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Responsibilities include defining roadmaps, application and integration strategies, and architectural standards, as well as supporting the establishment of foundational cloud capabilities. The architect will maintain a hands-on approach, drawing on their engineering background to deliver robust solutions, while also fostering collaboration with strategic partners and internal teams to drive continuous improvement and minimise risks. They will be responsible for defining and delivering roadmaps, defining application and integration strategies to support the transformational journey, decision making for application architecture for cloud integration services. Defining architectural standards based on best practices and repeatable processes ensuring they are embedded as part of the technical governance processes. They will play a significant role in defining, maintaining and communicating the IT Strategy, technology roadmaps and play an active role in technical governance. RESPONSIBILITIES Design and develop IT solutions that meet the business requirements and align with the company's technology strategy Conduct feasibility studies and cost-benefit analyses to assess the potential impact of proposed solutions Collaborate with software developers, engineers, and other IT professionals to ensure the successful implementation and integration of solutions Establish and lead on architecture principles, standards, defining reusable standards, guidelines, patterns, and strategies for guiding the use of public cloud and on-premises infrastructure services, , including system diagrams, flowcharts, and data models, to guide the development and implementation process Provide support for the Technology Leadership Team in innovation, advice on strategic IT decisions, technology choices and the assessment of investment cases for technology using excellent written and oral communication skills to present ideas in a business and user friendly language. Assist engineering teams to create and update all project documentation relating to the low-level design, ensuring adherence to both IT architecture and high-level design principles. Apply appropriate, structured methodologies and implement architecture standards and industry best practice Design architectures using the principles of re-use and complexity reduction, while balancing performance, scalability and extensibility Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the organisation remains competitive and innovative. Support the business in our journey to become data-driven, by capturing and understanding their business needs, and defining and implementing Data and Analytics reference architectures, solutions and roadmaps. Provide clarity, thought leadership and design blueprints on Data management including migration, mastery, redundancy & lineage. Design and develop solutions architecture, data architecture and data governance specs based on the to-be processes that are part of the business and digital transformations. SKILLS: Demonstrated exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing Proven experience in technology architecture and design with a deep knowledge of Cloud based Data Platforms Experience of prototyping / proof of concept exercises to validate and evaluate the benefits of a technology against a business need Experience of other Cloud Service Providers (Azure, Google Cloud) Experience of Azure Databricks architecture. ExperiEnce of snowflake architecture and/or implementation Familiarity in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD Pipeline Familiarity with Dev Ops Services Facilitation and collaboration skills, comfortable leading design workshops through to actionable results Analytical and creative thinker, and experienced problem solver
Financial firms rely on dozens of critical systems to develop and execute strategies, evaluate risk, track P&L, lead sales and trading, and handle settlement. The constant challenge is the complexity of integrating these systems so that data moves correctly across the enterprise, at higher speeds and lower costs. Building solutions in-house can take a large team and a larger investment. Integrators and consultants may not understand a firm's business model or data. That's where we come in. Here at Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Solutions, we help firms run that complexity. Providing common tools, services and expertise, we enable firms to simplify technology relationships, which ultimately drive lower total cost of ownership, faster time to market and improved transparency. With our track record in delivering hosted solutions and our understanding of our customers' needs, we believe we are uniquely positions to help clients with this challenge. What's the role? As an Integration Solutions Architect in Enterprise Technology Solutions supporting our growing business, you will be responsible for technical integration between our clients and Bloomberg's premier applications. Integrations often involve crafting and deploying solutions for clients utilizing XML/FIX messaging and API's between their systems and the Bloomberg cloud. Typical engagements can include the use of real-time XML and FIX messaging, data transformations; batch based processes, FpML, SWIFT messaging and other protocols as well as MQ, FIX, TCP/IP, FTP, WebAPI, WebSocket and ODBC connectivity between the client on premise and the Bloomberg Cloud. In addition to data connectivity and transformations, our products also allow clients to code up to our API programmatically in either a server or desktop architecture. We'll trust you to: Design, configure and deploy the integration of trading interfaces between Bloomberg and clients Manage your time effectively and to multi-task in a fast paced, performance driven environment Be responsible for the successful completion of integration projects You'll need to have: 5 to 10 years of experience in a technical role, covering front office technologies in a financial institutions or financial vendors Capital Markets knowledge with understanding of buy & sell-side order management workflows Strong experience working with MQ, SFTP, Web API, SWIFT and FIX Experience in ETL workflows / data transformations using XML / XSLT Ability to engage with external clients and manage expectations Proven ability to independently manage integration projects We'd love to see: A technology background, with some programming / scripting experience Programming skills, e.g. Python, using Code repositories Experience of big data analytics Skills of using WebAPI tools, e.g. Postman AWS and Azure foundational certified. Additional European language preferable For more information on Bloomberg Enterprise Technology Solutions and our suite of products, visit the site below: https://professional/solution/integration-and-distribution/ If this sounds like you: Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this: https://careers/about/ Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Bloomberg provides reasonable adjustment/accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable adjustment/accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable adjustment/accommodation include but are not limited to making a change to the application process work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email (Americas), (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), or (Asia-Pacific), based on the region you are submitting an application for. Alternatively, you can get support from our disability partner EmployAbility, please contact or .uk