Senior Solution Architect

Client of Forsyth Barnes; Abu Dhabi; Presencial; AED 520.000 - 980.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Complex regulatory technology focus

Exposure to core bankingTransformation

High-availability systems governance

Professional development in enterprise

Resumo da vaga

Unknown Financial Institution in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to define and direct technology solutions for core banking sustenance projects and strategic platform initiatives. You will translate business priorities and constraints into architectures aligned with enterprise standards, guiding governance, risk management, and resilient delivery.

The role requires senior leadership across business and technology, with a focus on secure, maintainable, and scalable designs

Qualificações

• Extensive experience in solution architecture.
• Experience in banking or financial services at a senior level.
• Proven background designing and governing core banking platforms or other high-availability financial systems.
• Strong understanding of integration, data flows, infrastructure dependencies, system interfaces, and service resilience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture reviews, technical assessments, design assurance, and remediation of complex issues.
• Practical experience with platform performance management, capacity planning, batch or end-of-day processing, and technology modernisation.
• Knowledge of technology risk, security principles, regulatory expectations, change governance, and operational control in a regulated environment.
• Ability to convert business requirements and operational challenges into clear, supportable technical designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex architectural choices to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsabilidades

• Define end-to-end solution architectures for core banking enhancements, integrations, and optimisation programmes.
• Provide technical leadership for sustenance projects ensuring objectives on resilience, security, performance and maintainability are met.
• Assess existing platforms to identify architectural constraints, technical debt, integration risks and modernization opportunities.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical evaluations, documenting decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks and actions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, application teams, infrastructure, databases, security and external technology partners.
• Direct investigation and resolution of defects, recurring incidents, performance bottlenecks and stability concerns.
• Contribute to capacity planning and end-of-day processing optimisation to sustain reliable service levels as volumes grow.
• Ensure designs support banking controls, information security expectations, regulatory requirements and governance standards.
• Monitor delivery against approved architecture, milestones, quality criteria and readiness requirements.
• Manage architectural risks, cross-project dependencies, escalation points and stakeholder decisions throughout delivery.

Conhecimentos

Solution architecture

Banking domain

Architecture governance

Technical leadership

Performance and resilience

Stakeholder management

Security and compliance

Descrição da vaga

About Us

Operating from Abu Dhabi since 1985 this financial institution provides personal and business banking services across retail banking wealth management commercial banking corporate finance investment banking and cash management The organisation supports a broad customer and business base through a complex regulated technology landscape where dependable platforms secure information flows and scalable digital capabilities are essential to service continuity and growth Its diverse banking portfolio creates a substantial environment for architectural innovation operational resilience and disciplined technology transformation

Job Description

The Senior Solution Architect will define and direct technology solutions for core banking sustenance projects and strategic platform initiatives This position will translate business priorities operational needs and technology constraints into architectures that are secure resilient maintainable and aligned with enterprise standards Success will be measured through reliable delivery stronger platform performance effective integration controlled technical risk and architecture decisions that support the institution s evolving banking services Working across business and technology functions the role will provide senior technical leadership from assessment and design through implementation and transition into operations The successful individual will guide architecture governance challenge proposed approaches where appropriate resolve complex technical issues and maintain clear oversight of dependencies delivery risks quality and stakeholder expectations The remit also includes supporting modernisation capacity planning end-of-day processing improvements regulatory obligations and the continued resilience of a critical banking environment

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architectures for core banking enhancements integrations optimisation programmes and related technology initiatives
• Provide technical leadership for sustenance projects ensuring proposed solutions address business objectives operational resilience security performance and maintainability
• Assess existing platforms and designs to identify architectural constraints technical debt integration risks and opportunities for modernisation
• Lead architecture reviews and technical evaluations documenting decisions assumptions dependencies risks and recommended actions
• Work closely with business stakeholders application teams infrastructure specialists database teams security functions and external technology partners
• Direct the investigation and resolution of complex defects recurring incidents performance bottlenecks and platform stability concerns
• Contribute to capacity planning and end‑of‑day processing optimisation to sustain dependable service levels as transaction volumes and product requirements develop
• Ensure solution designs support applicable banking controls information security expectations regulatory requirements and internal governance standards
• Monitor technical delivery against approved architecture agreed milestones quality criteria and operational readiness requirements
• Manage architectural risks cross-project dependencies escalation points stakeholder communications and decision‑making throughout the delivery lifecycle

Requirements

• Extensive experience in solution architecture
• enterprise technology delivery or a comparable senior architecture discipline within banking or financial services
• Proven background designing and governing solutions for core banking platforms or other high-availability financial systems
• Strong understanding of application integration data flows infrastructure dependencies system interfaces and service resilience
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture reviews technical assessments design assurance and structured remediation of complex issues
• Practical experience with platform performance management capacity planning batch or end-of-day processing and technology modernisation
• Sound knowledge of technology risk security principles regulatory expectations change governance and operational control in a regulated environment
• Capability to convert business requirements and operational challenges into clear supportable and commercially appropriate technical designs
• Confidence coordinating senior stakeholders across business units delivery teams infrastructure databases vendors and control functions
• Strong project discipline covering planning milestones risks dependencies governance documentation quality and transition to support
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex architectural choices to both technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

• A senior architecture mandate with direct influence over platforms supporting a diversified banking and financial services portfolio
• Exposure to complex core banking transformation optimisation integration resilience and regulatory technology priorities
• Opportunity to work with senior business and technology stakeholders across retail commercial corporate investment and wealth-related services
• A professionally demanding environment where architecture decisions have visible impact on service reliability operational efficiency and customer outcomes
• Scope to contribute to modernisation initiatives while shaping sustainable standards for design governance and technical delivery
• Access to a multidisciplinary technology ecosystem involving application infrastructure database security delivery and specialist vendor teams

Extensive experience in solution architecture, enterprise technology delivery, or a comparable senior architecture discipline within banking or financial services. Proven background designing and governing solutions for core banking platforms or other high-availability financial systems. Strong understanding of application integration, data flows, infrastructure dependencies, system interfaces, and service resilience. Demonstrated ability to lead architecture reviews, technical assessments, design assurance, and structured remediation of complex issues. Practical experience with platform performance management, capacity planning, batch or end-of-day processing, and technology modernisation. Sound knowledge of technology risk, security principles, regulatory expectations, change governance, and operational control in a regulated environment. Capability to convert business requirements and operational challenges into clear, supportable, and commercially appropriate technical designs. Confidence coordinating senior stakeholders across business units, delivery teams, infrastructure, databases, vendors, and control functions. Strong project discipline covering planning, milestones, risks, dependencies, governance, documentation, quality, and transition to support. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural choices to both technical and non-technical audiences.