Solution Architect

Job Title: Core Banking Solution Architect London/Knutsford

About the Job you are considering:
Responsible for aligning business data application and technology architecture while meeting regulatory security and scalability requirements Key Responsibilities Define target solution architecture and integration patterns Design secure scalable integrations with core banking and lending platforms Establish nonfunctional requirements and operational models Support business case roadmap definition and technical governance Required Skills Experience 15 years in solution or enterprise architecture Strong lending domain experience Wholesale Corporate preferred Expertise in microservices APIs UI and cloud architectures.

Job Role

• Align business, data, application, and technology architecture to deliver secure, scalable, and regulator‑compliant solutions
• Define and own target‑state solution architectures and integration patterns across lending and core banking platforms
• Design and govern secure, scalable integrations supporting end‑to‑end lending and business workflows
• Establish and enforce non‑functional requirements including performance, resilience, scalability, and security
• Define operational, deployment, and support models suitable for both pilot and enterprise‑scale implementations
• Support business case development, technology roadmap creation, and architectural decision‑making
• Provide architectural governance and design assurance across solution delivery lifecycles
• Ensure alignment to enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and security controls
• Guide initiatives from proof‑of‑concept through to stable, scalable production implementations.
  
  

Job Skills

• 15+ years of experience in Solution Architecture or Enterprise Architecture roles
• Strong domain expertise in lending platforms, with Wholesale or Corporate Banking experience preferred
• Proven expertise in microservices‑based architectures and API‑led integration patterns
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native platforms, scalable distributed systems, and UI architectures
• Experience defining and validating non‑functional requirements for enterprise systems
• Solid understanding of security, scalability, and operational resilience in regulated environments
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into robust, compliant technical solutions
• Experience working with enterprise governance, risk, and compliance frameworks
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills across business and technology teams.
  
  

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with Agentic AI, intelligent document processing, OCR, or AI‑enabled workflow solutions
• Familiarity with banking regulatory, risk, and control frameworks
• Exposure to automation platforms, data‑driven decisioning, or workflow orchestration technologies.

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 Manage Mentor, 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.
Make it real | www.capgemini.com.