Solutions Architect | Dubai, UAE

London Stock Exchange Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a Solution Architect in Dubai. The role involves designing end-to-end solutions, engaging with clients, and ensuring compliance and scalability. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in financial data and cloud architectures.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solution architecture or data engineering in financial services.
• Experience with investment banks or asset managers.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect solutions using LSEG data and analytics offerings.
• Collaborate with financial institutions to understand business requirements.
• Provide hands-on support during the implementation lifecycle.

Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Communication

Proactive Mentality

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Python

C#

Java

REST API

SQL

Job description

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW TEAM MEMBER! To join our team, located in Dubai and be the key driver for building customer relationships and inspire change as a Solution Architect.

Global Consulting group's mission is to deliver value from our intelligently packaged consulting services and solutions to better tackle our customers' business challenges.

The role purpose of Solution Architect is to design and deliver end-to-end D&A solutions for financial institutions using LSEG's suite of products and services. This role requires deep expertise in financial data, cloud-based architectures, and integration methodologies to drive successful implementation and adoption of LSEG's solutions. The ideal candidate will work closely with customers to align solutions with customer business needs, ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance. This position will be based in Dubai, UAE and will report to the Regional Consulting Lead, CEEMA.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

Solution Design & Architecture:

• Design and architect solutions using LSEG data and analytics offerings, including cloud-based and on-premises implementations.
• Provide technical leadership in integrating LSEG data feeds, APIs, and platforms into client environments.
• Ensure solution scalability, security, and regulatory compliance in financial services implementations.
• Perform customer architecture reviews, develop reference architectures, design patterns, and standard methodologies for solution deployment.
• Lead proof-of-concept (PoC) and pilot implementations for new technologies and integration approaches.

Client Engagement & Advisory:

• Collaborate with financial institutions to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding them on standard processes for financial data integration and analytics.
• Conduct customer workshops aligning with their pivotal initiatives such as digital transformation.
• Support pre-sales activities by providing technical expertise, solution demonstrations, proposals, and SOWs.

Implementation & Delivery:

• Be an integral part of the delivery value stream of Consulting services and extended teams to ensure seamless solution deployment.
• Perform delivery activities such as customer requirements gathering and design of solutions architectures.
• Provide hands-on support during the implementation lifecycle, including fixing, optimization, integration, configuration, installation, testing support (UAT, SIT), training, and quality assurance.
• Support project/program management ensuring activities are delivered on time, on budget, and meet customer expectations.

Collaboration:

• Work cross-functionally with sales, product management, consulting services, and support teams.
• Share knowledge and contribute to standard processes within the Consulting Services community.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Required Skills (Must have):

• Experience in solution architecture, data engineering, or related roles in financial services (8+ years).
• Experience working with investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, or financial market infrastructure providers.
• Deep knowledge of financial data domains such as treasury FO/MO/BO, cross-asset class market data, risk analytics, pricing, and reference data.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to design innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences, including C-level stakeholders.
• Knowledge of distributed infrastructure solutions across jurisdictions, locations, platforms, and software.
• Proactive mentality focused on continuous improvement and learning.
• Enterprise-wide thinking – able to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Understanding of financial markets and the ability to work under demanding deadlines.

Technology Knowledge or Skills needed:

• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).
• Experience with systems integration technologies such as WebSockets, Webservices, MQ, ESB.
• Knowledge of AI & ML principles, including neural networks and data processing techniques.
• Programming skills in Python, C#, Java, REST API, .NET, XSLT, CSS, HTML.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools like CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with databases/tools like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare, Citrix, Hyper-V.

Desired skills:

• Experience with LSEG products/solutions/APIs such as RDP, Electronic Trading, Datascope Select, or similar.

Qualification:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.

Certifications:

• Cloud certifications (AWS Solution Architect, Azure Architect, Google Cloud Architect).
• Experience with AI/ML and advanced analytics in financial services.
• Familiarity with open-source financial data platforms and tools.

Additional Information

Candidate must be willing to travel across the region (approx. 30%).

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