Solution Architect / Delivery Lead

Key Responsibilities:

Produce the High-Level Design (HLD) for the DPC (DATA PRODUCT CATALOGUE) solution in the target Development environment.

Define target architecture for application hosting, database connectivity (PostgreSQL, Neo4j), secrets management, and platform integrations, in line with GDP architectural standards.

Lead architecture and Design Authority (DA) governance reviews to secure approval.

Assess existing DPC (DATA PRODUCT CATALOGUE) codebase, application architecture, and deployment artefacts; define refactoring approach to replace local components with enterprise services.

Design integration connectivity with enterprise metadata and lineage services.

Manage end-to-end delivery plan across design, build, integration, and deployment phases.

Coordinate with platform team on environment setup and governance/DA processes.

Required Skills/Experience:

Enterprise solution architecture experience, ideally within banking/financial services.

Strong knowledge of Azure cloud architecture, Terraform/IaC, and API-based integration patterns.

Experience with PostgreSQL and graph databases (Neo4j).

Familiarity with data mesh/data product concepts and metadata management platforms.

Experience presenting to Design Authority/governance boards.

Strong Understanding of Azure data services and API-based integration.

Next.js 14, FastAPI Python, Pipeline orchestration, Data transformation, Data quality, Casbin RBAC, Kuzu knowledge graph, Apache Iceberg, MCP AI server integration and ODCS v2 data contracts layer.

Experience in establishing the infrastructure, pipelines, processes, and governance required for production environment and integration with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, ITSM, IAM, and the bank's data platform.

Proven delivery/project management experience on enterprise data or platform engineering programmes.

Experience working within banking governance frameworks (Design Authority, release management).

Strong stakeholder management across vendor and client technology teams.

Familiarity with Agile/hybrid delivery methods and CI/CD-based release cycles