Senior Enterprise Architect (Markets and Investments)

Location: Hybrid, with 40% or two days per week at the London, Edinburgh or Bristol office sites, with flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns available as a workplace adjustment.

Salary: £92,701–£109,060 per year

Company

hirify.global is a major UK banking organisation developing Markets and Investment Banking capabilities to support commercial clients and help Britain prosper.

What you will do

• Lead a small team and take accountability for architectural decisions within the Markets area.
• Design clear and actionable architectures for Markets platforms and strategic business propositions.
• Shape current, target and transition architectures, roadmaps and practical technology strategies.
• Lead architecture governance and design decisions for a business-facing architecture team.
• Partner with Markets teams, Group Enabling Platforms, Technology, Risk, Business stakeholders and third-party vendors.
• Ensure architecturally significant outcomes align technology delivery with business priorities.

Requirements

• Strong experience in Markets or Investment Banking, including a strong understanding of front-to-back trading technology.
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture, ideally within Markets or Investment Banking.
• Broad architecture knowledge across business, applications, data, infrastructure and security, including market and reference data.
• Experience leading architecture governance and design decisions for a business-facing architecture team.
• Understanding of resilience, disaster recovery, automation, observability and production readiness.
• Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to influence senior Technology, Risk and Business leaders and turn complex requirements into clear direction.

Culture & Benefits

• Agile working environment focused on complex, high-impact challenges and collaboration.
• Up to 15% pension contribution, annual bonus subject to Group performance and share schemes including free shares.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
• Benefits adaptable to individual needs, including discounted shopping.
• Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, with reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.