Senior Solution & Security Architect - Banking

GSSTech Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

GSSTech Group is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for Digital Products and Wealth Management within a banking environment.

The role requires deep expertise in solution and security architectures, cloud-native technologies, and microservices, with strong leadership and ability to drive architectural excellence across complex digital platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing enterprise-scale architectures for digital banking platforms.
• Proven ability to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across domains.
• Experience in cloud-native, microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end enterprise solutions for Digital Products and Wealth Management.
• Define architecture standards, reference architectures, and blueprints.
• Deliver secure, scalable, cloud-native designs aligned with strategies.
• Collaborate with delivery, engineering, security, and business stakeholders.
• Participate in governance, peer reviews, and design workshops.
• Mentor junior architects and contribute to capability building.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve delivery capabilities.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Security Architecture

Cloud-native engineering

Microservices design

API design

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Solution Architect with strong expertise in Solution Architecture and Security Architecture to support Digital Products and Wealth Management initiatives within a leading banking environment. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise across modern enterprise architectures, banking and wealth management domains, cyber security controls, and cloud-native technologies. The role requires a highly solution-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities and experience designing resilient, secure, scalable, and high-performing enterprise applications. The successful candidate will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver end-to-end architectural solutions aligned with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end enterprise solutions across Digital Products and Wealth Management platforms.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, principles, reference architectures, and reusable solution blueprints.
• Deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cloud-native architecture designs aligned with business and technology strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including delivery, engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.
• Participate in architecture governance, peer reviews, and technical design workshops.
• Drive architectural decisions across applications, APIs, event-driven systems, and microservices ecosystems.
• Ensure all architecture designs incorporate performance, reliability, customer experience, resiliency, and security considerations.
• Mentor and coach junior architects and engineering teams where required.
• Contribute to architecture capability building initiatives, technical workshops, and best practice frameworks.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and architecture patterns to improve enterprise delivery capabilities.

Domain Experience (Mandatory)

• Strong experience in one or more of the following domains: Banking Wealth Management Asset Management Lending Financial Services
• Preferred: Corporate Banking domain experience.
• Candidates should demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new banking domains and business capabilities.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Architecture & Solution Design 8+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale solutions and architectures.
• Strong experience building High-Level Designs (HLDs) and end-to-end solution architectures.
• Expertise designing: Backend applications Frontend applications Mobile applications APIs Microservices architectures Event-driven architectures Message brokers Container-based applications Cloud-native applications.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient, and scalable enterprise systems.

Microservices & Cloud Technologies

• Strong experience with: API-based ecosystems Microservices architecture Event streams and messaging systems Container-based infrastructure Cloud-native architectures Modern architectural design patterns and principles
• Ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and justify design decisions based on business and technical requirements.

Security Architecture (Mandatory)

• Strong understanding of: Security Architecture principles Data Classification frameworks Regulatory compliance requirements Threat Modelling methodologies Security requirements engineering
• Experience implementing cyber and information security controls including: Authentication Authorization Encryption standards and key management Data security controls Security event logging Monitoring and alerting mechanisms Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge Exposure to: PCI-DSS UAE Central Bank regulations GDPR Banking regulatory and compliance requirements Cyber Security Working knowledge of: Cyber security controls Secure application design principles Defensive security practices Security architecture frameworks System attack and defence methodologies

Artificial Intelligence (Preferred)

• Exposure to modern AI technologies including: Machine Learning Generative AI Large Language Models (LLMs) Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Embedding Models Vector Databases Model Context Protocol (MCP) AI Agents Agentic AI GitHub Copilot Claude Code AI-assisted software engineering tools

Agile Delivery

• Strong experience working in Agile environments including: Agile Tribes and Squads model Sprint Planning Quarterly Planning Sprint Refinement Sprint Retrospectives Agile ceremonies and delivery frameworks
• Experience delivering: Features Epics User Stories Acceptance Criteria

Required Competencies

• Strong analytical and critical thinking capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder and expectation management skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to make autonomous technical decisions.
• Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities.
• Delivery-focused mindset with attention to quality, performance resiliency, and security.
• Strong learning agility and passion for emerging technologies.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced Agile delivery environments.

Nice to Have

• Corporate Banking experience.
• Experience delivering architecture education workshops.
• Experience conducting architecture peer review sessions.
• Exposure to modern AI-enabled software engineering practices.
• Experience defining reusable enterprise architecture blueprints and reference architectures.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate will have a strong combination of Solution Architecture, Security Architecture, Banking domain expertise, and modern cloud-native engineering experience. You will be passionate about building secure and resilient enterprise platforms while driving architectural excellence across digital banking and wealth management initiatives.