Junior Solutions Architect

Job title: Junior Solutions ArchitectLocation: EdinburghHybrid role working 2 days a week in the officeSalary: 40,000 to 50,000 paContract: 6-month fixed term contractOur market-leading financial services client is seeking an a motivated, detail focused Junior Solutions Architect to join the Business Transaction Banking division.As a Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for designing scalable, highly secure, and resilient data and AI systems, while driving strategic initiatives including Machine Learning, and GCP cloud migration. This role bridges business needs with technical execution, involving stakeholder management, cloud-native architecture development, and ensuring compliance with data governance, security, and ethical AI standards. Key ResponsibilitiesStrategy and Design: Define end to end architectures for AI, ML, data, and agentic AI solutions running on Google Cloud Platform. Ensuring alignment to platform strategy, technology standards, and security controlsTechnical: Deliver high-quality, secure solutions using GCP cloud-native services, and event- driven patterns. Architect GCP workloads using services such as BigQuery, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI, Looker, and Cloud ComposerCloud, Platform and Integration: Apply understanding of Kubernetes, service mesh, ingress, workload identity, and network/security boundaries.Design Patterns: Design and implement API and service integration patterns using Istio, Apigee, and modern ..... full job details .....