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Industry: Banking & Financial Services
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect with a strong background in banking and financial services, extensive exposure to the Gulf region, and deep expertise in enterprise architecture, integration, cloud, and middleware technologies.
The ideal candidate will play a critical role in translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance technology solutions, while working closely with business and technical stakeholders across large enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Design and lead end-to-end solution architecture for large-scale banking and financial systems
• Define high-level and detailed architecture models covering application, integration, data, and infrastructure layers
• Lead architecture decisions for core banking, payments, digital channels, APIs, and integration platforms
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security, scalability, and performance requirements
• Drive and govern API-led and microservices-based architectures
• Oversee solution delivery across the full SDLC, ensuring quality, timelines, and architectural compliance
• Support and guide development, DevOps, and operations teams during implementation
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical governance, and stakeholder presentations
• Work within Agile / SAFe environments, supporting multiple squads and cross-functional teamsRequirements
Required Skills & Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture and enterprise systems design
• Strong banking domain experience (core banking, payments, digital banking, financial platforms)
• Proven experience working in the Gulf region (KSA / GCC)
• Deep expertise in:
• Enterprise Integration & Middleware
• API Management & API Security
• Microservices Architecture
• Cloud Platforms (AWS / Azure)
• Containerization & Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of enterprise-level distributed systems
• Experience working with multi-tier, high-availability, and mission-critical systems
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Certifications (Mandatory / Strongly Preferred)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• TOGAF 9.2 Certified (Foundation or above)
• Kubernetes / Cloud Native Certification (CNCF)
• DevOps Architecture Certification
• API Design & API Security Certifications
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AI or Cloud)
Requirements
- •Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- •15+ years of experience in solution architecture and enterprise systems design
- •Strong banking domain experience (core banking, payments, digital banking, financial platforms)
- •Proven experience working in the Gulf region (KSA / GCC)
- •Deep expertise in Enterprise Integration, Middleware, API Management, API Security, Microservices Architecture
- •Cloud Platforms (AWS / Azure)
- •Containerization (Kubernetes)
- •Experience working with multi-tier, high-availability, and mission-critical systems
Nice to Have
- •AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- •TOGAF 9.2 Certified
- •Kubernetes / Cloud Native Certification (CNCF)
- •DevOps Architecture Certification
- •API Design API Security Certifications
- •Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AI or Cloud)
Responsibilities
- •Design and lead end-to-end solution architecture for large-scale banking and financial systems
- •Define high-level and detailed architecture models covering application, integration, data, and infrastructure layers
- •Lead architecture decisions for core banking, payments, digital channels, APIs, and integration platforms
- •Collaborate with business stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions
- •Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security, scalability, and performance requirements
- •Drive and govern API-led and microservices-based architectures
- •Oversee solution delivery across the full SDLC, ensuring quality, timelines, and architectural compliance
- •Support and guide development, DevOps, and operations teams during implementation
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