Solution Architect

Why work for us?

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity

The Solution Architect is a crucial member of the Investment Technology Program & Architecture team. Key responsibilities include:

• Working with delivery teams to devise solutions meeting defined standards, guidelines and controls. Including partnering with delivery teams to:
• Bridge gaps in understanding between current and target state.
• Find pragmatic solutions when required to meet client need.
• Navigate architecture governance.
• Influencing and mentoring to drive design and engineering best practice including:
• Influence technology and business colleagues to make strategic design and prioritization choices.
• Mentor, enable and encourage developers in investment technology group to adhere to best practice and leverage standard approaches.
• Build, maintain and develop relationships with key technology colleagues across global technology
• Contribute to architecture and engineering strategy, controls and governance for Investment Technology including:
• Authoring and updating principles, standards, patterns, guidance and examples to enable delivery.
• Supporting the Architecture Governance framework and process.
• Feeding into the technology roadmap that outlines the evolution of the company’s technology landscape.

What to expect when you join our firm

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Generous Holiday policies
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen

Must have skills

• Proven self starter able to proactively identify gaps and issues to resolve
• Strategic thinking and the ability to align technology solutions with business goals and objectives
• Demonstrable champion of architectural governance having implemented orimproved an architectural governance framework
• Ability to lead and mentor technical teams without direct line management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong engineering discipline with the ability to communicate and enforce standards
• Strong programming background including knowledge of:
• C# - Advanced / Experienced
• Javascript/Typescript - Intermediate or higher
• Python - - Intermediate or higher
• SQL – Intermediate or higher
• Expertise in cloud platforms particularly Azure
• Hands on experience of CI/CD pipelines, containerization and IaC
• Experience with systems integration including APIs, Snowflake Share, File Transfer
• Proven track record of designing scalable, reliable and secure systems
• Strong analytical skills to identify issues and analyze solutions
• High levels of integrity, able to do the right thing rather than the easy thing
• Ability to work collaboratively across different teams in different locations
• Familiarity with risk assessment and management frameworks

Nice to have skills

• Industry Qualifications: Microsoft AZ-900, AZ-204, AZ-305

Supervisory responsibilities

• No initially, possibly in the future

Potential for growth

• Mentoring
• Leadership development programs
• Regular training
• Career development services
• Continuing education courses

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com