Job Summary

The Software Architect will lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and maintainable network automation systems. The role requires deep experience in developing automation frameworks driving standardisation and integrating best practises across CI/CD environments. The architect will be responsible for building core automation capabilities, defining architecture patterns, and collaborating with platform teams to deliver enterprise-grade automation aligned with business and technology strategy.

Strategy
•    Define the target automation architecture and roadmap in line with enterprise goals and emerging technology trends.
•    Drive simplification and standardisation across platforms through reusable and scalable automation solutions.
•    Evaluate and propose strategic automation solutions that align with long-term technology and business objectives.

Business
•    Translate business and operational needs into technical automation requirements and designs.
•    Enable accelerated delivery of network services and capabilities by reducing manual effort and improving reliability.
•    Ensure automation solutions align with operational priorities and business outcomes.

Processes
•    Champion CI/CD strategies, GitOps Practices and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) across using ADO, Python, Ansible, Open Policy Agent and containerisation.
•    Define and enforce standards for automation development (e.g. coding best practices, SDLC)
•    Support templating, modularization, and version control of automation scripts and playbooks.
•    Ensure consistent and governed automation delivery across all deployment environments.

Key Responsibilities

People & Talent
•    Mentor developers and engineers in automation design, implementation, and tooling.
•    Promote a DevOps and automation-first mindset across network engineering and platform teams.
•    Support skill-building efforts through documentation, training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Risk Management
•    Address technical debt and ensure automation architecture meets security and compliance requirements.
•    Mitigate risks through controlled deployment, testing, and rollback strategies.
•    Embed secure development practises in the automation lifecycle.

Governance
•    Establish automation design principles and documentation standards to ensure traceability and auditability.
•    Define governance frameworks for managing automation pipelines, scripts, and configuration.
•    Work closely with platform and security teams to enforce architectural standards and regulatory compliance.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters. 

Skills and Experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization
• Hands on Experience in System Software Architecture & Application Development Tools
• Excellent at problem-solving, team player
• Good To have Skills – Hardware & Network Infrastructure
• IT Architecture

Qualifications

• EDUCATION     Degree in Engineering
• 13-18 years of Experience 
• Degree in IT 
• Degree in Science (e.g. Physics, Computer Science)
• TRAINING     - Advanced knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, Git Workflows and infrastructure as Code practices
• - Expertise in designing microservices architectures, distributed systems and high-availability solutions
• - Advanced knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, Git Workflows and infrastructure as Code practices
• CERTIFICATIONS     Python full-stack development and modern frontend technologies
• LANGUAGES     English

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.