Solution Architect

Synechron; Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a senior Architect/Solution Designer in Australia with deep .NET expertise and a strong background in Financial Crime domains (AML, KYC, monitoring). You will design scalable, secure architectures, lead modernization efforts, and guide cross-functional teams across business and engineering domains.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, define standards, and drive architecture governance to ensure compliant, high-performing solutions aligned with regulatory requirements in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution design, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Proven experience with Microsoft .NET / .NET Core technologies.
• Deep experience delivering solutions in Financial Crime domains (AML, KYC, Fraud, monitoring).
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns and best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.
• Strong cloud expertise across AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience with API design, event-driven architectures, messaging, and distributed systems.
• Strong focus on security, authentication, authorization, and regulatory compliance in financial services.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architecture solutions for Financial Crime platforms.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, governance, and roadmaps.
• Lead application modernization initiatives with microservices and cloud-native approaches.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to development teams.
• Ensure security, regulatory, performance, resilience, and scalability requirements are met.
• Drive integration strategies across enterprise systems and data platforms.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design assessments, and technology evaluations.
• Support regulatory and audit requirements with governance standards.

Skills

.NET / .NET Core

Financial Crime domain expertise

Enterprise architecture

Microservices architecture

Cloud platforms

API design & event-driven

Security & regulatory compliance

Agile delivery

Technical leadership

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Architect / Solution Designer with a strong background in .NET technologies and deep expertise in Financial Crime domains, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring, Fraud Detection, and Regulatory Compliance. This role will be responsible for designing scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions that support financial crime prevention initiatives. You will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, compliance teams, and engineering squads to define architecture, establish best practices, and drive successful solution delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architecture solutions for Financial Crime, AML, KYC, Fraud Detection, and Compliance platforms.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate regulatory and business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, governance frameworks, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead application modernization initiatives using microservices, cloud-native architectures, and modern engineering practices.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to development teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions meet security, regulatory, performance, resilience, and scalability requirements.
• Drive integration strategies across enterprise systems, data platforms, third-party vendors, and compliance solutions.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design assessments, and technology evaluations.
• Support regulatory and audit requirements by ensuring adherence to compliance and governance standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, solution design, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Experience with Microsoft .NET / .NET Core technologies.
• Proven experience delivering solutions within Financial Crime, AML, KYC, Fraud Detection, Transaction Monitoring, or Financial Compliance domains.
• Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture patterns and best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with API design, event-driven architectures, messaging frameworks, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of security, authentication, authorization, and regulatory compliance requirements within financial services.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.