Hands-On Solutions Architect: Cloud, APIs & RegTech

HCL Technologies Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

DWS is seeking a hands‑on Solution Architect to lead architecture across regulatory technology portfolios in Sydney. You will collaborate with engineers, BAs, platform teams and vendors to deliver practical buildable solutions in complex enterprise environments.

Key focus areas include defining REST APIs, OpenAPI specs, microservice boundaries and API security, with extensive AWS/Kubernetes experience. This role is hybrid, with 3+ days onsite and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on Solution Architect with recent architecture artefacts.
• Strong API and integration architecture experience.
• Practical REST API, JSON and OpenAPI knowledge.
• Experience with event‑driven architecture and async patterns.
• Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Ability to integrate legacy with modern platforms.
• Define authentication, authorisation and API security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain SADs, high‑level architecture artefacts, and SDDs.
• Define REST APIs, interface contracts, OpenAPI specs and error handling.
• Create system context, component, integration and deployment diagrams.
• Design synchronous and asynchronous interfaces (API, event, batch, file).
• Work with engineers to define microservice boundaries and contracts.
• Define data ownership, data flows and reconciliation needs.
• Assess legacy systems and plan coexistence with modern platforms.
• Define migration, cutover and rollback strategies.
• Collaborate with security and identity teams on auth and API security.
• Lead design workshops and support backlog refinement.

Skills

Solution Architecture

API design

REST APIs

Event‑driven architecture

Microservices

Security requirements

Stakeholder management

OpenAPI/Swagger

API governance

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenAPI/Swagger

GraphQL

Kafka

Confluent

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Job description

DWS is seeking a hands‑on Solution Architect to lead architecture across regulatory technology portfolios in Sydney. You will collaborate with engineers, BAs, platform teams and vendors to deliver practical buildable solutions in complex enterprise environments.

Key focus areas include defining REST APIs, OpenAPI specs, microservice boundaries and API security, with extensive AWS/Kubernetes experience. This role is hybrid, with 3+ days onsite and a competitive salary package.