SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Job Title: Solution Architect

Location: London/Northampton

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect with strong expertise in banking deposit products (particularly Notice/Term Deposits) to lead the documentation, assessment, and design of end‑to‑end architecture for onboarding and servicing journeys. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of financial services, excellent communication skills, and proven experience creating high‑quality solution designs and architectural assets.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role

Architecture & Solution Design

• Document the current (“As‑Is”) end‑to‑end architecture for Notice Deposits product onboarding and servicing journeys.
• Identify and document all solution components, integration touchpoints, supporting systems, and dependencies for both client and employee journeys.
• Create comprehensive architectural documentation using Confluence/JIRA, including:
  • Logical Architecture diagrams
  • Sequence Diagrams
  • Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
  • High-Level Designs (HLDs)
• Conduct impact assessments for changes across systems and journeys.

Stakeholder Management & Governance

• Perform peer reviews with internal teams and client SMEs to ensure architecture accuracy and completeness.
• Present solution documents in relevant Design Authority forums and incorporate feedback.
• Walk stakeholders—both technical and non‑technical—through solution designs and architecture decisions.
• Lead and facilitate workshops to understand current state architecture and identify candidates for future-state modernization.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with cross‑functional teams to support project deliverables, ensuring quality and timely completion.
• Collaborate with business, technology, operations, and risk partners to ensure alignment on solution approaches.
• Support the identification and optimization of cost drivers to ensure cost‑effective architectural solutions.

Your Job

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency with data technologies, including real‑time data streaming and batch processing.
• Experience designing solutions for banking deposit products, especially term or notice deposits.
• Ability to assess solution risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Solid understanding of banking processes, financial services architecture, and integration patterns.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and client engagement capabilities.
• Ability to drive consensus, manage expectations, and lead discussions with senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in core banking transformations or deposit systems modernization.
• Familiarity with architectural frameworks and patterns (TOGAF, microservices, event-driven architecture, etc.).
• Background in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or technical business analysis.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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