Average Business Architect salary in City of London

Enterprise Architect City of London £80,000 - £90,000 per annum The Company client partnered with a leading specialty insurance organisation looking to hire a Enterprise architect on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity, the business are seeking the modernisation of the existing platform adopting a 'Cloud First' strategy. You will be responsible for building the roadmap for modernisation working closely with heads of business to determine current and future needs. Key Accountabilities: Determining the technology system architecture and functional design needed to support and meet company business goalsSetting the context, defining common elements and creating patterns and standards to apply the details at a project levelAssisting management and stakeholders in evaluating the business' mission and ensuring that the company uses its IT assets effectivelyDocumenting the process using multiple architectural modelsGenerating graphic representations and abstracts of the system architecture modelsEvaluating existing IT systems for exposure or weaknesses that could compromise performance, security or efficiencyFirst-hand experience developing and building models based on The Enterprise FrameworkImplementing shared infrastructure to optimise information management systems Experience required: 5+ years of experience Previous experience of working in Insurance, particularly in the Lloyd's MarketExpertise in one cloud platform, such as Azure, AWS, or GCPStrong knowledge of architecture and integration patternsExcellent understanding of cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architectures If you're interested in learning more please apply with your most recent version of your CV. To be considered you must live and have the right to work in England This business unfortunately can not offer sponsorship #LI-PB1

The Bank of England and Inspire People are partnering together to attract a high-calibre Lead Solution Architect with a solid track record of creating and managing high-level design, on complex large-scale projects within Financial Markets and Banking systems (SWIFT standards, trading systems, front to back-office function, payments etc) with direct line management. This a hybrid role 50/50 role managing 4 /5 Architects and translating business strategic goals and objectives into supporting enterprise-wide technology strategies. Hybrid working opportunities are available with 2 days a week working from the Bank's London or Leeds sites. Circa £78,310 to £90,360 depending on location plus excellent benefits including a 8% cash benefits allowance and 10%-25% bonus. The Bank takes pride in its people, with backgrounds and experiences as diverse as the solutions they provide. You'll enjoy flexible working opportunities, a strong sense of community and well-being, and a collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK. All of which add up to make the Bank a hugely rewarding place to work. The Technology architecture team is responsible for developing and maintaining an enterprise architecture practice that supports the Technology directorate and the wider Bank in achieving its strategic objectives. As a Lead Architect, this is achieved through the following: Line Management of Architects Responsibility for the line management of a team of ArchitectsLeading team members through personal development and training Strategies and Roadmaps Taking a lead role in the development of Technology strategies and roadmaps driving a forward looking perspective in conjunction with your domains' partners and the architecture leadershipResponsible for domains within the Enterprise Architecture and owning the development of the supporting strategies and treatment plans in conjunction with the architects and other colleagues working in those domains Shaping the architecture Responsible for ensuring that your domain's architecture (Blueprints, Technical Options) is developed and delivered in alignment with Technology Strategy, contributing to strategy implementation through portfolio initiatives Leading and influencing the development of architectural artefacts, including baseline and target architectures, architecture building blocks, technical reference model and design patterns Stakeholder Management Responsible for designing and maintaining a stakeholder map that covers the domains for which you are responsible, ensuring engagement and understanding for all architectural outputs. Additionally, considering the wider team stakeholder landscape and helping extend engagement further into business areas where required Technology Leadership Responsible for being a technology ambassador, representing architecture and Technology at governance forums, and being an advocate for the solutions, strategies and roadmaps produced by the team Essential Skills and Experience as a Solutions Architect: Experience as an architect on large scale, complex technology projects, designing platforms, products, systems and components.Experience in architecture planning for large initiatives/programmes, developing architecture blueprint, high level design and implementation of the following aspects of solution architecture: Services, Applications, Integration, Technology, Security and DataExperience of working with and across multiple methodologies and technologies to ensure delivery of critical projects and programmes. Essential Skills: Experience in IT architecture, including application of architecture principles to IT solution designExperience in IT leadership and management, development of highly skilled and engaged teamsMarkets and Banking systems (SWIFT standards, trading systems, front to back-office function, payments)Critical thinking with the ability to develop long term strategies and advocate those strategies with stakeholders as well as conduct research providing summarised results and recommendation. In addition, you can expect a planned, transparent progression with learning and development tailored to your role, and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, plus the following benefits: A non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/95th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/50th) or decrease (to 1/120th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.A 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.25 days annual leave with option to buy up to 13 additional days through flexible benefits.Private medical insurance and income protection. For more information, please contact Charys Colchester or Andrew Medhurst at Inspire People, who are engaged on an exclusive basis by the Bank of England, or apply now.

Elevate your career and become an integral part of the financial backbone of the nation. Inspire People are working with the Bank of England to seek an experienced Technical Architect with expertise in implementing Microsoft SaaS offerings and working with Azure. You will lead on major initiatives within Central Services and contribute to the development of the architecture, strategy and roadmaps of products and platforms. Salary of £70,510 - £90,360 plus 8% cash benefits allowance, 10-25% annual bonus, a non-contributory pension and further benefits. Hybrid working from London or Leeds (2 days a week) and a culture that values work-life balance and professional development. The Technology Directorate helps enable the Bank to deliver on our collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. In Technology, Bank of England (BoE) support a large diverse set of technical solutions and platforms to deliver services to both the Bank and external users. These include critical systems and services that underpin the UK economy, financial supervision, evolving data analytics, collaboration and research. In this role within Central Cervices you will be responsible for leading a number of programmes including on-prem to Azure migrations whilst implementing Microsoft offerings such as M365, Dynamics, SharePoint Online. and Power Platforms. You must be a critical thinker, with ability to research and provide summarised results/recommendations whilst being able to prioritise your work, anticipate problems and meet deadlines. Key Responsibilities As a senior member of the Team, you will be: Taking a leading role on programmes and projects, understanding business imperatives and developing solutions that deliver against the requirements aligned to business and technology strategiesContributing to moving the organisation from E3 to E5Responsible for crafting and producing architectural artefacts for end-to-end solutions, baseline and target architectures, solution blueprints, including high-level design that are aligned to architecture standards, principles and patternsA technology ambassador, representing architecture and technology at governance forums and being an advocate for the solutions, strategies and roadmaps produced by the teamResponsible for contributing to the development and maintenance of the architecture building blocks, architecture repository and continuous improvement initiatives.Helping to improve architecture processes and mentor junior architects within the team Essential Skills Experience of document and records management systems and their implementationsExtensive experience of the Microsoft offerings especially with regards to; M365, Dynamics, SharePoint Online, Power Platforms and moving organisations from E3 to E5Experience in communication and collaboration systems and their implementationsExperience of Azure Cloud implementations and considerations for on-premise V cloud hostedExperience of Productivity and Automation tools and offeringsExperience with different methodologies e.g. agile and/or waterfall environment, proof of concepts and prototypingExperience with sophisticated large scale data and analytics solutions including design of data lifecycle capabilitiesExperience with different database technologies (eg. SQL, NoSQL / time series etc) Desirable Skills Knowledge and exposure of financial regulation / financial services and FTSE 100 organisationExperience of MS Copilots and other related generative AI capabilitiesExperience working with architectural methodologies and frameworks (e.g. TOGAF, Zachman) and experience in architecture modelling toolsAwareness of industry trends across wider technology e.g. RegTech, Cloud, Big data & Analytics, and Cyber security etc. Benefits This specific role offers a base salary of £78,310 - £90,360 London based and £70,501 - £81,360 Leeds based per-annum on full-time basis. In addition, BoE also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below: A non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/95th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/50th) or decrease (to 1/120th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool (8% - 20%)Guaranteed 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.Private medical insurance and income protection.Dental coverInterest-free season ticket loan This role is not just a career move; it's a chance to leave a lasting imprint on the financial landscape of the UK. If you are ready to take on this challenge and possess the required skills and experience, contact Zymante Gintalaite (Zee) at Inspire People or apply here.