About the Role

The Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing and assuring delivery of business technology solutions that support the Bank’s strategic objectives. The role provides end-to-end architecture leadership across application design, systems integration and digital transformation initiatives with strong focus on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Key Accountabilities

Solution Architecture & Application Design

• Define end-to-end solution architectures for banking applications and digital platforms.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solution designs and architecture blueprints.
• Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, resilience and performance requirements.
• Review and approve application architecture designs and technical specifications.

Integration Architecture & SOA

• Design and govern enterprise integration solutions using SOA principles.
• Develop reusable services and integration frameworks.
• Define service contracts, messaging standards and integration patterns.
• Design API-led architectures and enterprise service integrations.
• Lead migration from point-to-point integrations to SOA and API-driven architectures.

Architecture Governance

• Participate in Architecture Review Boards.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain architecture artefacts and repositories.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure designs comply with banking regulations and security standards.
• Embed security-by-design principles into all solutions.

Stakeholder Management

• Work with business, project, development and vendor teams.
• Provide technical leadership across project lifecycles.

Technology Innovation

• Evaluate emerging technologies including microservices, cloud, AI and open banking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field.
• TOGAF, Azure/AWS Architect, ITIL or related certification preferred.
• 4–8 years in enterprise application development, integration or architecture. 3+ years in solution architecture within banking or financial services.

• Define end-to-end solution architectures for banking applications and digital platforms.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solution designs and architecture blueprints.
• Ensure solutions meet security, scalability, resilience and performance requirements.
• Review and approve application architecture designs and technical specifications.
• Design and govern enterprise integration solutions using SOA principles.
• Develop reusable services and integration frameworks.
• Define service contracts, messaging standards and integration patterns.
• Design API-led architectures and enterprise service integrations.
• Lead migration from point-to-point integrations to SOA and API-driven architectures.
• Participate in Architecture Review Boards.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
• Maintain architecture artefacts and repositories.
• Ensure designs comply with banking regulations and security standards.
• Embed security-by-design principles into all solutions.
• Work with business, project, development and vendor teams.
• Provide technical leadership across project lifecycles.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including microservices, cloud, AI and open banking.

• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• API-led architectures
• Enterprise integration
• Application design
• Technical leadership
• Security-by-design
• Microservices
• Cloud computing
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Open banking

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field.
• TOGAF, Azure/AWS Architect, ITIL or related certification preferred.