Hybrid Principal Architect – FTR

at Rail Delivery Group

• Job title: Principal Architect – FTR
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Principal Architect responsible for designing technical solutions aligned with strategic objectives. Collaborating with stakeholders to deliver cohesive solutions across several domains within the FTR scope.

Responsibilities

• Provide key architectural input into business documents and support senior business stakeholders
• Develop comprehensive Architecture Definition Documents, ensuring all critical architectural domains are thoroughly addressed
• Support the capture of knowledge around the design and architecture of current and future systems within the product area
• Lead the collection, documentation, and sharing of architectural knowledge related to both current and future systems within the FTR scope
• Provide key input across design authorities and assurance groups
• Mentor and guide other architects working on the program
• Document the current ("as-is") solution architecture and associated data structures to ensure all business and technical requirements are fully captured and understood.
• Ensure all proposed architectural solutions are aligned with established architecture policies, principles, and governance standards.
• Take ownership of selecting and designing robust technical solutions, guaranteeing they address both functional and non-functional requirements effectively.
• Produce comprehensive documentation detailing the future technology landscape, including system interfaces and data flows, to support design clarity and stakeholder alignment.
• Act as the solution owner, maintaining responsibility for the coherence and integrity of the application, solution, and technical architecture across the entire end-to-end solution.
• Lead the preparation of technical documentation and actively participate in the evaluation and selection of delivery partners and technology suppliers, ensuring suitability for project objectives.
• Identify, assess, and manage technical risks throughout the project lifecycle, providing expert guidance to mitigate potential issues and ensure successful delivery.

Requirements

• Experience of being the accountable architect on Large-scale, complex technology lead transformations
• Experience of designing utilising modern architecture
• Defining data models, mapping and flows
• Experience in communicating and influencing C-level business stakeholders
• Designing data intensive applications that feed into
• Basic understand of financial systems and the financial domain
• Experience being the lead architect across a number of domains
• Proven ability to document and articulate complex architectures
• Experience working on legacy migration programmes (mainframe to cloud)
• Proven experience designing analytical warehouses
• Ability to present and communicate to stakeholders across differing disciplines and level of seniority.

Benefits

• 75% off rail travel for personal and family use, plus international rail discounts.
• 30 Days annual leave (plus buy/sell options and additional leave for key life events)
• Season ticket loan for commuting costs.
• Enhanced family leave – 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and shared parental leave.
• Pension scheme – up to 11.58% employer contribution.
• Private medical insurance (Vitality PPP) including mental health and specialist care.
• Discounted gym membership and access to wellbeing programmes.