies such as AWS, Azure, Java, and Adaptive/Responsive Design.
- Solid awareness of IT Security principles, patterns, and best practices.
- Demonstrated experience in designing secure, scalable, highly available, resilient, and performant solutions.
- In-depth knowledge of software delivery and deployment patterns, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, with a strong grasp of Enterprise Container Platforms (e.g., Docker).
- Familiarity with various integration mechanisms, such as RESTful Web Services and ETL.
- Awareness of data architecture best practices and modern data solutions (e.g., MongoDB, Data-Driven Design).
- Experience with source control, packaging, and build tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, and Gradle.
Desirable Skills & Preferred Qualifications:
- Domain knowledge or experience in Payments/Acquiring, with a good understanding of customer journeys including Authorisations, Scheme Clearing, Scheme Settlement, Merchant Payments, and Chargeback Processing.
- Strong understanding of integration and implementation challenges and their architectural implications.
- Proven expertise in architectural and design best practices, including Domain-Driven Architecture, Event-Based Architecture, Microservices, and principles of resilience, scalability, and performance.
- Familiarity with various project delivery methodologies, lifecycles, and documentation requirements.
- Understanding of service delivery concepts and how technical delivery impacts operational support.
- Appreciation of infrastructure patterns, such as Internet-Facing Environments, Operational Data Stores, and DMZ architectures.