Solutions Architect (AI & Event-Driven)

Glasgow
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12 months Fixed Term Contract (option to convert to Perm)

Glasgow (Hybrid, 3 days a week on-site in Glasgow)

This opportunity is for a highly skilled and experienced Solution Architect to join an exciting new Consultancy entrant to the Scottish market. This role focuses on defining, implementing, and promoting robust architecture patterns to support scalable, secure, and efficient technology solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in solution and enterprise architecture, experience in Financial Services, and a strong foundation in designing complex, distributed systems.

To progress in this role candidates must be able to demonstrate their abilities through participating in several major projects where they were the main contributor to solutions architecture patters involving event-driven architecture, bulk data movement, cloud-native services or secure data handling, ideally with an Artificial Intelligence angle.

Within this Solutions Architecture post, role responsibilities will include:

Contributing to complex, distributed enterprise solutions.
Lead the development, documentation, and ratification of architecture patterns
Focus on successful patterns on event-driven architecture, bulk data movement, cloud-native services, AI, and secure data handling.
Being the SME supporting/coaching others implementing these patterns efficiently.
Own the adoption of patterns and best practices ensuring consistency and alignment with enterprise standards.
Participate in architecture communities to foster knowledge-sharing and innovation.
Champion the latest architecture and technology trends.
Producing and presenting solutions for approval.

To be successful in this Solutions Architecture roles, candidates must demonstrate:

A proven track record over multiple years in Solutions Architecture within enterprise financial services.
A career track record of progressing through "hands-on" Engineering into Architecture
A deep demonstrable understanding of architecture patterns, balancing scalability, cost, performance and security.
Advanced interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to present complex architectural ideas to diverse stakeholders.
A hands-on approach to technology solutions, demonstrating proficiency and knowledge in programming languages. (where coding daily may not be part of the role, the ability to demonstrate coding skills will be assessed at interview) with working knowledge of JavaScript, Java, TypeScript or Python required.
Understanding of experimental design, statistical analysis, and data-driven decision making.
Proficiency in collaborating with data scientists to translate advanced models into scalable production code.
Familiarity with AI-driven frameworks like knowledge graphs, natural language processing (NLP), or recommendation systems.
A proven track record in taking ownership from problem analysis, logical solution provision, through to technical solutions delivery.

***Please note the hybrid working model of 3 days on-site weekly will require candidates to be based within an easily commutable distance of Glasgow.

***Please note our customer does not have a Visa Sponsorship licence in place at this time.

Reward

In return our client offers strong packages and salaries depending on experience. They have a track record of supporting personal, technical and career development. They have a reputation for working with the best technologists and enhancing existing technical skills. Initially a 12-month fixed term contract, with opportunities to convert to perm.

Next Steps

Please submit suitably qualified CV's in the first instance highlighting skills & experience relevance, and commitment to the hybrid (Glasgow) working requirements.

Preference will be given to those candidates that address the requirement of the role and their experience relevancy in their application

Technical References
Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, Architectural patterns, Design patterns, Event-driven Architecture, Data movement, Cloud-native services, Secure data handling, TOGAF, SCM, AWS, Azure, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Spring, SQL, Sybase, NoSQL, MongoDB, Artificial Intelligence, AI-driven frameworks, Knowledge Graphs, Natural Language Processing, NLP, Recommendation Systems, Big Data, Messaging, MQ, JMS, Linux, Shell, CI, Continuous Improvement, Agile, Object Orientated Analysis.

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