What is the opportunity? The primary responsibility of the role is to support the Delivery Life Cycle by influencing solution designs and providing technical guidance from inception through to Production. Your main focus will be on developing and maintaining the digital application architecture of our business and scanning the environment for new innovative solutions to anticipate our technology needs In this role, you will: Design and architect solutions that support our business and technology goals. Collaborate with, and offer technical guidance to, our delivery teams, developers and test functions in all phases of solution delivery. Drive and implement cloud, data and cyber security improvement initiatives. Producing high-quality, accurately functioning deliverables on time and on budget Form deep relationships with multiple technical and business stakeholders. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience with IT architecture methodologies, helping to create solutions for complex digital front end and back end applications. You will have a solid understanding of technology trends and how to solution cloud applications. A Critical thinker, skilled in taking complex requirements and presenting solutions in simplified form to business stakeholders. Working independently and autonomously, managing day to day workload and priorities and empowering others in their daily activities. Qualifications in any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role; Agile delivery certification (.e.g SAFe) Experience with Salesforce Experience and Service Cloud Essential Qualifications TOGAF Certified. Java certification AWS, Azure certification More about the team The Senior Solution Architect position is part of the I.T group within the Wealth and Insurance business unit. The team comprises a dynamic and dedicated mix of I.T professionals across the entire Software Delivery Lifecycle. The role will have a significant impact in aligning our IT strategy to our business goals, across our digital applications and supporting technology landscape. This is a hybrid role and can be done anywhere in the Republic of Ireland with the primary office location as Dublin. Travel will be required for in-person collaboration -exact frequency to be agreed with manager. Why work with us? The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 23 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports. Key Competencies Agile - Leader Champion Transformation - Leader Amplify Capability - Leader Manage Risk - Leader Customer Focused - Leader We`re on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process. Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process click the Continue to Application or Login/Register to apply button below. Benefits: Work From Home