Technical Solutions Lead

ila Bank; Manama; On-site; BHD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ila Bank seeks a Technical Solutions Lead to drive enterprise solution architecture and cloud strategy across banking platforms. You will guide AI-enabled design, ensure security and regulatory compliance, and collaborate with product, operations, and vendor teams to deliver scalable financial technology solutions.

The role emphasizes modern integration patterns, API-first design, and cloud-native architectures to enable digital transformation and competitive advantage in the financial services

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solution architecture with focus on core banking and cloud environments.
• Experience with Temenos Core Banking system and integration patterns.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive overall technology solution architecture and AI strategy ensuring alignment with objectives and roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural governance across platforms, integrations, and engineering teams.
• Establish and maintain architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and best practices.
• Lead design, evaluation and implementation of scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology solutions.
• Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions and ensure regulatory alignment.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Analysts, Engineering Leads, and stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions.
• Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and proof-of-concepts.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

AI strategy

APIs

Microservices

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Temenos Core Banking

AWS

Azure

GCP

OpenAI / AI services

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Solutions Lead with extensive experience in enterprise solution architecture system implementation integration and cloud technologies The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in designing and delivering complex technology solutions with expertise across modern integration patterns cloud-native architectures APIs and emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of the financial services industry and be responsible for translating business requirements into scalable secure and resilient technology solutions This role will lead solution design across multiple banking platforms and initiatives ensuring alignment with architectural standards regulatory requirements and strategic business objectives In addition the Technical Solutions Lead will serve as a key technology partner to both internal and external stakeholders driving collaboration across business product operations vendors and technology teams to ensure the successful delivery and continuous evolution of the bank s technology landscape

Principal Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall technology solution architecture and AI strategy ensuring alignment with business objectives digital transformation initiatives and product roadmaps
• Provide technical leadership and architectural governance across all technology platforms applications integrations and engineering teams
• Establish and maintain architecture principles standards reference architectures and best practices to guide technology decision-making and solution delivery
• Lead the design evaluation and implementation of scalable secure resilient and cost-effective technology solutions
• Act as the primary technical authority for solution architecture technology selection architecture reviews and technical governance
• Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and strategic objectives
• Define solution architectures for digital banking payments lending wealth management customer engagement and enterprise platforms
• Lead architecture modernization initiatives using cloud-native technologies microservices API-first design event-driven architectures and platform engineering practices
• Establish and govern application integration data and cloud architecture frameworks across the organization
• Lead the design and implementation of Core Banking solutions including Temenos and related banking platforms
• Develop and govern enterprise integration strategies including APIs middleware event streaming open banking integrations and third-party ecosystem connectivity
• Provide solution designs for new business capabilities products and strategic initiatives
• Collaborate with Product Owners Business Analysts Engineering Leads UX teams and business stakeholders to identify and deliver innovative technology solutions
• Lead technical discovery workshops architecture assessments proof-of-concepts and technology evaluations
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements covering scalability performance reliability availability maintainability and operational resilience
• Govern technical design decisions and ensure alignment with security regulatory risk and compliance requirements
• Lead technical release governance and oversee production readiness deployment strategies and environment management
• Provide technical guidance mentorship and architectural direction to development QA DevOps and support teams
• Support engineering teams in addressing complex technical challenges and architectural decisions throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Lead architecture and integration initiatives across payment ecosystems including Benefit local clearing houses card schemes and external financial service providers
• Drive technology roadmap planning platform rationalization and technical debt reduction initiatives
• Conduct architecture reviews and continuous improvement assessments across applications platforms and services
• Collaborate with vendors partners and technology providers to ensure adherence to architecture standards and successful solution delivery
• Stay current with emerging technologies market trends and industry best practices particularly within financial services and fintech
• Define and drive the organization s AI strategy from a solution architecture and engineering perspective
• Identify opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning and Agentic AI across business processes products operations and software engineering
• Design and govern enterprise AI architecture including Large Language Models LLMs Retrieval Augmented Generation RAG vector databases AI gateways agent orchestration and model integration patterns
• Lead the adoption of AI-assisted and AI-driven software development practices across the Software Development Lifecycle SDLC
• Establish architecture standards for AI-powered applications digital assistants co-pilots intelligent automation and autonomous agents
• Drive the implementation of AI capabilities for requirements analysis solution design generation code generation documentation generation test case generation test automation and release validation
• Lead the development of AI-enabled engineering platforms that improve developer productivity software quality and delivery velocity
• Define AI integration patterns for platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Azure AI OpenAI Claude Bedrock and other enterprise AI services
• Promote an AI-first engineering culture by embedding AI capabilities into architecture development testing operations and support processes
• Lead the evaluation and implementation of emerging AI technologies to create competitive advantage and accelerate business growth

Minimum of 8 years of experience in Solution Architecture, particularly in Core Banking Implementation and Integration in a cloud environment Extensive experience with the Temenos Core Banking System and cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP Experience in designing and implementing large-scale banking solutions in a cloud environment Strong understanding of banking products, processes and regulations Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related subject