Cards Architects (JavaScript Coding)

Cards Architects (JavaScript Coding)

Posted 4 days ago by Insight International (UK) Ltd

Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Summary: The role of Cards Architect involves designing and executing custom application features for card products, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture strategies. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to provide architectural direction and manage risks effectively. Candidates should possess extensive experience in banking applications and a strong background in financial services, particularly in lending or cards. The role is contract-based and requires on-site presence three days a week in Sheffield.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Understand the Design and Requirements and develop and execute custom application features and functions
  • Understand the BRD and break the requirements into MVP’s and stories
  • Accountable for end-to-end solution design; strategically aligned, cost effective architecture solutions
  • Work alongside a wide range of stakeholders, providing architecture direction and leadership to teams
  • Create relationships with sponsors to define and support business strategy and technology roadmaps
  • Manage risk; effectively manage and escalate risks and issues
  • Ensure relevant architecture governance and standards are met
  • Mentor and support others
  • Partner with external suppliers to define architecture patterns and integration approaches
  • Stay up to date with technology trends and communicate to peers and stakeholders

Key Skills:

  • 15+ years of experience in development and maintenance of complex banking applications
  • Significant background in financial services or related industry
  • Experience in delivering solutions as an architect or in other roles
  • Proven ability to deliver in a matrixed organisation
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Comfortable collaborating with a range of stakeholders
  • Knowledge of, or certification in at least one cloud platform
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Awareness of infrastructure, integration, data, messaging or security
  • Digital Banking Retail Experience (Cards or Loans preferable)
  • Full stack solution design skills
  • Cyber security mindset
  • Resilient and High Availability design experience
  • Cloud Certification

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Sheffield

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: Cards Architects

Location: Sheffield (3days/week On-Site)

Job Type: Contract

In this role, you will:

  • Understand the Design and Requirements and develop and execute custom application features and functions
  • Understand the BRD and break the requirements into MVP’s and stories
  • Strong knowledge of more than 1 Card products
  • Accountable for end-to-end solution design; strategically aligned, cost effective architecture solutions that adhere to platform architecture roadmaps and overall enterprise architecture strategy
  • Working alongside a wide range of stakeholders, providing architecture direction and leadership to teams
  • Create relationships with sponsors to define and support business strategy and technology roadmaps
  • Able to manage risk; Effectively manage and escalate risks and issues
  • Ensure relevant architecture governance and standards are met
  • Mentor and support others
  • Partner with external suppliers to define architecture patterns and integration approaches
  • Stay up to date with technology trends and communicate to peers and stakeholders

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

  • 15+ experience in development and maintenance of complex banking applications such as credit card processing
  • Significant background in financial services or related industry. Lending or Cards experience is considered a plus.
  • Experience in delivering solutions over a number of years either as an architect or in roles other than architecture
  • Proven ability to deliver in a matrixed organisation, including working collaboratively and resolving conflicts
  • Able to work with ambiguous problems and create solutions through excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Comfortable collaborating with a range of stakeholders to develop solutions, across both business and IT organisations
  • Knowledge of, or certification in at least one cloud platform
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communications appropriately to the audience
  • Awareness of infrastructure, integration, data, messaging or security are also relevant technical skills.
  • Ability to be pragmatic, flexible, have a sense of ownership, develop networks, and be culturally sensitive are also relevant personal attributes.
  • Digital Banking Retail Experience (Cards or Loans preferable)
  • Full stack solution design skills (Web, App, API, Orchestration, Mainframe (not essential)
  • Cyber security mindset
  • Resilient and High Availability design experience
  • Cloud Certification