Solutions Architect – Open Banking Integration

Company: Akkodis
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Location: Oxford
Job Description:

Solutions Architect – Open Banking Integration

Outside IR35 Contract / 3 months initially

Hybrid / 1-2 days a week in Oxfordshire

£ strong market rates

Overview:

Akkodis are partnering with a market leading financial services business who are looking to hire an experienced Solutions Architect to provide focused architecture capacity an Open Banking integration for an initial period of 3 months.

The Solutions Architect will provide hands-on design leadership rather than high-level advisory support only and will work across business, technology, data, security and supplier teams, converting current designs into practical implementation artefacts while retaining a clear view of operational support, security, resilience and long-term maintainability.

This is a hybrid with weekly travel to their Oxfordshire head office required.

Candidates must already be UK based and have right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

Experience required:

  • Proven delivery as a Solution Architect on complex Open Banking integration programmes, from discovery through detailed design, implementation assurance and operational handover.
  • Practical experience of Microsoft Azure and enterprise integration patterns, including APIs, event-driven architecture, orchestration, identity, secrets, observability, retry and error-handling patterns.
  • Experience integrating third-party SaaS platforms into a regulated enterprise environment.
  • Ability to design across application, integration, data, cloud, security and operational domains, engaging specialists where required.
  • Experience producing high-quality HLD, LLD, data-flow, interface, sequence, deployment and architecture decision artefacts that engineering teams can use.
  • Strong experience reviewing and challenging supplier-produced designs and estimates, with the confidence to act as the technical interface between client and delivery partners.
  • Sound understanding of cyber security, privacy, data protection, resilience and service acceptance.
  • Strong stakeholder leadership, facilitation and communication skills, including the ability to explain trade-offs and recommendations to senior non-technical stakeholders.

Interviews will be taking place next week with a view to starting ASAP. Candidates must be immediately available to start.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

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Posted: October 11th, 2026