{"id":1228946,"url":"https://alion.io/job/barclays-xdp-architect","title":"XDP Architect","company":{"id":12541,"name":"Barclays","domain":"home.barclays","url":"https://alion.io/company/barclays-uk","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":94,"open_postings":122,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.385,"repost_share":0.082,"time_to_fill_p50_days":13,"computed_at":"2026-09-25T05:45:01Z"}},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Glasgow, United Kingdom","United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":82000,"max_usd":158000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":15},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-25T22:42:51Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"Job Description\nPurpose of the role\nTo develop, and evolve the banks technology architecture through relevant solutions, strategies and execution plans aligned to and prioritized by business and technology objectives, including the development, evolution and adoption of foundational platforms and products.\nAccountabilities\nDevelopment, evolution and implementation of the banks technology architecture and strategies aligned to the business and technology objectives, unlocking execution and run.\nCollaboration with stakeholders, including Enterprise Architecture teams and other developers to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to foster continuous improvement, and clients to understand and deliver on their technical needs.\nMotivation and leadership of a diverse collection of technologists, business and operations teams and enterprise leaders, with goal to align business & technology strategy & standards, identifying opportunities and connecting people.\nAssessment of new technologies to address current and future business needs, through a combination of curiosity and problem-solving skills.\nDetermination of the optimal solutions while balancing continuous requirements imposed by compliance, governance, security and funding, through deep understanding of the business and customer outcomes and maintaining a strong and steady grasp on the underlying technologies.\nMonitoring and analysis of the performance, resiliency and stability of applications to identify and resolve issues and communicate and document key findings to stakeholders.\nCompliance with applicable regulatory standards and identification of industry developments that may impact the banks operations and controls to enhance the banks application portfolio.\nSupport of engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share and grow knowledge.\nVice President Expectations\nTo contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..\nIf managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..\nIf the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others..\nOR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..\nAdvise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.\nManage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.\nDemonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.\nDemonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.\nCollaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.\nCreate solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.\nAdopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.\nSeek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.\nAll colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.\nWe are seeking an XDP Architect to help drive the development and adoption of innovative technology solutions across the organisation. Combining strategic vision with a deep understanding of modern technologies, you will assess emerging trends, shape enterprise architecture, and guide the evolution of our technology ecosystem.\nThis role offers the opportunity to contribute to the future direction of technology across the Group, working with stakeholders from business and technology functions to support strategic priorities and deliver meaningful outcomes. You will help define target-state architectures, develop technology roadmaps, and support the adoption of scalable, resilient, and secure solutions that align with organisational goals.\nWorking across a diverse technology landscape, you will provide architectural guidance throughout the solution lifecycle, helping teams navigate technology choices, integration approaches, and evolving business requirements. You will contribute to the development of architecture standards and practices, supporting consistency while enabling innovation and continuous improvement.\nThrough partnership and collaboration, you will help connect business priorities with technology strategy, ensuring architectural direction supports both current needs and future priorities. You will promote architectural consistency, encourage innovation, and help create an environment that enables teams to deliver high-quality experiences for customers and colleagues alike. Your contribution will support sustainable growth, operational effectiveness, and the ongoing evolution of our technology capabilities.\nTo be successful as a XDP Architect, you must have the following essential skills:\nEnterprise architecture with business and strategy alignment.\nAbility to partner with platform teams to influence and shape solutions across solution and integration domains.\nStakeholder relationship-building at all levels and the ability to build alignment across the Group.\nAbility to define and evolve strategic target-state architectures.\nAbility to develop and govern domain roadmaps.\nKnowledge of standardised architecture governance frameworks.\nUnderstanding of standardised data architecture frameworks.\nSome other highly valued skills may include:\nCloud Architecture Knowledge.\nSecurity Architecture Knowledge.\nYou may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.\nThis role will be based out of our Knutsford or Glasgow offices.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7634,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commercial & Retail Banks","Cards & Card Issuing","Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Investment Banking & M&A Advisory"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T14:21:05Z"}],"liveness":{"score":76,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.759,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-26T04:17:30Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/barclays-xdp-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/barclays-xdp-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-26T04:17:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4663,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":337,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-27T00:00:00Z"}}}