Enterprise Architect

RAKBANK; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in Dubai is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to oversee the architectural vision and technical delivery for major transformation projects. The role requires extensive expertise in microservices, cloud-native architectures, and stakeholder engagement. Candidates should have 12–18 years in technology architecture with strong leadership skills. The architect will drive technical governance and ensure project success across multiple work streams, while collaborating with various teams for alignment and quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven transformation architect with experience in digital channels.
• Extensive knowledge in core banking and customer service modules.
• Strong background in cloud-native architectures and DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical design authority for the entire proposition.
• Ensure project success from a technology perspective.
• Engage stakeholders across various domains.

Skills

Microservices architecture

API-led architectures

Data architecture

Cloud-native architectures

DevSecOps

Real-time analytics

Technical governance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

12–18+ years in technology architecture

5–7 years in senior/lead architecture roles

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Enterprise Architect

The Enterprise Architect position is a senior technology leader responsible for the end‑to‑end architectural vision, design authority, and technical delivery success of the and transformation of our programs. This role will directly oversee all technology aspects of rebuilding the entire BBG proposition, including:

• A fully microservices‑based backend architecture
• Introduction of new core modules (Spaces, Pricing Engine, Configurator)
• redesigned Customer 360 platform
• Implementation of an Agentic Services Layer and modern Customer Service operations
• Enterprise‑grade data products, real‑time analytics, observability, and platform NFRs
• The rolehal requires a proven transformation architect who has successfully led multi‑year, enterprise‑scale modernization across digital channels, API/microservices, core systems, cloud, DevSecOps, primitive & data. The candidate should be able to operate across all layers of the stack, ensure NFR compliance, guide business teams, and drive technical delivery with engineering, business, and partner ecosystems.
• This role requires strong architecture governance to ensure that all capabilities or components developed and deployed are aligned with the Enterprise Stack and technology strategy. Similarly, any new components should address gaps in the existing technology landscape.

Responsibilities:

Technology Leadership & Architecture Ownership:

• Serve as the technical design authority for the entire Nawat proposition.
• Define and own the target architecture, reference models, integration patterns, and technology standards.
• Drive architectural decisions across mobile, web, microservices, data, core systems, and cloud.
• Evaluate and govern solution designs from internal teams and vendors.

End‑to‑End Delivery Accountability:

• Ensure project success from a technology perspective, covering design, build, test, performance, deployment, and post‑go‑live stability.
• Lead technical execution, risk mitigation, and issue resolution across multiple work.localization streams.
• Establish strong governance around architecture gates, code quality, NFR adherence, and platform readiness.

Full‑Stack & Cross‑Domain lstitude Expertise:

• Provide hands‑on architectural guidance across the entire stack:
• API gateway / microservices / event streaming
• Core banking modules (Spaces, pricing, configuration engines)
• Customer 360, CRM platforms, agentic services modules
• Cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, CI/CDnul pipelines
• Data platforms, real‑time analytics, observability tooling
• Lead NFR definition and implementation for security, performance, resilience, cost efficiency, DR/BCM, and maintainability.

Stakeholder Leadership & Cross‑Functional Alignment

• Engage and influence diverse stakeholders across business, product, customer fulfillment, compliance, risk, operations, and technology.
• Translate business goals into actionable technology roadmaps.>
• Manage vendor partners, ensuring delivery quality and adherence to architecture standards.
• Provide clear line‑of مما sight, technical options, and decision frameworks to senior leadership.
• Deeply understand the end‑to‑end BBG proposition, journeys, and products.
• Guide business teams on feasibility, dependencies, architectural impacts, and prioritization.
• Ensure the solution delivers customer experience excellence বাব compliance, and operational readiness.

Data, Analytics & Observability

• Real‑time analytics
• Rules engines and pricing decisions
• Monitoring & observability (APM, logging, distributed tracing)
• Ensure operational dashboards provide full visibility into system performance, cost, and Scalability.
• 12–18+ years of experience in technology architecture, with at least 5–7 years in senior/lead architecture roles.
• Proven track record leading large‑scale digital transformation, ideally in banking/financial services.
• Demonstrated experience modernizing:
• Digital channels (mobile/web)
• Core banking / core process engines (Finacle Coe stack preferable)
• Data & analytics ecosystems
• Customer 360, CRM, or agentic/AI‑driven service modules
• Extensive experience managing NFRs including security, scalability, resilience, performance, observability, cost optimization, and BCM.
• Strong background in cloud‑native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, orchestration, and DevSecOps.

Technical Skills

• Microservices & API‑led architectures (REST, event‑driven).
• Data architecture: streaming, batch, real‑time analytics, data mesh principles.
• Customer 360, CRM, integration middleware.
• Ability to diveมิ deep into design reviews, code quality checks, and solution validation. أكثر