Engineer - Solution Architect

In Nationwide Building Society, Unsecured Lending is a portfolio of products including Credit Card and Personal Loans as well as a range of Business Products. The Unsecured lending domain team is responsible for the delivery of services and change for the portfolio as well as roadmaps and strategic inputs into the enterprise technology direction.

With an increased strategic focus on these services, and a drive to modernise the technology landscape, we are looking to expand our team and our capacity to effect change. Integration is a key aspect of overall domain architecture and within Unsecured Lending there are a number of 3rd party engagements and services that contribute to that integration complexity. Internal integrations and customer engagements are also key to the success of the portfolio and architecture plays a key role in steering correct, efficient and consistent use of technology.

As a portfolio, Unsecured Lending has a large amount of modernisation on the roadmaps and the technology architecture of these major activities will be key to the success of the products, needing to both offer and consume the most modern and agile solutions available to nationwide Building Society. To do this we need to establish and effectively communicate a range of architectural direction, patterns and innovative solutions that leverage and support the wider Nationwide estate.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, at one of our offices. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

Working within the small and growing Unsecured Lending architecture function, you’ll be exposed to a range of products rather than being focussed on one.

The nature of the tasks ranges from investigative engagements and problem solving to the creation of technical architectures for change and new build solutions.

Architecture within Nationwide Building Society exists across all domains and as an architect in Unsecure Lending you will be expected take an active role in that community, representing the domains needs to that audience as well as bringing back any relevant discovery to the domain.

You’ll work with Senior Architects, business designers, product representatives and domain engineers to provide and own coherent solution intents, solution visions and when required, technical solution proposals. In addition to project work you’ll support the senior technical architects and contribute to the ongoing maintenance of architecture roadmaps, principles, patterns and standards to reflect best practice and effective use of technology within the portfolio.

About you

• Experience as an architect in the financial sector is important and this should include an understanding of governance and regulatory regimes such as GDPR, PCI-DSS and Consumer Duty
• You should be analytical and a quick learner, able to take on lots of information at speed and be able to demonstrate diligence and attention to detail in documentation and communications
• A good listener and be able to communicate and collaborate with a wide range of audiences including all levels of leadership. You’ll take the lead on providing compelling, considered and honest delivery of domain workshops and governance forums
• Knowledge of event driven architecture and event handling patterns
• Experience of multiple data storage, management and integration technologies and platforms
• Experience in 3rd party engagements
• In a Cloud context - Experience of creating solutions that leverage cloud provider environments including some of the following
  • Security frameworks and tools
  • Containerisation concepts and technologies
  • Data storage and management platforms
  • patterns and technologies of integration into client on-premises infrastructure as well as between different cloud provider estates
  • Implementation and management of bi-directional event architecture

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career.
• Gympass – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

What makes us different

Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank.

As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.

When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. 

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application. 

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