Senior Solution Architect

VirtusaPolaris - Virtusa Corporation; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT services firm in Dubai seeks an experienced architect to lead projects in designing secure applications and maintain architectural standards. Candidates should have over five years of experience in developing innovative solutions within Agile teams. Strong knowledge in banking, cybersecurity controls, and AI technologies is essential. The ideal candidate will demonstrate leadership skills and a passion for learning, with responsibilities including mentoring junior architects and ensuring project delivery meets high standards.

Qualifications

• Over five years of experience in application and API architecture.
• Proficient in Agile methodologies and application security.
• Knowledge of data protection regulations like PCI-DSS and GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects designing secure applications in microservices.
• Develop and maintain architectural standards and guidelines.
• Integrate cybersecurity controls into product designs.

Skills

Experience in banking and accounting

Agile methodologies

Cybersecurity knowledge

Architectural design principles

Artificial Intelligence concepts

Stakeholder management

Job description

• Functional Domain: Possesses extensive experience in banking, accounting, payments, or settlements. Prior exposure to wealth management domains, including capital markets, funds, ETFs, or equities, is preferred. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning and adapting to new domains.
• Has participated in and/or led a minimum of three projects involving the design and architecture of resilient, reliable, and secure applications (including mobile applications) within a microservices and API-based ecosystem, specifically for the aforementioned functional domains.
• Develops and maintains architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Experienced in working with Agile Methodologies and within Agile teams, incorporating:
  • Agile Team concepts such as Tribes & Squads.
  • Agile Ceremonies including Quarterly Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Refinement, and Sprint Retrospective.
  • Agile Deliverables such as Features, Epics, Stories, and Acceptance Criteria.
• Possesses over five years of experience in developing end-to-end design patterns, high-level designs, and solutions for applications (both backend and frontend, including mobile apps), APIs, message brokers, event-streams, and microservices on container-based/cloud-native infrastructure and its associated ecosystem, in consultation with relevant internal departments and subsidiaries.
• Demonstrates profound knowledge and experience in proposing architectural design principles and patterns, and justifying their respective benefits and drawbacks.
• Exhibits adequate knowledge and experience in integrating cyber and information security controls into products through methods such as Data Classification, consideration of Regulatory Requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, UAE Central Bank, GDPR), Threat Modelling, and Security Requirements (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover).
• Possesses adequate knowledge of and experience in implementing cybersecurity controls such as Authentication, Authorization, Encryption Algorithms & Keys, Data Security, and Security Events Logging & Alerting.
• Possesses some knowledge and experience in offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies.
• Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence concepts and technologies including, but not limited to, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Large Language Models, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Embedding Models, Vector Databases, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI Agents, Agentic AI, GitHub Co-Pilot, Claude Code, or similar.
• Delivery-focused, while maintaining an optimal balance of Customer Experience, Functional Requirements, Performance, Reliability, Resiliency, and Security.
• Exhibits high energy, enthusiasm, and passion.
• Possesses excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates excellent stakeholder management, time management, and expectation management skills.
• Capable of autonomous decision-making with minimal guidance.
• Possesses high potential for learning and upskilling.
• Ability to coach and mentor associate/junior architects and developers (where required).