Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP

Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this pivotal leadership role, you will drive the architectural strategy behind our cloud modernization efforts, shaping scalable, secure, and resilient solutions that accelerate Barclays' digital transformation journey. You will work alongside senior technology and business supporters to modernize critical platforms, leverage cloud-native capabilities, and deliver innovative customer experiences that support the future of banking. This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology strategies, support high-impact transformation programs, and leave a lasting mark on one of the world's leading financial institutions.

To be successful as a Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP, you should:

• Design and govern secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective AWS solutions, including cloud-native architectures, disaster recovery, and enterprise integration
• Oversee large scale migration programs, including workload assessment, modernization, migration planning, and portfolio transformation while minimizing risk
• Define long-term architecture strategy, align technology investments with business targets, and drive modernization roadmaps
• Influence senior executives, present architectural recommendations, build consensus, and drive outcomes across business and technology teams
• Leverage CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud security, observability, APIs, event-driven architecture, and platform engineering to accelerate secure modernization

Other highly valued skills include:

• Ensure cloud solutions meet security, regulatory, resilience, and governance requirements through partnership with Risk, Cyber Security, Compliance, Legal, and Audit teams
• Build business cases, optimize cloud costs, oversee technology investments, and demonstrate measurable value from modernization programs
• Build and mentor high-performing architecture and engineering teams, establish standards, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $170,000 Maximum Salary: $230,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.