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Senior Solutions Architect

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Must-Have Skills
- 12+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years as Solution Architect.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale banking transformation programs.
- Strong experience engaging with senior business and technology stakeholders.
- Proven delivery of large-scale banking transformation, cloud migration or modernisation programmes.
- Deep banking domain expertise covering core banking, payments/cards, lending, KYC/AML, risk, compliance and regulatory reporting.
- Strong payments knowledge: SWIFT, SEPA, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Open Banking and PSD2.
- End-to-end solution architecture, including architecture blueprints, HLD/LLD, roadmaps, reviews and governance.
- Strong microservices, event-driven, domain-driven and API-first architecture experience.
- Cloud-native and hybrid architecture experience on Azure, AWS or GCP.
- Enterprise integration using REST/SOAP APIs, Kafka or MQ and platforms such as APIGEE, MuleSoft or Azure Integration Services.
- Application architecture exposure to Java/Spring Boot, .NET Core or Node.js, plus Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
- Strong data architecture knowledge across SQL/NoSQL, data warehousing, big data and data lakes.
- DevOps and automation experience with CI/CD, GitHub/Jenkins, Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Security architecture, authentication, authorisation, data protection and banking regulatory compliance.
- Strong senior stakeholder engagement, technical leadership and globally distributed team leadership.
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I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
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StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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