Application Architect
Posted 1 day ago by Coltech
Negotiable
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London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Application Architect L1 – Data Engineering role focuses on enhancing the Finance Platform's Accounting Hub (AAH) by designing and optimizing data solutions that support financial reporting and compliance. The position requires strong expertise in Oracle and finance systems, with a collaborative approach in an Agile environment. The successful candidate will contribute to large-scale transformation initiatives and modernize legacy processes. This role is critical for ensuring the stability and performance of the data platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and optimise data processing workflows and microflows within the AAH platform, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
- Build and maintain advanced PL-SQL components (stored procedures, packages, triggers) to support complex financial data transformations
- Leverage Python to develop automated testing frameworks and quality assurance processes, including the use of Playwright
- Collaborate within a cross-functional Agile team, working closely with business configuration engineers, SMEs, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions
- Contribute to end-to-end system design, troubleshooting, and optimisation across data pipelines and supporting infrastructure
- Support and enhance CI/CD and DevOps practices, utilising tools such as Git and Harness
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and ensure transparent delivery tracking via Jira
- Play a pivotal role in a major platform upgrade, ensuring the solution is robust, secure, and future-ready
- Champion engineering standards, coding best practices, and continuous improvement across the team
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with AAH (Accounting Hub) from both technical and functional perspectives
- Advanced proficiency in PL-SQL, including performance tuning and complex data manipulation
- Solid experience using Python for automation, testing, or data-related tasks
- Proven experience working within Agile/SCRUM environments
- Familiarity with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
- Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright or similar)
- Good understanding of finance processes, accounting flows, and sub-ledger systems
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Application Architect L1 – Data Engineering (AAH)
Location: London
Start Date: 23rd April
Long Term Contract
Overview
We are seeking a highly capable Data Engineer with strong Oracle and finance systems expertise to join our Finance Platform – Accounting & Statutory Reporting Lab within the Group Transformation division. This role sits at the heart of a critical finance technology ecosystem, driving the design, optimisation, and stability of our AAH (Accounting Hub) data platform. You will play a key role in delivering scalable, resilient, and high-performing data solutions that underpin financial reporting and regulatory compliance. This is an opportunity to contribute to large-scale transformation initiatives, modernise legacy processes, and influence engineering best practices within a collaborative, Agile environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimise data processing workflows and microflows within the AAH platform, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
- Build and maintain advanced PL-SQL components (stored procedures, packages, triggers) to support complex financial data transformations
- Leverage Python to develop automated testing frameworks and quality assurance processes, including the use of Playwright
- Collaborate within a cross-functional Agile team, working closely with business configuration engineers, SMEs, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions
- Contribute to end-to-end system design, troubleshooting, and optimisation across data pipelines and supporting infrastructure
- Support and enhance CI/CD and DevOps practices, utilising tools such as Git and Harness
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and ensure transparent delivery tracking via Jira
- Play a pivotal role in a major platform upgrade, ensuring the solution is robust, secure, and future-ready
- Champion engineering standards, coding best practices, and continuous improvement across the team
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with AAH (Accounting Hub) from both technical and functional perspectives
- Advanced proficiency in PL-SQL, including performance tuning and complex data manipulation
- Solid experience using Python for automation, testing, or data-related tasks
- Proven experience working within Agile/SCRUM environments
- Familiarity with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
- Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright or similar)
- Good understanding of finance processes, accounting flows, and sub-ledger systems
Desirable Skills
- Experience contributing to large-scale transformation or migration programmes
- Exposure to data platform modernisation or optimisation initiatives
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to solve complex data challenges
- Collaborative approach with a focus on knowledge sharing and continuous learning