Solution Engineer

Team IT, IT & Change

Location Holborn Office

County Central London

Ref # 21481

Closing Date 10-May-2024

We have been awarded the “Most Loved Workplace”! At Metro Bank, people come first – our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.   

 What you will do:
 

•   Building and integrating information systems to meet the solution needs

•   Providing detailed specifications for proposed solutions covering multiple aspects such as time, cost, and effort, whilst analysing the current technology stacks available and assessing any implementation gaps

•   Ensuring solution integrity and quality is maintained throughout the change lifecycle of infrastructure systems and services

•   Providing comprehensive guidance of the design, development & modifications of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs, taking into account relevant architectures, patterns, IT principles, standards and best practices

•   Assessing the systems and solution architecture currently in place and creating low level designs

•   Documenting infrastructure design components specification requirements and connectivity in details as per HL Design (SAD) decisions and business requirements including low level infrastructure and network designs forming part of the SED (Solution Engineering Description)

•   Assessing the implementation impact of the technical choices made by the Enterprise and Solutions Architects & providing supervision & guidance to the development teams

 And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.

 What you will need: 
 

•   Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders

•   Detailed experience in defining Non-Functional requirements, preferably in the Banking Sector

•   Ability to spot problems before they occur and have a proven methodology to working toward sound and efficient solutions

•   Detailed knowledge of infrastructure and networking design

•   Be efficient in Agile ways of working 

•   Detailed knowledge of software design principle and patterns

•   Knowledge of applications and systems including: Mobile and Web Angular, Java and Spring boot, Apache, Microservices, SQL Server, Oracle, Mongo, Kafka, AWS & Azure Cloud, IDAM (ForgeRock, Transmit), AppDynamics, Camunda, Dynamics CRM, SAN, Linux, WINS

 Our promise to you…
 

•    We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts! 

•   We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!). 

•   We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

Important Footnote

Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box.  We also know that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked.  So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck!