Overview

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LOCATIONS: Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds or Halifax

HOURS: Full time, 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

This range is provided by Lloyds Banking Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

What you’ll do

• Contribute to architectural decisions and support the Architecture Lead in defining and delivering technology strategy.
• Help create and maintain architecture roadmaps, guardrails, and patterns, collaborating with colleagues across the business.
• Prepare architectural artefacts and documentation to support governance and compliance.
• Build strong relationships with business, engineering, and CTO stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date technical skills and stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Conduct external research to inform business design and enable corporate strategy.
• Collaborate with a team of architects to ensure alignment with group and technology strategy.
• Work in an agile way, participating in agile ceremonies and supporting iterative delivery.

What we’ll need

• Strong Enterprise Architecture experience with good working knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) and exposure to a range of modern technologies including:
• Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and hybrid hosting architectures
• APIs, microservices, and modular applications
• Data strategies (data lifecycle, ETL, data modelling, governance)
• Cybersecurity
• Technology sustainability
• Payments, digital transformation, retail banking
• Strong communication and storytelling skills
• Ability to build trusted relationships across engineering, product, and business teams
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with tech trends
• Willingness to drive process improvements and adopt best practices
• Passion for exploring emerging technologies and assessing their potential impact on the business
• Ability to conduct external research and horizon scanning to identify new tools, platforms, and trends
• Experience evaluating and experimenting with innovative solutions to inform architectural decisions and strategic direction

About working for us

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects modern society. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and offer reasonable adjustments for candidates who need them. Our benefits include:

• Up to 15% pension contribution
• Annual bonus award (subject to Group performance)
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle
• Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave

If you’re excited by the thought of joining our team, we’d love to hear from you!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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