Principal Technical Architect / SME – Banking & Cards

Tech Aalto Pte ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Aalto Pte ltd in Sydney, Australia, seeks a Principal Technical Architect / SME for Banking & Cards to define and drive end-to-end technical architecture across banking and card platforms. You will provide SME expertise on the Australian banking ecosystem, design scalable microservices, and develop secure API architectures with strong integration patterns.

Role requires hands-on Python development, experience with MySQL/NoSQL databases, and leading cloud-to-on-premises integration.

Qualifications

• Define and drive end-to-end technical architecture for banking and card platforms.
• Provide SME expertise across Australian banking and cards, including local banking ecosystem and regulatory considerations.
• Design scalable and resilient microservices-based architectures.
• Develop secure and robust API architectures, including API security, authentication, authorization, and integration patterns.
• Design event-driven architectures and integration solutions across applications and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud architecture and integration between cloud services and on-premises infrastructure.
• Provide technical direction across networking, infrastructure, security, and IT architecture.
• Design and implement solutions using Python, with strong hands-on technical expertise.
• Work with MySQL and NoSQL databases, including data architecture and integration considerations.
• Establish platform capabilities covering monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, and operational readiness.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for security, scalability, availability, performance, and resilience.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, product, and business teams to define and implement architecture standards.
• Act as the technical SME and provide guidance on architecture decisions, technology selection, and complex technical challenges.

Skills

End-to-end architecture

Banking & Cards SME

Microservices architecture

API architecture & security

Event-driven architecture

Cloud and on-prem integration

Technical direction

Python development

MySQL/NoSQL databases

Observability & monitoring

Job description

Principal Technical Architect / SME – Banking & Cards

Sydney (Sydney)

• Define and driveend-to-end technical architecturefor banking and card platforms.
• Provide SME expertise acrossAustralian banking and cards, including local banking ecosystem and regulatory considerations.
• Design scalable and resilientmicroservices-based architectures.
• Develop secure and robustAPI architectures, including API security, authentication, authorization, and integration patterns.
• Designevent-driven architecturesand integration solutions across applications and platforms.
• Lead cloud architecture and integration betweencloud services and on-premises infrastructure.
• Provide technical direction acrossnetworking, infrastructure, security, and IT architecture.
• Design and implement solutions usingPython, with strong hands-on technical expertise.
• Work withMySQL and NoSQL databases, including data architecture and integration considerations.
• Establish platform capabilities coveringmonitoring, logging, alerting, observability, and operational readiness.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements forsecurity, scalability, availability, performance, and resilience.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, product, and business teams to define and implement architecture standards.
• Act as the technical SME and provide guidance on architecture decisions, technology selection, and complex technical challenges.