Solution Architect
Core
Designing and producing High Level Solution Architectures (HLSAs) and low-level designs for investment management platforms, ensuring solutions meet governance, cybersecurity, and data standards.
Role type
Senior Solution Architect (Investment Management)
Builds
Investment management platforms, trading, custody, and investment accounting systems
Domain
Financial Services / Investment Management
Required skills
Investment management domain expertise, end-to-end solution architecture, complex enterprise environment experience, stakeholder communication, commercial and architectural judgement, technology vendor management
Preferred skills
TOGAF certification, enterprise architecture experience aligned to technology strategy
Technologies
Investment ecosystems, SDLC tools, external partner integration platforms
Responsibilities
Designing and producing High Level Solution Architectures (HLSAs) and review low-level designs across multiple programmes, Making and documenting key technology decisions that unblock delivery teams, Partnering with Product Owners, engineers, and delivery teams to keep solutions practical and scalable, Representing Challenger in technical discussions with external partners, Managing technology vendor relationships and keeping partner delivery on track, Identifying and managing technical debt and interdependency risks across overlapping workstreams, Ensuring solutions meet governance, cybersecurity, privacy and data standards, Contributing to the enterprise architecture direction and reference architecture where relevant, Participating in the Architecture Review Board and supporting governance across solutions, designs and decision
